Have you ever wanted a way to connect with women and nonbinary folks around the Midwest? Maybe wished for a place you could connect locally? Well golly do I have the place for you!

Let me introduce Midwest Underground! A discord server for women and trans/nonbinary folks across the Midwest to connect! We spread awareness of important issues of today’s political climate, signal boost protests, and generally just have a good time!!

https://discord.gg/nRqJbtadcp

Don’t have discord? Not a problem!! We also have a brand spankin new subreddit!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/WomenUnderground/s/4N2xDueoNS

Or!! We have resources for setting yourself up a good ole discord account!! Plus multiple people willing to help newcomers!!

If you’re interested PLEASE feel free to check us out! We’d love to meet you!!

Join us standing for national sovereignty, self-determination, and peace. We stand in solidarity with the Venezuelan people and reject U.S. militarism in all its forms!

A limited number of signs will be available for people to hold tomorrow. Tomorrow will be pretty chilly, please comes dressed for the weather in multiple warm layers, a hat, gloves, and warm socks. Bringing a warm beverage like tea or coffee will help keep you warm as well!

Title just about says it all. I feel like the best course of action is to simply move out of the state at this point. I was hesitant at first to make a post like this, but for the most part this seems like a supportive subreddit. Perhaps I'm being too pessimistic, but I'm genuinely starting to fear for my future. Anyone have any advice?

For any possible transphobes/trolls: No, telling me to kms is actually NOT advice! Hope this helps :D

EDIT: Reddit Cares Counter: 4

EDIT 2: Thank you to everyone who's replied to this post. I'd reply to every comment individually, but I don't have the time to do that, sadly. I really appreciate the support :)

🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨

Hands off Iran! Calling all students and Decorah residents alike! Join us this Sunday at 2PM on College Drive Bridge, Decorah Iowa, as we protest the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran.

Show up and speak out!

From one skinny white dude to another let's go

EDIT: it's real crazy the visceral reaction some people have to the idea that the democratic candidate should protect trans children

How is it possible to remain friends with people who support a convicted sexual assaulter, Jan 6 riot supporter, general felon, and a candidate that calls for a firing squad for an ex congress woman that speaks out against him, and all the other vile names and things he says about women and people who don't support him?

http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=401752822

Im curious f there are any trans female mechanics in the area? I know a young trans female who is thinking of not following her dream, worried she wont be accepted. So, looking for someone with experience. Please feel free to PM me, if it’s more comfortable.

Please don’t comment with hate. I’m just trying to help a youngster.

Would like to read about actions by Iowans to support Chicago. (I am now living in the PNW.)

That's just a major win for centenarians everywhere in my book!! (I, for one, hope he's still in office when he turns 110, another incredible milestone for absurdly old people in the federal government)

My last post was deleted because it was not Iowa specific - and now it is because this is our fight.

From here forward, all Maga supporters, especially our own Kim Jung Reynolds and Chuck GrASSley, shall be know as the "Rotten Orange Grove Gang".

Why? Because the rot is deep and it spreads. Our votes here at home can mean the downfall and removal of it at the source. It's time to burn the rot so the land can be fruitful for ALL Iowans.

It is in our hands to uproot the rot at a state, county and city/town level. It is our voices and votes that will begin to destroy what is keeping our children from being taken care of and our rights being stripped away.

If you take a step back and look at the whole picture, you can see the atrocious equation the our government has created. Here's how it breaks down:

Lack of reasonable abortion access + lack of proper education + lack of affordable childcare for parents + low wage jobs and constant layoffs + lack of assistance and access to healthy foods + child labor laws = poor families (majority POC) forced to stay at the bottom and rely on their children to help support their households (modern day slavery in this state)

Poor families forced to stay at the bottom and rely on their children to help support their households = a neverending pipeline of income taxes to line the government's pockets because those affected cannot afford to leave the state.

This is not even including the attacks on my LGBTQ community.

WE are the only ones who have to start the destruction of this system and rebuilding of our state. WE need to come together to remove the rot in Iowa.

VOTE PEOPLE! Your single ballot(s) and voice combined with the rest of us will be what screams the loudest!

First you fill out an application for an absentee ballot, then with ID in hand you are guided to a poll worker who carefully scrutinizes your application, your face, and your drivers license, and I mean a careful, thorough, time consuming scrutiny. Then you are asked whether you want to vote by paper, or by electronic ballot. Since there are so few electronic machines, and the wait is longer, I selected paper ballot.

It wasn’t a quick process.

An older senior citizen voting next to me murmured something, evidently talking to themself. An election worker immediately stepped in got between me and the voter, and began to instruct us in a not to kindly manor about completing our own ballots. The senior citizen, plainly pissed off said “if I want to talk to myself, I’ll damn well do that. Get the hell out of my space”. I grinned, and gave the senior citizen a thumbs up….

Am a 20 y/o trans girl in the cedar rapids area (marion) looking for a roommate. Its very hard to just get up and take care of myself in a household of trump voters (one of which even calls himself a christian nationalist and wishes for my deportstion), i think what i really need is to live somewhere i dont have to worry about their judgement.

I can bring in ~550 a month, and id prefer a rent arrangement where half of the basic expenses are split equally and half are split proportionally to income. (Such expenses being rent, utilities, internet, cleaning supplies, cheap cooking ingredients, toiletries and similar things, etc)

All this is open to negotiation, and i will definitely favor those i feel i can get along well with. DM me, preferably on discord @brightcousinkuvi, as i will be way faster to respond

Edit: big misunderstanding to clarify!!! When i said, ~550, thats roughly how much i would be able to pay towards rent. not my income, that is significantly higher. Some of the other responses to this shit are just weird lol. Ive gotten 2 offers to look into now

I know that a lot of people have long lists of things that she's done that they hate. But I wonder what people would say is the thing at the very top of their list.

I also wonder why this thing tops your list. Is the issue primarily a general moral one? Or is the issue mainly that this thing impacted you personally?

It's interesting to find out where the admins morals lay in this subreddit.

I need ideas for what to yell while protesting the anti-trans bill. I was think about something a long the lines of "separate and unequal" or maybe just yelling "Hey! What the fuck do you think you're doing?" At the legislators

"No evidence, no reason to think that..."
EDIT: I should have clarified that the posts\comments indicating she's a active drunk are what I object to.

I agree with y'all that the DUI's should disqualify her for office and that should be broadcast every day so that people know. There's a million things we can deride her for and the "she's driving drunk" posts annoy me and I think they just clutter up the message.
Great replies, thanks.