On Friday, May 3, Gov. Kim Reynolds signed HF 766 (the Health and Human Services budget bill) into law. The law includes language that excludes transition-related medical services for transgender and intersex Iowans from certain Read more…
On Friday, April 26, the Iowa Senate introduced an amendment to HF 766 (the Health and Human Services budget bill). The amendment (S-3247) would exclude transition-related medical services for transgender Iowans from all insurance coverage Read more…
On Monday, March 11, the Iowa Senate passed SF 274 with a full floor vote (35-11-3). The bill would allow student organizations at public institutions to access school funds and facilities while violating equal access Read more…
On Monday, March 4, Rep. Liz Bennett introduced HF 576 in the Iowa Legislature. This bill would ban medically unnecessary surgeries for intersex minors. It is the first bill on this topic ever introduced in Read more…
One Iowa Action, the affiliated advocacy arm of statewide LGBTQ organization One Iowa will host LGBTQ Day on the Hill on Wednesday, February 27 to provide LGBTQ Iowans and allies with a concentrated day of Read more…
The election is over. Now is the time to pause, evaluate where we stand, and prepare to move forward. A record number of women, people of color, and LGBTQ folks were elected to office across the Read more…
Yesterday, Rep. Steve King made homophobic comments criticizing national Republicans for funding an openly gay candidate in a California primary. “They sent money over to support a candidate in a primary in California who was Read more…
On Tuesday, September 18, One Iowa Action released its first round of candidate endorsements for the upcoming election. This is the first time the organization has made electoral endorsements in several years. “We’ve been preparing Read more…
On Wednesday, September 12, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Senior Legal Counsel and Special Advisor Sam Langholz commented on the Iowa Supreme Court in relation to the governor’s race while speaking in front of a conservative crowd Read more…
On Thursday, March 22, One Iowa Action released new data revealing that 45 percent of private K-12 schools in Iowa explicitly discriminate or reserve the right to discriminate against LGBTQ students and staff. Under SSB Read more…