Iowa State students hold 'funeral' for LGBTQ+ center shut down by anti-DEI bill
A crowd of around 50 people donned in black gathered Wednesday to mourn the loss of the Center.
April 3, 2025
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After declaring run for presidency, Obama talks faith, other issues in Iowa
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday he does not think voters have a litmus test on religion, whether evangelical Christianity or his childhood years in a largely Muslim country.
February 12, 2007
Tyler Clementi's Family Wants Apology from NOM
Joe and Jane Clementi are joined by HRC, GLAAD, and Equality Matters.
March 4, 2013
WATCH: Zach Wahls Supports President Obama
Zach Wahls, the University of Iowa student who defended his mothers' right to marry before the state legislature, says it was a "beautiful day" when President Obama announced his support for marriage equality.
July 25, 2012
Iowa Man Alleges Discrimination at Hospital
For the second time in recent weeks, a transgender man in Iowa has has alleged that the state's medical profession either discriminates or doesn't know how to deal with transgender patients.
May 9, 2012
University of Iowa Includes LGBT Identity in Admissions Process
UI is the first public university in America to incorporate such measures in its admissions review.
December 12, 2012
Judge stays ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Iowa
Two men sealed Iowa's first legal same-sex marriage with a kiss Friday morning, less than 24 hours after a judge threw out the state's ban on same-sex marriage and about two hours before he put the ruling on hold.
September 1, 2007
Iowa Town Defies Trump Admin. Plea to Remove Rainbow Crosswalk
A federal agency asked the university town to remove colored stripes from crosswalks for safety reasons -- but the feds can't explain why they should have any say in the matter.
October 1, 2019
This Year’s Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Who’s Who
The 2015 Trans100 list includes activists, journalists, academics, and sex workers.
April 1, 2015
LGBT Activist Zach Wahls Announces Run for Office
Wahls, the son of two lesbians, will seek a spot in Iowa's Senate.
December 21, 2017
Trump Administration Demanded 4-H Stop Protecting LGBTQ Youth
An Iowa director got fired for demanding 4-H ignore alt-right demands and welcome all members.
November 20, 2018
Iowa same-sex marriage ruling stirs 2008 race
An Iowa county judge's ruling knocking down the state's same-sex marriage ban stirred up the presidential race Friday, as Republicans jostled to stake out a position with the state's conservative voters in mind.
September 5, 2007
Pete Buttigieg: Religion Shouldn't Excuse Discrimination
The South Bend mayor is the latest Democratic presidential candidate to give an interview to the National Center for Transgender Equality.
October 24, 2019
Land O'Lakes' Beth Ford Becomes First Out Woman to Run a Fortune 500
Ford is also only the third gay person and the 25th woman to run a Fortune 500 company.
July 30, 2018
Trump Is Making Anti-LGBTQ Housing Discrimination Worse, Activists Say
Witnesses testified about the problem before a congressional committee -- and noted that housing homeless trans women with other women is no big deal.
October 29, 2019
Judge Allows Right-Wing Student Group to Kick Gay Leader Out
A federal judge ruled the University of Iowa could not de-register a group for denying a leadership post to a gay student.
February 8, 2019