LGBTQ | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com The Midwest's Latino News Source Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:49:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://holaamericanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png LGBTQ | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com 32 32 As Iowa rolls back gender protections, some trans residents leave while others build community https://holaamericanews.com/as-iowa-rolls-back-gender-protections-some-trans-residents-leave-while-others-build-community/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:48:00 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=35325 By Meghan McKinney, Iowa Public Radio  After state lawmakers passed historic legislation that removed gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, Jo Allen, 27, and his partner, Oliver Rowling, […]

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]]> Wide-ranging GOP bill would remove gender identity protections from Iowa Civil Rights Act https://holaamericanews.com/wide-ranging-gop-bill-would-remove-gender-identity-protections-from-iowa-civil-rights-act/ Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:50:37 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=29040 By Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register Des Moines, IA-Iowa Republicans have introduced a wide-ranging bill that would remove protections against discrimination for transgender people from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. […]

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]]> Taking someone under 18 to a drag show would be a felony under Iowa House bill https://holaamericanews.com/taking-someone-under-18-to-a-drag-show-would-be-a-felony-under-iowa-house-bill/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 16:16:34 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=29090 By Marissa Payne, Des Moines Register Des Moines, IA-LGBTQ advocates are decrying a House bill unveiled this week that would make it a felony to take a minor to a […]

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]]> New Des Moines conference to focus on employee resource groups, inclusion efforts https://holaamericanews.com/new-des-moines-conference-to-focus-on-employee-resource-groups-inclusion-efforts/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:53:26 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=22764 By Emily Barske Wood, Business Record  Employee resource groups began forming at businesses more than five decades ago. The groups create internal communities for employees to focus on networking and […]

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]]> Celebrating LGBTQ diversity: Jeanina Messerly https://holaamericanews.com/celebrating-lgbtq-diversity-jeanina-messerly/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:04:14 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=12442 Iowa Queer Communities of Color Coalition celebrates coming out day and LGBTQ History Month My name is Jeanina and I am a mixed race chicana who identifies as queer.  I […]

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]]> Celebrating LGBTQ diversity: Gabby Guerra Ceron https://holaamericanews.com/celebrating-lgbtq-diversity-gabby-guerra-ceron/ Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:36:42 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=12433 Iowa Queer Communities of Color Coalition celebrates coming out day and LGBTQ History Month Hi! My name is Ivania Guerra Ceron, but most folks know me as Gabby. I am […]

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]]> New Scholarship for LGBTQ Youth in Iowa https://holaamericanews.com/new-scholarship-for-lgbtq-youth-in-iowa/ Wed, 08 Feb 2017 03:08:18 +0000 http://staging.holaamericanews.com/?p=6275   Iowa Safe Schools, the state’s leading organization supporting LGBTQ youth, announced today a new scholarship program to benefit LGBTQ youth across the state. Artículo en Español The ZBH Courageous Award […]

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]]> New project in Iowa to shed light on violence in vulnerable communities https://holaamericanews.com/new-project-in-iowa-to-shed-light-on-violence-in-vulnerable-communities/ Thu, 02 Feb 2017 03:33:21 +0000 http://staging.holaamericanews.com/?p=6191 Polk County and Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa are starting the New Year by creating opportunities for people across Iowa to network and to share data around violence in […]

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]]> Damn Hate, Blessed Solidarity https://holaamericanews.com/damn-hate-blessed-solidarity/ Sun, 19 Jun 2016 18:08:16 +0000 http://staging.holaamericanews.com/?p=4675 By Maribel Hastings Whatever the motivations of the perpetrator in Orlando, Florida–the worst mass shooting in the history of the United States–this is yet another sad example of the devastating […]

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