Happening Today & Tomorrow
- May 14, 3:00 pm: Pride Hangout • Iowa City
- May 14, 7:00 pm: Fetish, Erotic and Kink Figure Drawing • Chicago, Ill. and online
- May 14, 7:00 pm: LGBTQ+ Singles Mixer • Waterloo
- May 14, 7:00 pm: Lift Up • Champaign
- May 14, 8:00 pm: Bingo at Micky's • Iowa City
- May 14, 9:00 pm: Karaoke at Mary's on 2nd • Davenport IA
- May 14, 9:30 pm: Trivia Tuesday • Des Moines
- May 15, 7:00 pm: Trivia and Wine Wednesday • North Liberty, Ia.
- May 15, 9:00 pm: Game Nite at The Blazing Saddle • Des Moines
- May 15, 9:00 pm: Trivia at Micky's • Iowa City, Ia.
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Encouraging signs about abortion access // How labels affect LGBTQ people
It’s not all bad news about abortion access. Plus take a look at how labels affect LGBTQ people at the doctor’s office, at church, and in artificial intelligence.
Transgender Day of Visibility inspires almost two dozen events across Illinois, Iowa
Find concerts, rallies, resource fairs, poetry readings, drag shows and more to celebrate the International Transgender Day of Visibility in Illinois and Iowa. Read here about two dozen ways to celebrate.
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Find the nonprofit and community info you need to get involved or connect with services, in The Real Mainstream Resources Directory. Connect with LGBTQ+ needs and groups, BIPOC support, health services, social justice including animal welfare, cannabis advocacy, and more.Â
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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.
Public hearing today for Iowa TG ID proposal, tax credit pitch in Illinois, business orgs and redlining, the warmest January ever, and the future of cultivated meat
Read today’s curated news briefs, including an advance of what’s led up to this evenings 5 p.m. public hearing over Iowa House Bill 649, and what comes after. Plus, an Illinois lawmaker proposes a tax credit for people leaving states like Iowa, business organizations push back against redlining, January sets a record, cultivated meat gets a closer look.
More Iowa Republican bills concern LGBTQ activists, racial health disparities, Trump’s plan to gut climate change research, another redlining settlement
In addition to a look at Iowa’s growing list of bills concerning LGBTQ communities, today’s curated state, national and world briefs also include where to learn about Trump’s anti-climate change research plan, disparities in health impacts experienced by Blacks and whites, and yet another redlining settlement agreement.
Gender identity stays in Iowa code, context about Tyre Nichols killing, settlement for Seattle protesters, and record-setting NFL head coach diversity
Gender identity stays in the Iowa Civil Rights Code. New video reveals more about the January 2023 killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police. Seattle protesters receive a settlement. And there’s record-setting diversity among NFL head coaches.