Corridor Community Action Network’s Trans Day of Visibility is returning to Iowa City amid unprecedented legislation from the Iowa House by extending the celebration with five days of events.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, on Feb. 28, signed a historic bill removing gender identity as a protected class in the Iowa Civil Rights Act. The decision ended 18 years of civil rights protections for transgender and nonbinary Iowans.
Republicans have claimed that the law is necessary to support new GOP legislation, which includes a ban on transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming medical care, restricting transgender students from using school bathrooms that align with their gender identity and banning transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.
The new law has provoked several protests at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
More: Reynolds signs law ending trans civil rights protections; Iowa 1st state to repeal rights
Celebrating transgender people and spreading awareness
Mandi Remington, the founder and director of Corridor Community Action Network and a member of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, notes that Iowa City's collaborative Trans Day of Visibility week from March 27-31 celebrates transgender individuals and also raises awareness for the challenges the community faces.
Iowa City reaffirms community support by extending Trans Day of Visibility into a week-long event
Iowa City will host a five-day celebration for Trans Day of Visibility, amplifying trans voices and 'resisting anti-trans legislation.'
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