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
Resilience, honesty and the bigger picture: What to say (and not to say) to transgender youth today
“You can handle this …. you don’t need other people’s approval to feel safe …. The best rebuke to those who don’t understand or disagree is to succeed, to have a happy and fulfilling existence.” Author Lisa Selin Davis offers encouragement and clarity for transgender youth and the adults caring for them.
How our dramatic reactions to Trump play into his TV-shaped strategy of fear and chaos
Are you old enough to have witnessed Donald Trump’s start as a professional wrestling star in 2004? In case you're among the few people who don't already know this, pro wrestling is that strange...
The Project Pages
Pride 5K, Party at Bass Street Landing Saturday top another 14 Quad Cities Pride events still to come
The Pride 5K, and the Pride Party at Bass Street Landing, are both happening this Saturday and among 14 Pride events still to come in the Quad Cities.
New lending library at The Project of the Quad Cities reflects LGBTQ, BIPOC and female identities
The Project of the Quad Cities is trying to help provide readings to identities who are most often the target of book bans. TPQC’s new lending library focuses on LGBTQ, BIPOC and female writings, at a time when Pen America reports explosive nationwide growth in book bans in states that include Iowa.
The Green Wave
Elias pioneered cannabis policy in Iowa before House run
Michelle Servadio’s cannabis policy advocacy began when she met cancer patient Benton MacKenzie of the Quad Cities.
The Revealing History of Cannabis
The history of cannabis involves a lot of America leading the way in marginalizing a plant now recognized to have health benefits.