LGBTQ+ Equality

Links to LGBTQ+ Sunday services from Iowa congregations:

March 27, 2022 UUS Sunday Service: Trans Day of Visibility (UUS, Coralville)

UU Iowans LGBTQ Shared Sermon Project (Cedar Valley UU)

Links to LGBTQ+ Sunday services from other congregations:

UU’s: Standing on the Side of Love with the LGBTQ Community (UU Fellowship of Bay County, FL)

Courage and LGBTQ (UU Congregation of Cleveland)

PRIDE: Then and Now - June 13th, 2021 (First UU Church, Columbus, OH)

Building an LGBT Community in Our UU World (Cedar Lane UU Church, Bethesda, MD

Queer Your Faith, Iowa

IUUWAN is working with OneIowa to promote a monthly service for both our UU congregations and outreach and support for the LGBTQ+ community.

Queer Your Faith, Iowa’s story

Queer Your Faith came out of Arizona’s UU State Action Network, UUJAZ, which had a grant proposal to hire a minister to give monthly services. The decision to tweak this – having our Iowa and neighboring states UU congregations supply the service seemed a better choice. Hiring a minister to give monthly services could easily cost thousands per year. When Iowa UUs host the service, an interested viewer can come and see a UU service in person.  This also will encourage our Iowa UU congregations to produce regular, interesting services for the queer community. Services are the second Sunday of the month starting between 10 AM and 11 AM, depending on the congregation’s schedule.

How to see the services

All services are shown on Facebook Live.  The Facebook Live event is monitored so questions can be relayed to the speaker. Unfortunately, we don't give out Zoom links as Zoom bombing is still a thing.

Go to our Queer Your Faith facebook page here.

One Iowa Action – a nonprofit working to preserve and advance the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQ) Iowans – conducts policy and advocacy work on LGBTQ issues facing Iowans, and  tracks and provides other information about the Anti LGBTQ legislation considered, being considered, or that has passed in Iowa.

One Iowa will host a legislative session recap on May 11th at 6pm. Click here to register for this 2023 Legislative Session Webinar.