Poet Rainey performs with colleagues, Clock Inc. speaks out, marriage equality pioneer Jim Obergefell visits Iowa City, and more

Feb 22, 2023 | 2023, Eastern Iowa, LGBTQ+, News and Features, Politics and Voting

You can take in an evening of music with singer/songwriter Namoli Brennet, or a night of poetry with Caleb Rainey and friends. Or, you can hear marriage equality “accidental activist” Jim Obergefell give a speech.

Learn, too, about Clock Inc.’s strong stance against the anti-LGBTQ moves in the Iowa State Legislature, plus a new name for the former Quad Cities Pride Festivals. It’s now called Quad Cities Pride Alliance.

It’s all part of the new TRM Eastern Iowa Weekly Update.

Cookie Walk continues MCC of the Quad Cities’ expanded social events, community service

Dec 16, 2022 | Spirituality, 2022, Eastern Iowa, Group Profiles, News and Features, Northwest Illinois

Tomorrow and Sunday, MCC of the Quad Cities holds its annual Cookie Walk, featuring traditional sugary treats but also sugar-free, gluten-free, egg-free and dairy-free cookies, cakes, candies and breads.

It’s one of many events that have grown as MCC of the Quad Cities strives to be more than a church, not just Christian, and beyond LGBTQ. Learn about Metropolitan Community Church’s history of leadership, social justice, community service, and fun events intended for everyone seeking a connection and healthy relationships.

World AIDS Day inspires “Being & Belonging” in the Quad Cities, more events in Illinois and Iowa

Nov 28, 2022 | Health, 2022, Arts, BIPOC, Eastern Iowa, LGBTQ+, Men, News and Features, Northwest Illinois, Women

DAVENPORT, IA — “Being & Belonging” is an international look at living with HIV and AIDS, and it’s coming to the Quad Cities Thursday courtesy of The Project of the Quad Cities, DeLaCerda House, and Figge Art Museum.

Read about the artists featured in the film, plus learn about seven other World AIDS Day events happening in Iowa and Illinois.

It features artists from Columbia, Mexico, Korea and more sharing what it’s like to live with HIV and AIDS in different cultures and countries.

This World AIDS Day commemoration, among many throughout Iowa and Illinois, also includes a reception and vigil. The Dec. 1 event starts at 5:30 p.m.

Support from Iowa and Illinois LGBTQ bars, groups increases following Club Q shooting

Nov 22, 2022 | 2022, Central Illinois, Central Iowa, Eastern Iowa, News and Features, Northern Illinois and Chicagoland

With victims’ and heroes’ names now released, and accounts shared of Saturday night’s mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs, more events and support are coming from LGBTQ+ groups throughout Iowa and Illinois.

The Garden Nightclub in Des Moines plans a benefit show Friday evening, and Basix in Cedar Rapids holds a benefit show Nov. 27. Mary’s on 2nd in Davenport is also working on putting together a memorial and fundraiser for Club Q, but details are not yet finalized.

Groups like The Project of the Quad Cities are also stepping up efforts to circulate information about mental health support lines.

Body positivity, self-discovery through burlesque on stage in Moline at Striptease Academy Showcase

Nov 19, 2022 | Features, 2022, Arts, Eastern Iowa, Fetishes and Kinks, LGBTQ+, Men, News and Features, Northwest Illinois, Women

Burlesque as therapy, self-discovery, empowerment and exploring gender will all be part of tonight’s Striptease Academy 2022 Showcase at The Spotlight Theatre in Moline. It’s one of the year’s last big events for Mary Quite Contrary’s House of Burlesque. It’s one of the year’s final events for MQC’s, a Quad Cities burlesque troupe that’s been performing and providing burlesque and striptease education for six years.

Category: Eastern Iowa

Poet Rainey performs with colleagues, Clock Inc. speaks out, marriage equality pioneer Jim Obergefell visits Iowa City, and more

Cookie Walk continues MCC of the Quad Cities’ expanded social events, community service

World AIDS Day inspires “Being & Belonging” in the Quad Cities, more events in Illinois and Iowa

Support from Iowa and Illinois LGBTQ bars, groups increases following Club Q shooting

Body positivity, self-discovery through burlesque on stage in Moline at Striptease Academy Showcase

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