Meet Viminda Shafer of TPQC
Meet Viminda Shafer, community relations coordinator of The Project of the Quad Cities, in the October edition of The Project Page.
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Category: 2022
Pride Parade, Pride at Bass Street Landing keep the Quad Cities LGBTQ+ celebrations going Saturday
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.
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‘Heartstopper’ warmed and destroyed me”
“Heartstopper” is an uplifting story of queer love that can also be heartbreaking for many LGBTQ+ people who were not able to love openly, writes Tyler Mitchell in his review.
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“Rebirthed” Isaac Jordan joins diverse line-up for second chance at Iowa City Pride
Saturday’s Iowa City Pride includes Isaac Jordan, Alisabeth Von Presley, Alyx Rush, Miss Christine, The Quire of Eastern Iowa, the I.C. Kings, Bawdy Bawdy HaHa Burlesque and more.
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‘Tis the season for buying local produce
Buying local produce is healthy, supportive to your community, and flavorful, writes The Plantiful Pantry.
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Draglesque challenges burlesque’s boundaries
Sapphira interviews two draglesque performers.
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Convert your anger into action
Scientifically, if we are angry about injustices, our brain is working. The amygdala is the part of the brain that identifies threats, and it reacts even before the cortex, which is the part of the brain in charge of judgment. When the amygdala responds, it sends out adrenaline, which can propel us to action. Anger is what has made every wrong in our history into a right.
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“Stranger Things” and Will Byers’ understated “coming out”
When Will Byers of “Stranger Things” came out, “t was unsafe for white cisgender gay men,and even more dangerous for marginalized identities. Will is undoubtedly living in a reality where both his physical and emotional safety could be at risk if anyone found out he was gay,” writes Tyler Mitchell.
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For the late-blooming love of RuPaul’s Drag Race
CW: The following article makes a brief mention of SA, racism, and transphobia. A love for...
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Picnic June 11 and library’s leadership help continue Galena’s LGBTQ+ Pride tradition
Two librarians and a couple who moved to Galena from Manhattan helped create the tiny tourist town’s LGBTQ+ Pride tradition.
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