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Iowa LGBT Resources


LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER
Information/Advocacy for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community. 
Open center, lending library, newsletter, meeting facilities, social events, common
grounds-educational and social programming.  New members and volunteers are always welcome.
P.O. Box 41633
3839 Merle Hay Rd Ste 227
Des Moines, 50310 
Call: 515-277-7884 (24 hours)
E-mail: lgbt_dsm@earthlink.net
Web site:  www.lgbt-dsm.com


ONE IOWA
One Iowa is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization committed to educating, informing and electing fair-minded officials in Iowa.
Web site: www.oneiowa.org/


LAVENDER VICTORY FUND
A Des Moines-based organization which offers financial assistance to
lesbians who have a life-affecting illness or injury.
For more information contact:
LVF
700 Rose Ave.
Des Moines, IA 50315
Call: 515-244-7964
E-mail: LavenderVF@aol.com

IOWA PRIDE NETWORK
Empowering LGBT students to be Out and Proud, Locally Active, and Integrated into a State-wide Network of LGBT Achievers for Support, Mentoring and Opportunities.
P.O. Box 1797
Des Moines, IA 50306-1797Tel: 515-243-1110
Fax: 515-280-8048
Email: info@iowapridenet.org

CAPITAL CITY PRIDE

http://www.capitalcitypride.org/

PFLAG of Des Moines
Parents, Families, Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Support, Education and Advocacy to make Des Moines and Central Iowa a safer, more open and accepting place for GLBT’s
Plymouth Congregational
United Church of Christ
4126 Ingersoll Avenue,
1st Sunday each month at 3pm, 
Call: 515-779-6962.

GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force
The GLBT Youth In Iowa Schools Task Force’s mission is to increase understanding in local school districts and communities about GLBT students, increase awareness and address the inequities regarding safety of GLBT students in Iowa, and improve school climate in order to increase the personal safety, mental health, and achievement levels of GLBT students.

EYCHANER FOUNDATION
The Eychaner Foundation sponsors Iowa's LGBT Scholarship honoring Matthew Shepard which pays tuition, books, and fees at one of Iowa's three state
universities: Iowa State University, the University of Iowa or the University of Northern Iowa. Each scholarship is renewable annualy for up
to four years upon evidence of academic progress, continued service to the LGBT community and an interview with the scholarship community.
Michael Bowser
PO Box 1797
Des Moines, Iowa 50305 
web: http://www.eychanerfoundation.org
email: michael@eychanerfoundation.org

CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, MCC
First Christian Church, 2nd floor chapel
25th and University Ave.
Des Moines, Iowa
10:30 a.m. Sundays
Contact: Rev. Peg Esperanza
287-9787

DES MOINES DIVERSITY CHORUS
(a member of the Gay & Lesbian Association of Choruses)
Rehearse Mondays, 7-9pm, Urbandale UCC, 3530 70th St. Urbandale.
Contact: Elsie Naylor, 515-276-0625 or 515-276-6607

RAINBOW UNITY FOUNDATION
Supporting educational opportunities for GLBT students in Iowa. 
Rainbow Unity
Memorial Scholarship Fund
P.O. Box 8126
Des Moines, IA 50301
Call: 800-823-2363
E-mail: RainbowUnity@aol.com


FAMILY VIOLENCE CENTER
Provides  a 24-hour hotline, counseling, information on legal options, safety informati
on and shelter to persons in abusive relationships.  All services are free and confidential. 
If your partner or your ex threatens you, puts you down, attempts to control you or assaults
you—you are not alone.  Domestic violence isn’t just in straight  relationships, and support is available.
Call 243-6147 or 1-800-942-0333


CONNECTIONS, the Iowa City organization that provides social and networking opportunities for GLBT folks and friends with a range of interests, is in full swing.  Connections offers it all (a nature group, a spiritual group, a chess group, a movie night group, a cooking group, and a sewing group, just to name a few), and what it doesn't offer can be arranged!  Check out the
Connections website at www.queerconnections.org
For more info, e-mail queerconnections@yahoo.com


Lesbian Reading Group, Iowa City
Starting in Sept. 2007.  Meets every three weeks on Thursday nights at 7:00 at the Women's Resource and Action Center of the University of Iowa in Iowa City.  Members choose books (mostly lesbian fiction, but anything goes!) as a group the first night and meet to discuss them over the semester.  Members must pre-register through the WRAC's website: http://www.uiowa.edu/~wrac/ or by phone: (319) 335-1486  Space is limited.  Members provide their own copies of the books.