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- Change and Acceptance Remain (CAR) Support Group • Moline IL, 3:00 pm, The Project of the Quad Cities
- Pride Hangout • Iowa City, 3:00 pm, United Action for Youth - Swaim Center
- Make Papillion Beaded Beads • Iowa City, 5:30 pm, Beadology Iowa
- Lift Up • Champaign, 7:00 pm, Uniting Pride of Champaign County
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The Latest
Juneteenth calendar, LGBTQ Pride calendar now available and growing
Calendars that help you find Juneteenth celebrations and LGBTQ+ Pride events are now available at therealmainstream.com, and growing almost daily. You can find more than six dozen Pride events throughout Illinois and Iowa from May through July on The Real Mainstream...
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Research, policy, social justice make 4/20 “a celebration AND day of action”
Find 4/20 events throughout Illinois and Iowa, plus a look at significant cannabis policy, research and medical developments.
Seven timely LGBTQ news briefs for the Quad Cities: events, pride registrations, calls for vendors
Learn about timely news for the Quad Cities about events by the Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, Quad Cities Pride in Memory, The Project of the Quad Cities, and Clock inc. — plus calls by TPQC and the Quad Cities Pride Alliance for vendors to be part of the area’s two big Pride events.
How a small-town, open-minded Illinois boy grew up to become a sex therapist
Becoming a sex therapist is a childhood dream of mine come true. I distinctly remember the day Dr. Laura Berman came on to “Oprah,” which I watched daily with my mom (along with “Rachel Ray”) while my brothers played outside or went hunting with my dad. ...
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January’s Question:
What are effective ways to communicate with election deniers about their impact on our democratic system?