Articles Tagged: LGBTQ

House advances proposal that would expand ban to all grades

Iowa school districts would be barred from taking disciplinary action against teachers who don’t use a student’s preferred name or pronouns under legislation being considered by state lawmakers.

Fixmer-Oraiz said they planned to resign by end of month, but decided not to

In July 2011, after the biannual convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ,) an LGBTQ-affirming mainline protestant denomination in …

Attorneys representing Iowa teachers and students have filed a new request asking a federal district court again block an Iowa law that has resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa public schools, including literary classics and those by Nobel Prize winners.

Parent reports open box cutter was thrown at her 15-year-old during Wednesday’s homecoming parade.

For about 50 years after the Stonewall Riots, most Pride events in Iowa were consigned to larger cities. Now, small towns are bringing a new definition to “hometown pride.”

The parade, organized by Iowa City Pride as part of the pride festival, took to the streets of downtown Iowa City on Saturday.

State is asking the federal appeals court to lift an injunction on the 2023 Iowa law.

The third annual CR Pride parade took to the street of NewBo and Czech Village in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.

The Queer Elders of Iowa City are a group of LGBTQ seniors who meet twice a month to socialize, share their stories, develop programming for the Iowa City Senior Center and advocate for the LGBTQ community.

With wigs as big as Texas, an old Hollywood sense of glamour and vocal talent that makes lip syncing redundant, the Cedar Rapids female impersonator has her eyes set on the Miss Gay USofA crown -- one drag pageant circuit eschewed by many in the younger generations.

With the stroke of a pen, a person’s sex ceases to be the fixed and immutable physiological classification we know it to be.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday signed into law the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The signing took place during a closed-door event hosted by the Christian conservative group The Family Leader.

Editor’s note: A reference to a protester charged Dec. 11 has been changed from the original publication. (Note published 3/18, …