2025 LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment
This Pride Month, make your voice count. Take the 2025 LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment. In just 15 minutes, you can help build a stronger, safer, more affirming community. Let’s do this-together! Click here to complete the survey!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the LGBTQIA2+ Needs Assesment?
The LGBTQIA2+ Health Equity Needs Assessment is a 15-minute confidential survey that gathers information about the health, safety, access to care, and lived experiences of LGBTQIA2+ adults in the Pikes Peak Region.
What is the goal of the survey?
The data gathered will inform efforts across sectors to build a safer, more affirming region where LGBTQIA2+ individuals feel seen and supported.The survey is designed to:
• Identify unmet needs and gaps in care
• Improve access to affirming, supportive services
• Guide programs, funding decisions, and policy efforts
• Ensure LGBTQIA2+ people are leading the conversation about what they need
to thrive
Who is eligible to take it?
Anyone who:
• Is 18 years or older
• Identifies as LGBTQIA2+
• Lives in the Pikes Peak Region (including students living here for school)
When is it open?
The survey is open throughout the entire month of June 2025.
Where can people take it?
Online, via this link: chpcos.org/NeedsAssessment
Is it confidential?
Yes. The survey collects no personally identifiable information. Only aggregate data will be reported—individual responses will never be shared.
Why is it important to gather this data?
LGBTQIA2+ communities continue to face systemic barriers to health, safety, and belonging—and the urgency is growing. In 2025 alone, over 588 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced across the country, contributing to a climate of fear, misinformation, and discrimination.
Why is it important to gather local data?
Local data helps us:
• Document the lived realities of LGBTQIA2+ people in Southern Colorado
• Identify where services are falling short
• Inform local and state advocacy
• Push for more affirming, equitable systems of care
Without this kind of community-driven data, it’s nearly impossible to direct resources effectively or make the case for systemic change.
Who is conducting the assessment?
The survey is being conducted by ChangeLine (formerly Community Health Partnership), with support from Prism Community Collective.
• ChangeLine is a nonprofit civic hub based in Colorado Springs that builds the civic infrastructure and cross-sector partnerships needed to solve complex challenges affecting community health.
• Prism Community Collective, a program of ChangeLine, is a local resource center that offers resources, affirming support, and community-building opportunities in response to long-standing needs that were amplified by the 2022 Club Q tragedy.
Together, ChangeLine and Prism ensure this assessment is both community informed and action-oriented.
Has this been done before?
Yes. This is the second assessment. The first survey was launched in early 2023, shortly after the Club Q tragedy. It revealed major disparities in access to care, discrimination, and the need for LGBTQIA2+-affirming services.
What did the last survey tell us?
Key findings included:
• One-third of respondents skipped medical care due to cost
• Nearly 30% wanted gender-affirming care, but most lacked consistent access
• Two-thirds had experienced discrimination—most often in school settings
• Those who didn’t have a primary care provider cited not knowing how to find an affirming provider (39%) and negative experiences with health professionals (30%).
