Speaking to the crowd gathered at College Green Park in downtown Iowa City for the Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) rally on Tuesday, Katie Freeman began by talking about the sounds — shouts, chants, angry and despairing screams — they heard in protests inside the Iowa State Capitol last year as Republican lawmakers voted to […]
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‘I can’t get a passport in this country right now’: Iowa City marks Transgender Day of Visibility in the shadow of anti-trans state, national laws
Approximately 100 people gathered at College Green Park in Iowa City on Tuesday for a rally to mark this year’s International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). “Visibility is power. Visibility is defiance,” Mandi Remington, founder and director of Corridor Community Action Network (CCAN) and a member of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, told the […]
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Rally for ‘honest, inclusive education’ taking place in Iowa City’s College Green Park on Saturday
Art and truth are closely linked for many, so it seems appropriate that as the second day of the Iowa Arts Festival unfolds downtown, there will be an event elsewhere in Iowa City centered on the importance of students receiving an “honest, inclusive education” about American history and society — especially the parts some might […]
