News & Features
Two boosts for LGBTQ welcoming businesses in the Quad Cities
Read about two efforts to connect LGBTQ welcoming businesses in the Quad Cities with customers: an event Thursday night by the Iowa LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, and a new directory from QCAD Out for Good.
Juneteenth calendar, LGBTQ Pride calendar now available and growing
Calendars that help you find Juneteenth celebrations and LGBTQ+ Pride events are now available at therealmainstream.com, and growing almost daily. You can find more than six dozen Pride events...
Opinion
Are any lies kind? Worthy questions in Nancy Johnson’s first-time novel
Nancy Johnson’s first novel raises a worthy question about lies, despite leaving characters unexplored, writes Cathy Chavez in her new “Off the Shelf” book review.
‘Pray Away’ devastates by showing religion’s leading role in ongoing conversion therapy abuse of LGBTQ+ people
Pray Away is about how conversion therapy is still happening, targeting transgender people within the LGBTQ+ community, and masquerading as religious love. Read Aime Wichtendahl’s review.
