Iowa bans Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for adults
The law prevents Medicaid from paying for hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for trans people, but not for cis people.
June 12, 2025
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One gay familys Iowa adventure
When a gay campaign worker for Howard Dean flies with his partner and son from Vermont to Iowa--where caucuses to select a Democratic presidential candidate will meet on Monday--he learns as much from the gay and lesbian Iowans he meets as the Iowans do about Dean's campaign for president.
June 14, 2005
Five Corny Questions With the Head of One Iowa
Caucus day, Iowa's big moment to shine, is here. We tossed some Hawkeye-related questions at Donna Red Wing, the head of Iowa's LGBT organization, to mark the occasion.
February 1, 2016
Rep. Steve King: Maybe Kagan and Sotomayor Will Elope
That was one of several homophobic comments the Iowa congressman made on the eve of the midterm election.
November 6, 2018
2020 Presidential LGBTQ Forum Gets Support From GLAAD, Live Stream
One Iowa and The Gazette will also host Democratic presidential candidates in the Hawkeye State.
August 28, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Pete Buttigieg Will Attend LGBTQ Forum
Democratic candidates will be questioned by The Advocate, The Gazette and One Iowa September 20.
September 9, 2019
Iowa Gay Marriage: American as Apple Pie
As gay and lesbian couples prepare to walk down the aisle for the first time in Iowa, Steven Thrasher looks back on a time when Iowa was one of the few states that would marry his black dad and white mom.
April 27, 2009
Iowa Republicans Seek to End Marriage Equality in State
Their effort is unlikely to succeed, but that's not keeping them from trying.
March 2, 2023
2020 Presidential Candidates Will Fight for LGBTQ Vote at Iowa Forum
There's a new presidential town hall -- and you're invited.
August 13, 2019
Iowa's LGBTQ+ Books Ban and 'Don't Say Gay' Law Partially Blocked by Federal Judge
The judge called the ban “incredibly broad” and noted the law has already resulted in the removal of hundreds of books from Iowa libraries.
December 30, 2023
Iowa GOPers Propose 'Don't Say Gay,' Anti-Trans Bills
One bans mention of sexual orientation or gender identity in the lower grades, while another would out trans students to their parents.
January 12, 2023
Iowa passes bill stripping civil rights protections for transgender people, send to governor
Iowa would be the first state to remove these protections from its antidiscrimination law.
February 27, 2025
Iowa OK's Denial of Public Funds for Gender-Affirmation Surgeries
It's not an outright ban on the funding, but a new law says the state and its municipalities can opt out of payment.
May 6, 2019
Iowa Man Who Burned LGBTQ Library Books Gets Off With $65 Fine
Paul Dorr, the head of a Christian right group, said his action was intended to save young people from "a life of sin and misery."
August 8, 2019
Iowa Official Arrested Over Invalid Marriage License
Brigitte Van Nice is accused of selling a Florida gay man a bogus license and telling him he didn't have to come to Iowa to marry his partner.
October 22, 2012