For Pride Month, WUWM is highlighting and celebrating the contributions of Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ community.
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Madison-based TikTok star Mercury Stardust posted a video helping someone use ratchet straps. Now, she's the "Trans Handy Ma'am" and an author.
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After their first award-winning season, "Be Seen" returns for a second eight-episode season that dives deeper into the individual stories, people and events of Wisconsin's LGBTQ history.
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On February 26, 2023 firefighters responding to an apartment fire, found 31-year-old Cashay Henderson had been shot and killed in her home. She was the third Black trans woman killed in Milwaukee in nine months. On Wednesday, supporters and family of Henderson, demanded justice for her death.
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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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A national organization based in Madison is sending books to LGBTQ+ incarcerated people across the United States.
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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.