(All images by Alan Light)

Shooter Alan Light turns in another fun photo essay of some of the participants in last week's Iowa City Pride Fest 2018!

More of Alan's HOT Iowa Pics Here!

Of course his work and my edit are guy-centric considering the thrust of my blog, but it's always inspiring to see so many people coming out to these events, more and more, over time — and we don't all have to look great shirtless.

That said, it's also nice to appreciate beauty, because God knows it's precious and doesn't last ...

(All images by Alan Light)

My buddy Alan Light, a terrific photographer with an eye for the guys turns in dozens of fresh pics from the Iowa City Arts Fest 2018 ...

Zach Walls, the articulate young man who in 2011 talked lovingly about his two moms when the country was in the thick of the gay-marriage debate, tonight won his primary for a state senate seat in Iowa!

Seven years ago, a brave & composed 19-year old named Zach Wahls stood up in front of the Iowa legislature and delivered a speech about growing up with two mothers in a lesbian household.

Tonight, Zach Wahls won his primary for an Iowa state house seat!https://t.co/ROZQqLGGci

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 6, 2018

GREAT results overall for Dems in Iowa, including a smashed turn-out record.

Above: Matteo Lane giving Tony Sansone vibes.

Below: Keep reading for Gus Kenworthy on Gay Times, Colton Haynes's tragic loss, Stormy's double-D ratings, Rippon's lewks, Trump's trans ban, hate crime in Puerto Vallarta, ACT UP anniversary, Adam DeVine full monty, cute dude, Bieber shirtless and Todrick Hall's hot new track ...

(Screenshot via Zach Walls for Iowa Senate)

Remember that 2011 video of Zach Wahls, a young man giving a speech about his lesbian moms?

Yeah, he's now running for an Iowa state Senate seat ...

Republicans frequently insult Democrats by saying we want to take people's money away — to redistribute the wealth by taking money the rich won't even miss in order to help the poor. Sen. Grassley (R-Iowa) wants to do the opposite — give money to the rich only, because giving it to the poor would just lead to them squandering it on wine, women and song.

Read the quote. It's real.

It's a remarkably positive development that Donald Trump's extremely anti-LGBTQ AG Jeff Sessions has sent a federal hate crimes attorney to assist in prosecuting a man accused of shooting dead a gender-fluid high school kid in Iowa ... but the victim's mom is nobly calling for more than just help for her own case.

Katrina Johnson, whose 16-year-old child Kedarie was shot and killed in 2016, is reacting to the Trump Administration's out-of-nowhere assistance in the wake of the DOJ's other, aggressively anti-LGBTQ moves ...

(All images by Alan Light)

My friend Alan Light lit up your weekend with his photo essay of corn-fed Iowa guys. Now, for the second part, with over two dozen more images ...