Category: Gender

Lobby Day for Abortion - What You Can Do Now

3/7/2023

Lobby Day in Des Moines on Abortion Rights
Tuesday, March 21st at 9:00 am

Iowa State Capitol
1007 E Grand AV
Des Moines, IA (map)

Gender Equity Forum

The Gender Equity forum invites you to a Lobby Day in Des Moines on Tuesday, March 21st hosted by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa and the Iowa Abortion Access Fund. Although the abortion bans did not make it through the “funnel” in the legislature this year, anti-trans bills are moving forward and also need to be opposed.

If you are on Facebook, you can sign up here. The event is free but they ask that you get a ticket to register.

If you are not on Facebook, contact me and I'll register for you.

I'm going! Hope you can join me!

Alta Price

0 Comments

"We Say Gay" student walkout - No Hate In Our States

3/5/2023

0 Comments

"We Say Gay" student walkout in Iowa

No Hate In Our States

Gender Equity Forum

PACG applauds the high school students in Bettendorf, IA and others across the state for supporting their friends with the "We Say Gay" student walkout. Here's an excerpt from Them:

Hundreds of Iowa students walked out of school as part of a “We Say Gay” protest to speak out against the state’s proposed anti-LGBTQ+ legislation on Wednesday.

The protest was organized by Iowa WTF and the Iowa Queer Student Alliance, both coalitions of high school student organizers. Organizers told the Des Moines Register that students at 47 schools across Iowa walked out on Wednesday. Thus far, at least 29 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced during this year’s legislative session, according to the legislative tracking of One Iowa Action. Those include bills that would force school employees to out trans students to their parents, bills that would ban mentions of gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms up to eighth grade, a resolution that would revise the Iowa constitution to effectively ban same-sex marriage, and more.

Read the complete article here.

Them is the award-winning authority on what LGBTQ+ means today — and tomorrow. From in-depth storytelling on the fight for LGBTQ+ rights to intimate profiles of queer cultural vanguards, it’s a platform for all of the bold, stylish, and rebellious ways that LGBTQ+ people are reshaping our world every day.

Sign up for their newsletter here.

Alta Price

0 Comments

Our abortion reading list - Of Interest to Forum Members

3/3/2023

0 Comments

Abortion reading list

Gender Equity Forum

Alta Price

0 Comments

Gender Equity Forum Meeting July 19th at 7:00 pm

7/11/2022

1 Comment

Gender Equity Forum Meeting
Tuesday, July 19th from 7:00 to 8:00 pm

Gender Equity Forum

Bettendorf Public Library, Gilbert Room
2950 Learning Campus Drive
Bettendorf, IA (map)

The Gender Equity Forum’s next meeting will be Tuesday, July 19th from 7:00 - 8:00 pm in the Gilbert Room at the Bettendorf Public Library. The Gilbert Room is located on the 2nd floor. While future meetings may have a Zoom or hybrid option, this one will be in-person only.

The mission statement for our forum is: This forum works to remove barriers to equal opportunity for women and nonbinary individuals. We educate and engage members in positive action that they can take to help affect change.

This meeting will be a great opportunity to have conversations with other individuals who are passionate about gender equity.

The planned action item for this evening is to organize in-person meetings with Iowa State legislators to discuss abortion access and to reiterate our belief that abortion is an individual’s health right. (Illinois residents will discuss what actions make the most sense for them at this point, given that abortion at the state level will probably not be restricted.) If you don't already know who represents you in the Iowa legislature, click this link to find out: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/find

The American Medical Association published this statement following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe, calling the decision “an egregious allowance of government intrusion into medicine.”

Our Tuesday, August 16th meeting will also be held at the Bettendorf Library, although we plan to alternate future events on both the Illinois and Iowa sides of the Quad Cities, and will vary which night of the week the meetings will be held.

If you are unable to attend our meetings but still have interest in learning what you can do on your own to take action regarding gender equity, visit our website (www.pacgqc.org), subscribe to our weekly Progressive Action Update, and/or email us at qcprogressiveaction@gmail.com.

Carolyn Martin
Alta Price

1 Comment

Reimagine Gender - No Hate In Our States

6/26/2022

0 Comments

Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender -
ACLU At Liberty Podcast

Civil Rights Forum

From the "ACLU At Liberty Podcast:"

This year brings an unprecedented surge of anti-trans legislation banning everything from sports participation to healthcare access. So far, we’re tracking roughly 280 state bills that have been filed ahead of or during this legislative session. At the same time, the Supreme Court is on the precipice of delivering a final decision that will likely overturn Roe v. Wade, blocking people who can get pregnant from abortion care. These attacks are actually all part of the same movement, a movement against bodily autonomy and our ability to live freely no matter our model or make, a movement to re-entrench gender hierarchy and binary thinking.

To that end, we’re bringing you a conversation with Alok Vaid-Menon, a nonbinary writer, performer, public speaker, activist and artist exploring the themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. They are the author of 'Femme in Public, Beyond the Gender Binary, and Your Wound/My Garden.

Listen to the ACLU At Liberty Podcast: Reimagine Gender now.

Dee VanThournout

0 Comments

Lobby Day for Abortion - What You Can Do Now

Lobby Day in Des Moines on Abortion Rights
Tuesday, March 21st at 9:00 am

"We Say Gay" student walkout - No Hate In Our States

"We Say Gay" student walkout in Iowa

Our abortion reading list - Of Interest to Forum Members

Abortion reading list

Gender Equity Forum Meeting July 19th at 7:00 pm

Gender Equity Forum Meeting
Tuesday, July 19th from 7:00 to 8:00 pm

Reimagine Gender - No Hate In Our States

Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender -
ACLU At Liberty Podcast

Archives

Categories

Lobby Day for Abortion - What You Can Do Now

Lobby Day in Des Moines on Abortion RightsTuesday, March 21st at 9:00 am

"We Say Gay" student walkout - No Hate In Our States

"We Say Gay" student walkout in Iowa

Our abortion reading list - Of Interest to Forum Members

Abortion reading list

Gender Equity Forum Meeting July 19th at 7:00 pm

Gender Equity Forum MeetingTuesday, July 19th from 7:00 to 8:00 pm

Reimagine Gender - No Hate In Our States

Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender - ​ACLU At Liberty Podcast

Archives

Categories

Lobby Day in Des Moines on Abortion Rights
Tuesday, March 21st at 9:00 am

Gender Equity Forum Meeting
Tuesday, July 19th from 7:00 to 8:00 pm

Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender -
ACLU At Liberty Podcast