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Coming Up in Iowa
BIPOC Women & Femmes Walking Group • Iowa City Oct 13, 6:00 pm. Gather with other busy moms (kids welcome) and the Great Plains Action Society for exercise and friendship. Register here or email marie@greatplainsaction.org for more information.
- The History of Burlesque • Davenport Oct 16, 5:00 pm.
Danielle Colby of the "American Pickers" reality show, and owner of the new Ecdysiast Arts Museum in Davenport, will talk about the "cultural, artistic, and social significance of burlesque through the ages." Free with general admission.
- BIPOC Women & Femmes Walking Group • Iowa City Oct 20, 6:00 pm.
Gather with other busy moms (kids welcome) and the Great Plains Action Society for exercise and friendship. Register here or email marie@greatplainsaction.org for more information.
- BIPOC Women & Femmes Walking Group • Iowa City Oct 27, 6:00 pm.
Gather with other busy moms (kids welcome) and the Great Plains Action Society for exercise and friendship. Register here or email marie@greatplainsaction.org for more information.
- BIPOC Women & Femmes Walking Group • Iowa City Nov 3, 6:00 pm.
Gather with other busy moms (kids welcome) and the Great Plains Action Society for exercise and friendship. Register here or email marie@greatplainsaction.org for more information.
- BIPOC Women & Femmes Walking Group • Iowa City Nov 10, 6:00 pm.
Gather with other busy moms (kids welcome) and the Great Plains Action Society for exercise and friendship. Register here or email marie@greatplainsaction.org for more information.
Coming Up in Illinois
- National Coming Out Day • Chicago Oct 10, 4:00 pm.  Gather with Human Rights Campaign Chicago to share stories or hear others.
- Work It Girl • Chicago Oct 10, 6:00 pm.
Legacy of Love: Decades of Defiance, will take audiences through five decades of queer resilience, joy, and advocacy, all while raising funds to support LGBTQ+ care and health equity.
This benefit for the Howard Brown Health Center is also a tribute to Chilli Pepper, a Chicago drag icon who died in September 2024. "Legacy of Love: Decades of Defiance" is the theme of this Las Vegas-style revue, with tickets available here.
- National Coming Out Day • Naperville Oct 12, 3:00 pm. Naper Pride hosts this documentary screening and guest appearance by Leah Rauch of the Illinois Holocaust Museum for a revisiting of how LGBTQ+ people were persecuted during the Holocaust.
- National Coming Out Day • Batavia Oct 12, 6:00 pm.
Socializing, storytelling, Pride crafts and community with Belong: Fox Valley.
