Women’s Resource and Action Center Facebook Web site

1993

The Names Project, quilts honoring the memory of those who have died from AIDS, is displayed at the University’s Iowa Memorial Union.

Women’s Resource and Action Center Facebook Web site

Participants in June’s annual gay pride rally gather on the east steps of Old Capitol on the University of Iowa campus.

Iowa Women’s Archives

The Women's Resource and Action Center (WRAC) offers meeting space for lesbians of color.

Michael Blake Personal Collection

1994

The University of Iowa hosts the Sixth North American Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Studies Conference: “InQueery, InTheory, InDeed.” The conference showcases a wide range of queer academic and cultural initiatives. Over 1,200 attend.

Nancy ‘Rusty’ Barceló Papers, Iowa Women’s Archives

GRUPO LL is formed in July to provide a safe and comfortable space for Latino gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.

Photo courtesy of Laurie Haag

1995

The Quire, Eastern Iowa’s LGBT chorus, is founded.

The UI student organization expands its name again. It is now the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Union (LGBTU).