Top Stories
Namoli Brennet builds award-winning, international music career from small-town Iowa
Singer/songwriter Namoli Brennet is building an international award-winning career from her home in Decorah, Ia. The four-time OUTMusic Award nominee will release her 16th album, “Moving Pictures” this summer.
New ‘Affirming Congregations of the Quad Cities’ aims to heal LGBTQ+ religious trauma
“Affirming Congregations of the Quad Cities” aims to heal religious trauma by uniting diverse LGBTQ+ affirming faith groups in events, and a welcoming message.
News & Features
Group singing for social justice and LGBTQ+ Pride is taking off in the Quad Cities
Community Singing for Sanity, a Pride Pop-up Choir, and a Justice Choir are bring group singing alive in the Quad Cities. Read about these and group singing efforts all throughout Illinois and Iowa.
LSA of Eastern Iowa seeks more players and spectators, including from the Quad Cities
The Lambda Softball Association of Eastern Iowa is gearing up for a spring season featuring a new W+ league, more Quad Cities outreach, a focus on spectators through concessions, and more.
Opinion
New column, The Jaded Optimist, introduces improved MainStream grounded in thoughtfulness, expression
The Jaded Optimist is a new column about thoughts and experiences from MainStream Multimedia, an LGBTQ affirming and intersectionally aware magazine and website serving Illinois and Iowa.
How to close the divide with loved ones who have different political views than yours
Political polarization is more complex than ever and destroying relationships. Zachery Nielsen of Bloom Therapy shares tips on how to keep that from happening.
