2023 marks the first year for the LGBTQ+ Film Festival, empowering storytelling through film. The film festival is dedicated to providing a vibrant cultural experience to Des Moines through unique expression of films. Check back soon for showtimes. In from the Side” Following a drunken encounter, two equally attached men from a cash strapped and […]
Presented in partnership by Tito’s Vodka. The Love Shack is a little old place where we can get together! Join Capital City Pride at Platform for an evening celebrating love and honoring marriage equality and the anniversary of it’s establishment on April 3, 2009. What better way to celebrate than dancing the night away with […]
Have you ever wondered why older LGBTQ+ people might struggle with pronouns or the progressive flag or why younger people aren’t familiar with the AIDS Quilt or Harvey Milk. Although we are all members of the LGBTQ+ community we often find ourselves struggling to understand “why”. The LGBTQ+ Generational Panel is a forum for members […]
Mark Lowe Fisher was a gay man and activist from Iowa who turned his death from AIDS in 1992 into the ultimate political act. The architect’s body was carried in an open casket procession, in the pouring rain, from Judson Memorial Church in New York City’s West Village, for almost 40 blocks north up 6th […]
2023 marks the first year for the LGBTQ+ Film Festival, empowering storytelling through film. The film festival is dedicated to providing a vibrant cultural experience to Des Moines through unique expression of films. Check back soon for showtimes. Joyland: One day, Haider finds work as a dancer in a cabaret. He falls in love with […]