News & Features
Another 15 Pride events coming in the Quad Cities, including Saturday’s Pride Parade
Quad Cities Pride events continue with the QC Unity Pride Parade tomorrow and another 14 events throughout June.
Fairfield Pride in Iowa returns with LGBTQ+ Safety Awareness Month, three days of celebration
Fairfield Pride in eastern Iowa is a three-day celebration to show queer people that they’re safe and welcome amid Fairfield’s diverse yet small population.
Opinion
‘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.
“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.




