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Cherilyn Matthews started doing drag on a dare. After encouragement by friends to try out for an amateur drag competition 19 years ago, Matthews was shocked when she won. And after winning other competitions, she decided to put her talents to use and raise money for worthy causes. Whether its LGBTQ youth in need or the Spina Bifida Association of Central Florida, shes ready to help. Its one of the reasons she attended Saturdays fifth annual Love is Love Pride Fest in DeLand. Decked out in rainb...

PrideFest canceled in June, organizers hope to hold event later in year Festival was scheduled June 3-6 Share Updated: 6:40 PM CST Jan 26, 2021 PrideFest canceled in June, organizers hope to hold event later in year Festival was scheduled June 3-6 Share Updated: 6:40 PM CST Jan 26, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WORK. MILWAUKEE PRIDEFEST ORGANIZERS ARE CANCELLING THIS YEAR’S EVENT FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. THE FOUR-DAY CELEBRATION USUALLY TAKES PLACE I...

When her kids’ schools moved online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Claudia Longoria wasn’t sure what to do. Her kids, ages 12, 10 and 5, would be home all day, and Longoria and her husband both work full time outside of the home. During the first week of online learning, she took off from work to support her kids, and quickly realized the older two wouldn’t be able to focus on school while being responsible for the 5-year-old. “I told my husband I thought I would have to quit my job...

Representing Iowa Friday, December 11, 2020 6:00 AM When 2020 hits the history books, Capital City Pride will remember a major shift. After 43 years, Capital City Pride now has the largest and most diverse board of directors in its history -- including the first all-female president/vice president team the organization has had.  “It literally happened in the matter of two to three years,” said President Jen Carruthers, who was joined this year by Vice President Hillary Gardner....

Congress. the retiring incumbent won by more than 500 votes last year. democrats believe that traditionally republican district is now in play. they say they guarantee abortion rights will be a major focus of their efforts in 2020 to flip it. a busy weekend in iowa. state party event today. weekend des moines pride fest is attracting many candidates. mayor pooug, the only openly gay candidate in the race spoke friday at a matthew shepard dinner held in honor of the gay wyoming college student ...

19 of the 23 declared candidates are expected to be in iowa hoping to convince voters there ahead of the nations first caucuses in february. >> its always iowas moment in the sun. >> it is. >> notably absent front-runner joe biden. hes attending his granddaughters high school graduation but hell be campaigning in iowa next tuesday, the same day president trump holds a fund-raiser there. >> and at this early stage in everything, a new poll shows that joe biden is the clear favorite among likely c...

Des moines. >> reporter: its pride and politics. as many of the candidates make their way here not only for the pride fest but also for a big dinner on sunday night. that is the hall of fame dinner. and we expect about 19 of the 23 candidates to be there, to not only show strength in their campaigns but also make themselves stand out. now in this crowd here at the pride fest, a lot of the voters are looking for someone who is going to talk about abortion, the rights of lgbt. but ive also heard v...

Wont take place until next february. >> look, there is a lot of time before the iowa caucus. we have never been guided by a poll before. >> ive said this before and will say it again, a lot of the polls that are out there, polls take whatever theyre worth, eight months before an election, but a lot of the polls have me and joe biden defeating trump pretty handily and -- >> well, 19 of the 23 democratic candidates are expected in iowa, but joe biden wont be there. his campaign says hell be at his...

Candidates to be there. to not only show strength in their campaigns, but also make themselves stand out. now, in this crowd, here at the pride fest, a lot of the voters are looking for someone who is going to talk about abortion. the rights of lgbt. i also heard voters here tell me they want to know about jobs, the economy, health care and the candidates are taking note. already we have heard some of them take aim at president trump. we also heard many of them talk about marriage equality. they...

Voters. what else is at the tops of their minds? >> reporter: theyve been talking about, and no surprise here, the rights of the lgbtq community, about abortion. and as we start to see the activity pick up here, a lot of folks kind of showing up here, were also not just seeing participants that are celebrating pride, but were also seeing how pride and politics come together. the campaigns, already weve seen williamsons campaign out here, bernie sanders campaign, talking to voters about their pla...