Lambda Softball Association kicks off Sunday with ceremony, three games

April 23, 2022April 26, 2022 Christine Hawes

The Lambda Softball Association of Eastern Iowa invites the public to the official start of play Sun., May 1, but welcomes new players throughout its summer season.

This year’s 4/20 events feature balance of leisure, arts and policy

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Christine Hawes

Organized 4/20 holiday activities in Illinois and Iowa range from the leisurely, to food-filled markets, to arts events and policy-focused events.

About the missing $30,000: why I had to write it

April 10, 2022April 18, 2022 Christine Hawes

Why I Had to Write About $30,000 Missing from Iowa City Pride

I wrote one of the hardest stories I’ve ever had to write, earlier this week. It was a piece about $30,000 in donations to a revered LGBTQ+ Pride organization that is “unaccounted for.” I wrote it as a freelance writer for another publication, but an angry social media poster dragged The Real Mainstream into the public controversy by dredging up a three-year-old blog I wrote after my own tumultuous departure from Iowa City Pride. The angry poster insinuated I had “bias” and was attacking the Pride group for my own…

Victims of private violence will suffer the most for Will Smith’s public slap of Chris Rock (EDITORIAL)

March 31, 2022April 8, 2022 Christine Hawes

Will Smith slap increases threats to victims of private violence

Thanks to Will Smith’s super-public slap of Chris Rock, I’m willing to bet that thousands more face slaps, punches, hits and kicks are taking place in private these last few days.

Registration time for Lambda Softball Association and other LGBTQ sports leagues in Iowa and Illinois

March 26, 2022April 3, 2022 Christine Hawes

Four Iowa and Illinois LGBTQ+ sports leagues are gearing up to have their first full summer seasons since the pandemic – and they’re already working hard to make the most of it. The Lambda Softball Association (LSA) serving eastern Iowa, and the Pride Sports League serving central Iowa, are recruiting for their summer softball seasons and have already started some other sports. Two leagues serving the Chicagoland area are already holding badminton, volleyball and more while also recruiting for summer softball and kickball. Lambda Softball Association gets certified For LSA,…

Erotica is everywhere, including the Bible (COLUMN)

March 25, 2022March 26, 2022 Sapphira

“Your breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle….” Sapphira explores finding erotica in the Bible and other surprising places and ways.

How a teacher feels about censorship in public schools

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 Kent Mick

Kent Mick with Humboldt Pride organizing group

What would Mr. Smith think of the censorship happening in public schools today? Grinnell High School history teacher Kent Mick asks.

The Project’s packed June // Benefit for Quad Cities Pride // Illinois cannabis workplace protections // Joliet BLM settlement // Rainbow Cafe events // Springfield PrideFest

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Christine Hawes

The Project of the Quad Cities, Springfield PrideFest, Carbondale’s Rainbow Cafe, fundraising fun for Quad Cities Pride, r and potential workplace protections for Illinois cannabis users.

A frown, a lesbian lens, and self-deprecating humor: Angry Old Queer Chick (NEW COLUMN)

March 3, 2022March 3, 2022 Cat Sinclair

Cat Sinclair embraces being old, cantankerous, lesbian, and shamelessly in pursuit of serious but funny answers to any question you may have

MLK Youth Summit // LGBTQ Pride appeals // Hurst and Ukraine refugees // New Nourishing Root // Elle Wyant filing // Beadology’s class offerings // TPQC’s calls for artists, exercisers // Corner Store Apothecary // Clock Inc. and Tanager Place support groups

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Christine Hawes

Progressive, LGBTQ affirming Iowa news about Pride groups, candidates Elle Wyant and Glenn Hurst, The Project of the Quad Cities, Clock, Inc., and several area businesses.

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