- Illinois semi-automatic ban to remain: The U.S. Supreme Court refused a gun rights group’s request to put the Illinois law on hold pending appeals, reports The Hill.
- Wichtendahl seeks Iowa House seat: She became Iowa’s first-ever openly transgender elected official in 2015 when she was elected to the Hiawatha City Council. Three terms later, Wichtendahl is seeking to be the State Representative for District 80. Read about it in Little Village.
- “Write It Out” showcases HIV+ playwrights: The program produced seven plays, and the program’s annual prize for playwrights went to Matti Mahoski, a “queer, trans, non-binary, neurodivergent, Jewish, artist who lives with HIV,” reports Poz Magazine.
(cover photo courtesy of The Real Mainstream, showing new Iowa State House candidate Aime Wichtendahl marching in the June 2023 QC Pride Parade in Moline, Ill.)
