MAGA Ridicules “Funeral” For Iowa LGBTQ Center

April 4, 2025 Christianists, Trump cultists

The Ames Tribune reports:

A coalition of Iowa State University students and Ames community members held a makeshift funeral Wednesday for Iowa State’s LGBTQIA+ center. About 50 people gathered in front of Parks Library around a makeshift coffin painted with the LGBTQIA+ flag. Many were wearing black, sporting pride pins or holding pride flags.

Iowa State’s Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success, often referred to as “The Center,” must be restructured and rebranded due to Senate File 2435.

The law, which will take effect on July 1, 2025, prohibits state universities like Iowa State from starting, maintaining or funding DEI offices or positions unless required by law or for accreditation. The Iowa Board of Regents imposed directives and a Dec. 31 deadline to eliminate functions like the Center.

The Iowa State Daily reports:

Edwin Cepeda, a first-year in computer science, was among the many speakers. “It’s heartbreaking, as someone who wanted to start visiting The Center more, that I and so many other queer young adults will not get the opportunity to see The Center again,” Cepeda said.

Another speaker was the Rev. Kelli Clement, senior minister at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames. “When you find your people, it is a holy moment, and the loss of this center does not mean that your people go away,” Clement said.

Clement sang a song, with the crowd joining in. The lyrics, “We resist, we refuse to let hatred in. We rise up, we won’t back down, we’re in this ‘til the end.”

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