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The Iowa City Council unanimously adopted a resolution Tuesday reaffirming its commitment to protecting the LGBTQ+ community’s civil rights. The move comes after Republican state lawmakers this year passed a bill to change the state’s Civil Rights Act.

The Iowa City school board unanimously voted to restore “gender identity” to a dozen antibullying and harassment policies Tuesday, a reversal of an earlier decision to remove the words to align with a new Iowa law.

CR Pride hosted its four festival and parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.

Some Iowa school boards have approved removing “gender identity” from antibullying and harassment policies to align with Iowa law. Others — like Linn-Mar in Marion — have voted down removing “gender identity” from their policies, saying removing it is not required by the law at this time.

Transgender and nonbinary Iowans will see their legal protections weakened this week when a law removing gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act goes into effect.

Individual donors in Cedar Rapids have stepped up to fill the gap left by corporate sponsors, helping the nonprofit buck national trends.

Signed in 1965, the Iowa Civil Rights Act provides legal protection from discrimination against protected classes regarding housing, employment, education, public services and accommodations, banking and more. As the act turns 60, some who were involved in its formation and continuation reflect on where it is today and worry about where it will stand in the future.

The Linn-Mar school board rescinded a policy Monday that protected transgender students from discrimination, saying it references Iowa laws that “no longer exist.”

New laws and anticipation of more changes are driving LGBTQ Iowans to update birth certificates, do estate planning and finalize adoptions for their children.

A march by hundreds of people in Iowa City was among more than 1,000 that unfolded across the state, nation, and world Saturday against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and “the most brazen power grab in modern history.”

Adapted from Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel of the same name, this play also explores dysfunctional family life.

LGBTQ Iowans shared a message of hope and perseverance in the face of legislative attacks against transgender Iowans during a rally Tuesday. About 150 people gathered in the Iowa Capitol Rotunda in a show of solidarity during LGBTQ Day on the Hill.

The House Education Committee on Tuesday amended a bill that would have banned minors from attending drag shows. The amended bill strikes references to drag shows and instead inserts language from another House Bill that would criminalize exposing minors to “obscene performances.”

Gov. Kim Reynolds on Friday signed into law legislation removing civil rights protections for transgender Iowans.

The University of Iowa’s living learning communities house students with peers who share similar interests or majors in hopes of forming deeper community connections. Administrators confirmed to The Gazette that three of those communities — serving LGBTQ+, Latinx, and Black students — will no longer be offered starting next year.