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- Make a Blooming Flower Pendant • Iowa City, 10:00 am, Beadology Iowa
- Drop-In for LGBTQ+ Youth in Southern Illinois • Carbondale, 6:00 pm, Rainbow Cafe LGBTQ Center
- Gear Night & The Museum • Chicago, 6:00 pm, Leather Archives & Museum
- The Spring Thing • Rock Island IL, 7:00 pm, Skylark
- Women's History Night at the Iowa Wolves • Des Moines, 7:00 pm, Wells Fargo Arena
- Martha Graham Dance Company • Iowa City, 7:30 pm, Hancher Auditorium
- Saddle Gurls and Friends • Des Moines, 11:00 pm, The Blazing Saddle
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TRM Original Writings
New lending library at The Project of the Quad Cities reflects LGBTQ, BIPOC and female identities
The Project of the Quad Cities is trying to help provide readings to identities who are most often the target of book bans. TPQC’s new lending library focuses on LGBTQ, BIPOC and female writings, at a time when Pen America reports explosive nationwide growth in book bans in states that include Iowa.
State, National & World Briefs
Alabama embryo ruling, Nex Benedict death investigation, 150,000 student loan debts erased, and redlining’s connection to air pollution
Find links for the best information about how Alabama’s embryo ruling is likely to affect Black and Brown women more; the ongoing investigation into and reaction to the death of Owasso High School nonbinary student Nex Benedict; how redlining of previous years amplifies air pollution today; and President Joe Biden’s move to relieve student debt for more than 150,000.
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Latest Original TRM Writings
New Iowa LGBTQ chamber reaches into eastern Iowa Thursday
The Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce kicked off its eastern Iowa launch Dec. 7 in North Liberty.
Diverse survival stories drive TPQC documentary on early days of HIV epidemic
Nine Quad Citians help tell the true story of the HIV epidemic and of The Project of the Quad Cities in its early days. It’s all in the new documentary “We’re Still Here,” showing Thursday night.
Anna school board chair’s comments comparing being transgender to mental illness triggers civil rights and liability concerns, calls for him to step down
ANNA, ILL. –School Board Chair Joshua Gooden compared being transgender to having a mental illness. Now, a coalition is calling for him to step down for interfering with the district’s mission of sering all students, and some are concerned his comments may violate civl rights and expose the school district to liability.
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January’s Question:
What are effective ways to communicate with election deniers about their impact on our democratic system?