News & Features
Growing Soul of the City expands kids’ fun along with live music, ribs, history and more
The growing Soul of the City family-friendly party happening all day Saturday in Rock Island, Ill., brings loads of kids’ fun, the Jesse White Tumblers, live music and DJs, and more.
LSA softball for LGBTQ and allies holds mini-fall season, Cabaret fundraiser after record summer
Iowa City’s Lambda Softball Association, the LGBTQ+ softball league, will hold a mini-fall season and a couple of fundraisers in September after a record-breaking summer for participation, new players, and traveling teams.
Opinion
Knocking out the ‘clobber passages,’ starting with Sodom and Gomorrah
The story of Sodom & Gomorrah is just one of the Bible’s “clobber passages” used over the decades to condemn homosexuality. Pastor Tyler Yost explains why this interpretation is wrong.
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.
The Project Pages
Growth in clients, staff, services inspires November move for The Project of the Quad Cities
MOLINE — The Project of the Quad Cities is moving to accommodate its growth in clients, staff and services. The nonprofit founded in 1986 to focus on prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS now provides behavioral health care, LGBTQ+ health care, and gender-affirming care. Its move to 4101 John Deere Rd., from its River Drive home, will mean 7,000 more square feet and more rooms for treatment, support groups, trainings, education and more.
AIDS/HIV advocate strives to be “part of the change” in addressing racial disparities in health care
Davenport AIDS/HIV advocate Destiny Smith shares how health care disparities have affected Black women “from the beginning of time.”
