Read about two Iowa polls with opposite results; overdose rates growing for Blacks and Native Americans; and cannabis legalization on the ballot.
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HIAWATHA – Aime Wichtendahl was only about five years old, but she could not stop worrying about...
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More than 69 businesses in Ankeny, the West Des Moines community of Valley Junction, and Des Moines’ East Village have all joined statements opposing the anti-LGBTQ legislation moving fast through the Iowa Legislature.
Plus, learn about the UNI Seven and the stance they took in March 1970 that led to the Cedar Falls university’s Cultural Center.
Coming up, Ames Pride offers a “Postcards with Pints” event and showing of a renowned documentary as part of the International Day of Transgender Visibility coming up.
It’s all in the new TRM Weekly Update for Central Iowa.
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Aime Wichtendahl, Iowa’s first-ever openly transgender elected official, shares shy she is putting herself at the forefront of efforts to stop a flood of anti-LGBTQ+ bills.
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You can join five events coming up to protest or learn about the anti-LGBTQ bills proposed in the Iowa Legislature.
Find out about events happening this Sunday in Des Moines, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City.
Also coming up: the online “Urgent Meeting for Iowa Trans* Families,” a chance to focus in on proposals affecting transgender youth and their families. Those bills are the ones likely to make it through this Friday’s “funnel” for committee approval.
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