Des Moines, IA – Capital City Pride (CCP) is bringing back its annual Pride Gala and Award Ceremony on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at the River Center in Des Moines, Iowa. After a year off due to COVID-19, CCP is excited to bring together the Des Moines community, LGBTQ+ people, and allies to celebrate those who strengthen and promote the Iowa LGBTQ+ community. This year’s event will be Studio 54 themed and those attending are invited to don their favorite disco era fashion and b

Capital City Pride is celebrating the 33rd National Coming Out Day.

Happy October and LGBT History Month, friends! Not to be confused with LGBT Pride Month in June, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month — or as it was originally called, Lesbian and Gay History Month — was first celebrated in October 1994. LGBT History Month was founded by Rodney Wilson, the first openly gay public school teacher in Missouri. He believed that gay history and the evolution of gay rights — like the suffragette movement, slavery or the Holocaust —