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Candace Owens MAGA Hat Fool

After Iowa shooting, Candace Owens says LGBTQ+ community is ‘sexual plague on our society’

The far-right media personality falsely associated the LGBTQ+ community, particularly transgender and nonbinary individuals, with a rise in violent incidents.

Rally to Resist outside the Des Moines Iowa State Capitol in support of LGBTQ rights 2023

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.

Catelin Drey

Who is Catelin Drey? This Democrat just broke the Republican supermajority in Iowa

Democrat Catelin Drey beat out Republican candidate Christopher Prosch in Iowa's special election.

RIP illustration black owl rainbow tombstone Parks Library on the campus of Iowa State University

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.

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These are the 5 states with the smallest amount of LGBTQ+ people

The states with the fewest queer people are also some of the states proposing and passing the most anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

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'Devastated:' A six-week abortion ban will go into effect in Iowa next week

Health care practitioners in the state decried the ruling as a decision that "will push abortion care almost entirely out of reach in Iowa."

Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy quits GOP race. Here's how transphobic he was on the campaign trail

As Ramaswamy exits the race, a look back at his transphobic rhetoric.

Iowa Active School Shooter Emergency

Right-wing influencers seem happy that Iowa school shooter might be LGBTQ+

Without confirmation about his gender identity or sexual orientation, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists focused on pushing the false notion that transgender and nonbinary people are often mass shooters — they aren't.