Queer Connections
Queer Connections Iowa City Iowa

Queer Connections
Iowa City, Iowa

The Connections movement began modestly in the dining room of a downtown Iowa City church in the fall of 2004 with a dozen or so participants. It was, at the time, an extension of a local LGBT spirituality discussion group which had formerly been named Open Hearts and had met at St. Thomas More Church.

By the time Connections kicked off its season two years later, more than 150 people filled the ballroom lobby and a large meeting room of the hotelVetro. A wide variety of area LGBT groups had tables which prompted their programs and services and recruited volunteers.