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LGBTQ project funding in two states stripped by U.S. House Republicans from spending bill

By Iowa Capital Dispatch ● National ● July 19, 2023

One GOP representative compared funding an LGBTQ center to funding a Ku Klux Klan project.

Students, supporters discuss future of LGBTQ support system in Iowa after transgender targeted session

By Iowa Capital Dispatch ● Regional ● May 2, 2023

An Iowa Safe Schools conference Friday discussed strategies to make Iowa a safer, more comfortable place for LGBTQ youth within the new legal confines.

Iowa governor signs transgender medical care, bathroom use bills into law

By Iowa Capital Dispatch ● News ● March 26, 2023

Transgender youth can no longer receive gender-affirming care or use school bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity under laws signed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R).