For Pride Month, WUWM is highlighting and celebrating the contributions of Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ community.
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"Wisconsin Pride," a new two-hour PBS Wisconsin documentary dives into the perspectives and stories of LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites throughout centuries of our state's history.
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Joshua Ashing, the Circulation Services Representative for the Milwaukee Public Library system, provides his recommendations for Pride Month books.
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Bedecked in rainbow, the 40-foot-long bus is a "giant billboard of inclusivity."
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Earlier this year, Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin rejected a measure that would have banned conversion therapy. While Wisconsin doesn’t have a ban on conversion therapy, local officials are trying to prevent the practice in the Milwaukee area.
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Dozens of voucher schools have policies that allow them to exclude LGBTQ+ students or those with disabilities. In many cases, it’s legal.
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Quilting has long been a way of telling stories. Milwaukee artist Grace Rother is building on that tradition by exploring her identity as a queer person through quilts.
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GOP lawmakers send a therapy-related bill to the committee. Democrats predict the measure will stall.
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Since the pandemic, there's been a shortage of care-givers to address the needs of seniors. Find out why the crisis affects LGBTQ+ seniors the hardest on the first installment of WIGAYZ.
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Dozens of friends, family and community members gathered for a vigil for trans lives outside of the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center Wednesday, following the death of Cashay Henderson. Henderson was a Black trans woman and the sixth trans person, nationally, to be killed in 2023.
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Since June 2022, there have been three known cases of Black transgender women being killed in the city of Milwaukee — Brazil Johnson, Regina "Mya" Allen and Cashay Henderson.