LGBTQ news and features, women's current affairs, information for BIPOC communities, and intersectional commentary and events, in Illinois and Iowa| MainStream MultiMedia
Iowa City's Lambda Softball Association, the LGBTQ+ softball league, will hold a mini-fall season and a couple of fundraisers in September after a record-breaking summer for participation, new players, and traveling teams.| MainStream MultiMedia
Having healthy relationships can be life-extending. And you don't need a lot of them. Foundation 2 Crisis Services tells us more.| MainStream MultiMedia
Travis Stanger is gathering sign-ups of people who would be interested in an LGBTQ+ identified Stonewall Sports chapter for the greater Quad Cities region, including eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois.| MainStream MultiMedia
Out Sports Quad Cities still has two weekends left for its first-ever kickball season, and a second season coming in late summer. The new LGBTQ+ sports league has drawn more than five dozen reliable players.| MainStream MultiMedia
Hollywood Hope will co-host the first-ever Marshalltown Pride in the Park Saturday, an event that showcases diversity.| MainStream MultiMedia
American Idol's Leah Marlene, Boulet Brothers Auntie Heroine, Sharon Sharealike, more diverse performers, and 110 vendors are at B-N PrideFest tonight.| MainStream MultiMedia
Marshalltown LGBTQ+ hosts a four-hour Pride celebration Saturday featuring live wrestling, a day rave, a lip sync battle, and vendors.| MainStream MultiMedia
River City Pride in Peoria, Ill., features more than two dozen drag performers, a half-dozen bands, more than 100 vendors and a standout sense of community service.| MainStream MultiMedia
Check out what you'll find in the July 2025 edition of MainStream, hitting distribution locations and mailboxes throughout Illinois and Iowa starting tomorrow.| MainStream MultiMedia
Peoria Proud, host of the River City Pride Festival July 19, wants to know about your experience with law enforcement, through a survey happening now.| MainStream MultiMedia
Pride on the Riverfront, anticipated to draw a crowd nearing 4,000 to Burlington in Iowa, features 'The Voice' contestant Cali Wilson, up-and-coming singers, drag performers, 90 vendors, a parade, and more.| MainStream MultiMedia
East Moline's Pride flag ceremony Friday follows a Juneteenth flag ceremony last week and honors city's new and groundbreakingly inclusive flag policy, covering 30 different awarenesses, heritages or official holidays.| MainStream MultiMedia
The new June 2025 edition of MainStream is now available, with more pages, more copies, and more places where you can find it.| MainStream MultiMedia
Churches and synagogues are hosting 22 Pride festivals, Pride services, Pride Shabbats, concerts and more throughout Illinois and Iowa.| MainStream MultiMedia