Queering the Midwest Edward M. Meyers learn about their hopes

learn about their hopes

Going far beyond one-time teacher trainings

This work reaches beyond the imagined boundaries of a single university or single state

military as well as sailors and pirates

as well as world peace and international relations

Queering the Midwest Edward M. Meyers learn about their hopesHow LGBTQ community life in a small Midwestern city differs from that in larger cities with established gayborhoods River City is a small, Midwestern, postindustrial city surrounded by green hills and farmland with a population of just over 50,000. Most River City residents are white, working class Catholics, a demographic associated with conservative sexual politics. Yet LGBTQ residents of River City describe it as a progressive, welcoming, and safe