Burlington, Fairfield, Ottumwa, Humboldt County, Dubuque and Decorah are helping to keep LGBTQ+ Pride in small-town Iowa strong.

Burlington, Fairfield, Ottumwa, Humboldt County, Dubuque and Decorah are helping to keep LGBTQ+ Pride in small-town Iowa strong.
LGBTQ+ Pride events for the Quad Cities continue Saturday with a parade and evening Pride celebration in Moline despite cancellation of a youth drag workshop and show.
The CR Pride Parade June 4 is one of several events Cedar Rapids is holding this weekend and through June, ahead of its big annual festival July 9.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forces the U.S. to acknowledge and evolve from its own international bullying history.
With an expanded staff , and a grand opening April 28 to showcase its new renovated space, Clock, Inc. aims to reach and serve more adults in addition to teens.
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.
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…
Keep up with the latest news on Pride events throughout Illinois and Iowa, starting with these 22+ events.
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,…
What would Mr. Smith think of the censorship happening in public schools today? Grinnell High School history teacher Kent Mick asks.