Pride in Iowa expands to 70-plus events; artists are honored
IOWA — With communities like Monticello and Humboldt joining the Pride momentum, and events...
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Author: Christine Hawes
Pride Season in Illinois: the definitive list of events
ILLINOIS — Pride season festivals are returning in diverse form throughout Illinois this...
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Pride Season in Iowa: the definitive list of events
IOWA — Des Moines and Dubuque are leading the way this year for Pride celebrations in Iowa,...
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George Floyd memorials today as police ethics face growing local, national questions
IOWA AND ILLINOIS — As the nation and several groups throughout Iowa and Illinois honor the...
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This weekend’s Springfield PrideFest kicks off 28+ LGBTQ events in May, June
The annual summer tradition of LGBTQ Pride celebrations is gradually reawakening in Illinois and...
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Lies, melodrama, and the hunger to control guns and drugs: roots of police brutality
Days after Derek Chauvin’s trial resulted in full convictions last week for George...
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LGBTQ+ care now, transition care soon: TPQC expands support for health care equity
QUAD CITIES — When Tyler Mitchell went to a general health care practitioner a few years...
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Coralville artist returns to Eldon hometown for massive “American Gothic” mural
ELDON, IA — It doesn’t get much better than this for a budding artist — or for a...
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Race, gender and religion? Or ego, pride and control? Real-life intersectionality in Grinnell
GRINNELL, IA — The straight white male history teacher could not have been more repentant....
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Front-lines teacher raised in Iowa remembers few childhood chances to meet, know People of Color
At a time when straight white men are leading so many fights against diversity, some straight...
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