Articles Tagged: LGBTQ

LGBTQ Iowans say ban and other bills will harm their community, especially children

Several hundred people crowded the west steps of the Iowa State Capitol to protest LGBTQ-related bills lawmakers are considering this year. They held signs that said “Trans People Belong in Iowa” and referenced the state’s motto — “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.” They flew rainbow and trans pride flags.

Lawmakers also advance jobs open to teens, limits on speed cameras

Republicans also were expected to move a ban on gender-affirming health care

Around this time eight years ago, the state of Iowa began crawling with what a few of us call “presidential …

The move would contradict the guidance of several major medical groups, including the American Medical Association, the American Pediatric Association and the American Association of Psychiatrists.

Republican state lawmakers continued to advance bills opponents say target and discriminate against Iowa’s LGBTQ community.

Republican former Vice President Mike Pence railed against “radical gender ideology” in public schools during a rally in Cedar Rapids.

Iowa’s state transportation commission would be required to prioritize making Highway 30 four lanes under a bill advanced Monday.

The proposal was inspired by a recent case involving a sex trafficking victim who killed the man who she says raped her

Also, state Senate OKs fix to property tax rate error

Advocates say the myriad bills are harmful to LGBTQ youth; supporters say some topics should not be discussed in public schools.

Iowa House lawmakers for a third time again moved forward legislation that would prevent a defendant from

‘We need to empower parents,’ House speaker says of proposed laws

Cedar Rapids and Iowa City earned perfect scores on the Human Rights Campaign’s annual rating of U.S. cities for their inclusion of LGBTQ people, against a backdrop of anti-LGBTQ state legislation.