Category: LGBTQ+

QC Unity Pride Parade - June 18th - What You Can Do Now

5/31/2022

QC Unity Pride
Pride Parade - Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pm
and other dates in June

Civil Rights Forum

June is Pride Month, and it was established "to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world." (Wikipedia)

QC Pride welcomes you to 2022 Unity Pride Week, with numerous offerings throughout June. There are several LGBTQI+ movies at the Figge and a Family Night is being planned!

The Grand Finale is the Unity Pride Parade on Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pm. Here are more details for parade participants:

2:30 pm: Staging will occur at the TaxSlayer Center.
3:00 pm: All parade entries must be in their staging location.
3:15pm: Judges will begin scoring parade competitors.
3:30 pm: 2022 Quad Cities Unity Pride Parade kicks off

Parade will start at the TaxSlayer and will head east on River Drive, turning right (south) on 17th Street, turning right (west) on 5th Avenue, then turning right (north) on 12th Street.

Join us for these important celebrations.

Alta Price

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PACG Book Club for June 2022

5/21/2022

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PACG Book Club for June 2022 - Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen
Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm

We have decided to move PACG Book Club to 4:30 pm on the third Monday of the month (instead of 5:30 pm). We will meet in June but take off July and August. We have also decided to include books with social justice themes relating to women and LGBTQ+ people.

Our next discussion will be Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm. We will read and discuss Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen. This book is especially relevant to those of us in Iowa. I personally worked for marriage equality in Iowa and I'm looking forward to the read!

Here is some information from Goodreads:

"We’ve been together in sickness and in health, through the death of his mother, through the adoption of our children, through four long years of this legal battle," Jason Morgan told reporters of himself and his partner, Chuck Swaggerty. "And if being together through all of that isn’t love and commitment or isn’t family or isn’t marriage, then I don’t know what is." Just minutes earlier on that day, April 3, 2009, the justices of the Iowa Supreme Court had agreed.

The court’s decision in Varnum v. Brien made Iowa only the third state in the nation to permit same-sex couples to wed—moderate, midwestern Iowa, years before such left-leaning coastal states as California and New York. And unlike the earlier decisions in Massachusetts and Connecticut, Varnum v. Brien was unanimous and unequivocal. It catalyzed the unprecedented and rapid shift in law and public opinion that continues today.

Equal Before the Law tells the stories behind this critical battle in the fight for marriage equality and traces the decision’s impact. The struggle began in 1998 with the easy passage of Iowa’s Defense of Marriage Act and took a turn, surprising to many, in 2005, when six ordinary Iowa couples signed on to Lambda Legal’s suit against the law. Their triumph in 2009 sparked a conservative backlash against the supreme court justices, three of whom faced tough retention elections that fall.
Longtime, award-winning reporters Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen talked with and researched dozens of key figures, including opponent Bob Vander Plaats, proponents Janelle Rettig and Sharon Malheiro, attorneys Roger Kuhle, Dennis Johnson, and Camilla Taylor, and politicians Matt McCoy, Mary Lundby, and Tom Vilsack, who had to weigh their careers against their convictions. Justice Mark Cady, who wrote the decision, explains why the court had to rule in favor of the plaintiffs. At the center of the story are the six couples who sacrificed their privacy to demand public respect for their families.

Through these voices, Witosky and Hansen show that no one should have been surprised by the 2009 decision. Iowans have a long history of leadership on civil rights. Just a year after Iowa became a state, its citizens adopted as their motto the phrase, “Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.” And they still do today.

Contact me for the Zoom link. (We'll continue to meet via Zoom for now. If the Covid situation improves by September, we may be able to meet in person then.)

Alta Price

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Iowa Is Better Than This! Webinar - Community Event

1/30/2022

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"Iowa is Better Than This! Lamenting Iowa's Discriminatory Legislation" - A Free Hybrid Webinar
Wednesday, February 16th at 5:00 pm

In Person and Via Zoom

One Human Family and Numerous Organizations

Over the past year, the Iowa Legislature has considered and/or passed legislation that does not represent "Iowa Nice" values. We need to be heard as we Lament these actions!

Join us in this statewide Lamentation so our legislators know that these policies are not acceptable in a state that cares for all people. Let your voice be heard! We have options for online participation (via Zoom) and in-person sites across the state.

We lament the past to serve as a warning for the future!

For more information, go to OneHumanFamilyQCA.org. Read their statement, attached below.

Online Zoom Registration here.

In-Person Registration here.

Allison Ambrose

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QC Unity Pride Parade - June 18th - What You Can Do Now

QC Unity Pride
Pride Parade - Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pm
and other dates in June

PACG Book Club for June 2022

PACG Book Club for June 2022 - Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen
Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm

Iowa Is Better Than This! Webinar - Community Event

"Iowa is Better Than This! Lamenting Iowa's Discriminatory Legislation" - A Free Hybrid Webinar
Wednesday, February 16th at 5:00 pm

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QC Unity Pride Parade - June 18th - What You Can Do Now

QC Unity PridePride Parade - Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pmand other dates in June

PACG Book Club for June 2022

PACG Book Club for June 2022 - Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen ​Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm

Iowa Is Better Than This! Webinar - Community Event

"Iowa is Better Than This! Lamenting Iowa's Discriminatory Legislation" - A Free Hybrid WebinarWednesday, February 16th at 5:00 pm

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QC Unity Pride
Pride Parade - Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 pm
and other dates in June

PACG Book Club for June 2022 - Equal Before the Law: How Iowa Led Americans to Marriage Equality by Tom Witosky and Marc Hansen
Monday, June 20th at 4:30 pm

"Iowa is Better Than This! Lamenting Iowa's Discriminatory Legislation" - A Free Hybrid Webinar
Wednesday, February 16th at 5:00 pm