For Pride Month, WUWM is highlighting and celebrating the contributions of Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ community.
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Wisconsin lags behind many others in its protection of LGBTQ people. The Wisconsin legislature has taken steps to enshrine the practice of gay conversion therapy, a variety of techniques meant to change someone’s sexuality which can lead to psychological damage and suicide. But that hasn't stopped cities from enacting their own bans, including the latest: LaCrosse.
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For many LGBTQ couples like Jake and Nick, the path to parenthood is different compared to heterosexual parents. To help start their family, Jake’s best friend volunteered to be their gestational carrier, and the three of them worked with Dr. Kate Schoyer, a reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist at Froedtert, to bring their daughter Eleanor into their world.
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Nonbinary American designer Daniel Quasar created the Progress Pride flag to elevate the message of the original Pride flag. WUWM explores its meaning as it's hoisted up on the Wisconsin State Capitol for the first time.
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Since the 1980s, more than 200 lesbian bars have closed across the country. Walker's Pint is the last lesbian bar in Milwaukee, one of less than 25 in the nation.
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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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Milwaukee has seen drag performers since the late 1800s, and the city's vast history has helped shape drag across the U.S.
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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.