Providing a safe zone for the LGBT community was the mission for the "SafeZone Training" event at UNK. The event was a chance for the members of that community to reach out, and make others aware.

The program was more of an educational program to help both the campus and the greater community of Nebraska. The purpose of the program is to help reduce homophobia and heterosexism. Student leaders say it can at times boil down to name-calling versus categories. Either way, they say everyone can take a message away from a program that clarifies issues of sexual diversity.

The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has voted to override two vetoes by the student senate’s president, one which expressed support for extending benefits to spouses of LGBT NU staff and faculty, and another bill that supported Lincoln’s LGBT-inclusive “fairness ordinance.”

Applications for the Robert D. Dockendorff Scholarship and Rainbow Scholarship are now being accepted.

Two University of Iowa physicians are teaming up to start University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics’ first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Clinic, and some advocates say it’s a step toward reducing barriers for those patient populations.

The state of Iowa is Exhibit A for proponents of a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman. The measure on the November ballot in Minnesota would prevent the courts or the Legislature from legalizing same-sex marriage, which is already against state law.

Tim Miller Interviews Author Michael Lowenthal about The Paternity Test

Gaybies are popping up all over! Not only do we have our own TV show, but this fall we are lucky to have a new novel from Michael Lowenthal exploring gay male parenting and surrogacy The Paternity Test. Amid the familiar stereotypes and slapstick comedy of NBC’s hit series The New Normal, Lowenthal’s new novel is a thrilling, funny, sexy and psychologically complex look at a gay male couple and their efforts to have a baby to meet their deep yearning for a child and, perhaps, as a way to recommit to their relationship.  One of the men, Pat, is a wavering romantic and ten years into his relationship with Stu he fears they are losing one another in their open relationship. They find a surrogate: Debora, a charismatic Brazilian immigrant, married to Danny, an American carpenter and sparks begin to fly in the most surprising ways. The Paternity Test explores how our drive to create new families can complicate the ones we already have.

Featuring new music from Greg Brown, William Elliott Whitmore, Pieta Brown, Rene Hell, Caroline Smith, The Poison Control Center, Wet Hair, and more.

The Englert Theatre is excited to announce the release of the Iowa City Song Project. The exclusive collection of songs inspired by Iowa City will be released via Maximum Ames Records on November 6.

MU’s LGBTQ Resource Center introduced its new radio show “InsideOUT” on KCOU/88.1 FM this fall.

The hour-long talk show addresses LGBTQ issues and general relationship topics.

Only a decade or so ago, experts believed that eating disorders were largely a girls' disease. 95% of sufferers of anorexia and bulimia are female, said the common line. But now, some experts are warning that we've been overlooking a massive, heartbreaking problem: as many as 20 to 30% of people suffering from eating disorders are men. And they've been ignored.

About one in five individuals living with HIV doesn’t know of their positive status in the U.S.  These individuals account for approximately 50% of the newly sexually acquired HIV cases each year.  Recent numbers from the Iowa Dept. of Public Health indicate a spike in new HIV+ cases specifically for gay and bisexual men between the ages of 15-24.  However, despite these numbers, the vast majority of gay and bi men remain HIV negative.  Project HIM celebrates this fact, and allows gay and bi men to take control of their health in their own unique way.