News & Features
Peoria Proud brings community service, caring to three-day weekend centered on River City Pride Saturday
River City Pride in Peoria, Ill., features more than two dozen drag performers, a half-dozen bands, more than 100 vendors and a standout sense of community service.
July 2025 MainStream hits streets, mailboxes starting tomorrow
Check out what you’ll find in the July 2025 edition of MainStream, hitting distribution locations and mailboxes throughout Illinois and Iowa starting tomorrow.
Opinion
Chappell Roan and ‘Midwest Princess’ winning fans with gay bops, ballads that connect
Chappell Roan and her ‘Midwest Princess’ album are connecting with listeners, telling relatable stories through “gay bops sprinkled with ballads” and a blast of drag.
How a small-town, open-minded Illinois boy grew up to become a sex therapist
Becoming a sex therapist is a childhood dream of mine come true. I distinctly remember the day Dr. Laura Berman came on to “Oprah,” which I watched daily with my mom (along with “Rachel Ray”) while...
The Project Pages
Young adults, injection drugs are key factors behind Hep C spike
The rate of new Hepatitis C infections reported in 2018 was four times higher than in 2009, reports the Centers for Disease Control.
LGBTQ+ care now, transition care soon: TPQC expands support for health care equity
QUAD CITIES -- When Tyler Mitchell went to a general health care practitioner a few years ago, just as the groundbreaking HIV preventative treatment of PrEP was introduced, he was shocked at what he...
