History Colorado’s first LGBTQ+ exhibit “Rainbows and Revolutions” will open to the public Saturday. The exhibit explores the struggles and successes of LBGTQ+ Coloradans and uses personal stories and historical artifacts to take visitors through LGBTQ+ history from the 1950s to the present.
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For decades, Trinidad, Colorado, a small town near the New Mexico border, was home to a clinic well-known by many as a place to get gender confirmation surgery.
Starting in 1969, Trinidad, Colorado, a small city near the New Mexico border, was one of the few places in the world with a clinic providing gender confirmation surgery.
Trinidad became so well known for the procedure that “going to Trinidad” became a euphemism for gender confirmation surgery within parts of the trans community. Historian Martin Smith, who resides in Granby, borrowed that euphemism for the title of his latest book that delves into that particular pocket of Colorado history.