I-LGBT Umhlahlandlela we-Iowa City Gay Culture

Umphakathi wekolishi okhululekile oye waba yinto ethandwa kakhulu njengamaviki aphuthumayo evekiniki, i- Iowa City futhi umphakathi oqhubekayo kakhulu kunombuso olinganiselayo kuze kube yilapho uhlala khona. Noma kunjalo, Iowa yabamangaza abaningi lapho beba umbuso wokuqala wesifunda sokubhalisa umshado wesilisa (ngisho nesinqumo sekhotho esiphikisanayo).

I-Iowa City ehamba kahle futhi enobumnene inezinto eziningi ezithatha isikhathi lapho abantu abaningi behamba khona befuna idolobha namasiko kodwa bafuna ukugwema izindleko eziphakeme, ukuphazamiseka okuyizinkathazo, nokubona izinsongo zokuphepha kwamanye omasipala abakhulu.

Leli dolobha elingaba ngu-72,000 lingabizi kakhulu, kulula ukuhamba, futhi livikeleke kakhulu. Kungakapheli ntambama yaseChicago, eMinneapolis, e-Omaha, eKansas City naseSt. Louis, futhi inesinye sezigcawu ezibonakalayo ezibonakalayo kunoma iyiphi idolobha ubukhulu bayo.

Ukuba khona kwe-University of Iowa ehloniphekile (U ka-I) kuyingxenye yendawo ebalulekile yobuciko bomuzi futhi kunqume ukuziphatha ngendlela efanele. I-campus ihlanganisa ngokungaqondakali nendawo yedolobha, kodwa ngokungafani neminye imiphakathi enikezwe isikhungo esikhulu semfundo, i-Iowa City ingaphezu kwedolobha lasekolishi.

Iningi labantu abathandanayo nabasosayensi baye basuka lapha ukuze basebenzise izinga eliphezulu lokuphila komuzi futhi bahlale benomoya omphakathi - idolobha lahlehliswa ukubandlululwa kwabangqingili nabangqingili phakathi nawo-1970, futhi ngonyaka unyaka ngamunye izinkulungwane ziya emkhosini we- Iowa City Pride ngoJuni kanti i-Iowa Women's Music Festival iyakubonga ngoSepthemba. I-University of Iowa Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, ne-Queer Resource Center, ngaphambili, i-GLBTAU futhi yasungulwa ngo-1970, yamukela abangane nezivakashi zonyaka wonke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yiziphi izinto eziphathelene nobulili, emibuthanweni yayo eminingi, kusukela kuma-movie kuya kumidlalano emibuthanweni yezombangazwe .

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokusho kokubalwa kwabantu, i-Iowa City ineminyaka engu-13 esizweni phakathi kweMetropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) "emaphesenti emindeni ehlanganisiwe eyingqingili noma engqingili."

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ungumfundi noma umphakathi, isivakashi noma imisebenzi yendawo, ezenhlalakahle e-Iowa City ijikeleze kakhulu eNyuvesi yase-Iowa kanye ne-campus yayo enamabala, enamagatsha anamanzi aqoshwe ngamahholo asezingeni elidala lemfundo kanye nezakhiwo zesikhathi esibuhlungu.

I-U ye-I idume kakhulu ngezindawo zezokwelapha ze-Stellar kanye ne-Iowa Writers 'Workshop, lapho izithombe ezinjengokuthi uJohn Irving, uJohn Cheever, uRita Dove, uJane Smiley, uFlannery O'Connor noRobert Penn Warren baye bafundisa noma befundisiwe. Omncane waseTennessee Williams naye wabuye wafunda indawo yaseshashalazini lapha.

Ukuze uthole umuzwa we-campus, futhi mhlawumbe uthathe i-bite ukuze udle, yimise i-anchor yokuphila komfundi, i-Iowa Memorial Union, evulekile umphakathi jikelele. Iqukethe zokudlela eziningana nezitolo kanye nehhotela. Qinisekisa ukuthi uhlola ukuthi yini edlala ku-Bijou Cinema yenyunyana, yeshashalazi yendlu yobuciko evame ukuveza ama-movie aser-themed. I-U-Museum ye-Natural History - i-museum endala kunazo zonke ngasentshonalanga yoMfula i-Mississippi - equkethe izimboniselo ezinkulu zezilwane ezincelisayo nezinyoni kanye nemibukiso elandela iminyaka engu-500 yezigidi zomlando we-geological e-Iowa.

Esinye isitimela esithandwayo yi-U ka-I Museum of Art, ogama layo lihlolisisa amakhulu eminyaka e-Afrika, eNingizimu-ntshonalanga yaseMelika, e-Pre-Columbian, eYurophu naseMelika. Ungabuka usebenza ngu-Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, kanye nosuku lwesimanje we-gayist Marsden Hartley. Funda ngegama lika-Iowa City njengenhloko yezwe (1840-1857) e-Old Capitol Museum, ephethe isakhiwo esiphezulu esakhiwe esishayamthetho sase-Iowa.

IYunivesithi inezindawo eziningana zokusebenza ezithatha amathalenta asekhaya nakwamanye amazwe, okuyiwona ohlonishwayo yi-Hancher Auditorium, ukuthi yiziphi izincwadi ezinkulu zegama lomculo kanye nokuvakasha imibukiso yezemidlalo. U-U we-Mainstage Theatre izigaba zombili izakhi zemidlalo zendabuko kanye ne-avant-garden, njengoba kwenza amashayetha wezentengiselwano ezintathu zokuqala edolobheni: iDreamwell Theater inikeza imisebenzi eminye yesifunda esivusa amadlingozi, i-Riverside Theatre ikhiqize imidlalo eminingana eminyaka, futhi I-Iowa City Community Theatre ingenye indawo ephawulekayo.

Izivakashi ezingaphezu kwezimbalwa ziza lapha zithenga emqondweni wazo - i-Iowa City inezithombe eziningi zobuciko, amabhishi ama-funky, nezitolo zomculo ezipholile nabathengisi. Abathandi bezobuciko kufanele baqiniseke ukuthi bahlola i-Iowa Artisans Gallery, eye yenze imisebenzi yabaculi besifunda abanamakhono iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25.

Isitolo sezincwadi esikhulu esizimele kunazo zonke, i-Prairie Lights, sinomkhakha ogcwele wesithandana nabesilisa abathandana nabesifazane kanye nomlando wamaphephandaba kanye nemithombo yomphakathi. I-coffeehouse esitezi sesibili yindawo enhle yokuhamba nge-cerebral.

I-Downtown nayo igcwele amachashazi asebusuku abanobungqingili, izindawo zokudlela, namakhasita - hlola isiqondiso se- Iowa City Gay ne-Restaurants for izincomo.