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The Fort Collins Safe Zone Collective is a group of NoCo locals providing education around LGBTQIA+ experiences, identities, and advocacy. Our trainings are designed to help anyone learn how to best show allyship and support to queer and trans people in their lives and communities.Click the "Trainings" button at the top of the page to view and register for upcoming sessions.

Join us in Celebrating Pride Month!

We'll have a booth at Ascent Studio for their Community Pride Makers Market & Drag Bingo event! Details in poster below - stop by and say hi!

Ascent Studio event flyer. Thurs, June 18, 6–10 PM. Community Pride Member Night, Makers Market & Drag Bingo. Pride market at 6 PM, Drag Bingo at 7:30 PM. Rainbow gradient background with three drag performers.

Who We Are + What We Do

Low-angle photograph of a bundle of balloons in all colors of the rainbow. The camera looks up at the balloons, which float in the air in front of the red brick facade of a building in Fort Collins' Old Town Square.

The Fort Collins Safe Zone Collective is made up of volunteers who donate our time and expertise to providing inclusive queer-centered education. We are all trained facilitators local to Northern Colorado who identify within the LGBTQIA+ community.Our trainings are always free and are open to anyone wishing to learn more about queer and trans identity, experiences, and allyship.

What you can Expect at a training


A welcoming and inclusive environment.
We value people in all our beautiful diversity! Please feel free to bring a snack, stand up or move during the training, take breaks when you need them, and take care of yourself in whatever way makes the most sense for you.

Facilitators who meet you where you're at.
Whether you come in with some previous knowledge or none at all, our facilitators are skilled at cultivating environments that everyone can take something away from.

Lots of opportunities to ask questions.
This is the perfect place to ask any questions you may have about LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences - it's what we're here for! While our facilitators reserve the right to reject questions asked in bad faith, we welcome productive conversations.

Info and data on a local to national scale.
We're ready to share information and answer questions about issues pertaining to our local community, as well as nationally. While things are changing constantly in this challenging political climate, we do our best to keep on top of current news impacting queer and trans rights.

Actionable and meaningful ways to engage in allyship.
You'll leave equipped with ideas for specific things you can do to affirm, support, and advocate for queer and trans people in your life.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Email [email protected]!

Upcoming Trainings

Saturday
June 13

1:00-4:00 pm

Old Town Library
Fort Collins

Thursday
June 18

5:00-8:00 pm

Online via Zoom

We also offer trainings by request for groups of 8 or more.Email [email protected] to request a training.

Get Involved

Photo of Old Town Square in downtown Fort Collins. Camera is pointed toward the stage facing northwest. Photo contains a line of storefronts on the left and the corner of the stage on the right.

We are always happy to welcome new volunteers! We currently have need in the following areas:  + Training facilitationEmail [email protected] with the subject line "Interested in Volunteering" for details!