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CENTRAL FLORIDA GAY AND LESBIAN LAW ASSOCIATION
The LGBT Bar Associatn of Wisns is an associatn of gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr legal profsnals and their alli. QLaw Wel Kenyan Queer Legal Activist for LectureQLaw at the Universy of Wisns Law School wel Eric Gari, queer activist and Co-Founr of the Natnal Gay and Lbian Human Rights Commissn Nairobi, Kenya for a lecture to beg at 3:00 p. The SOGI Commissn's missn is to secure for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr persns full and equal accs to and participatn the ABA, the legal profsn, and the jtice system.
Submtee on Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Involvement.
The Natnal LGBT Bar Associatn, formerly known as the Natnal Lbian and Gay Law Associatn (NLGLA), is an affiliate of the ABA wh a legate to the ABA Hoe of Delegat. It is a membership-based anizatn of lawyers, judg and other legal profsnals, law stunts, activists, and affiliate lbians, gay, bisexual, transgenr legal anizatns. Wisns has long been a forenner LGBTQ+ advocy, ever sce was the first state to pass anti-discrimatn legislatn for the LGBTQ muny 1982, givg the tle of "the first gay rights state.
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"Here are five stori that scratch the surface of the Fox Ci' LGBTQ muny and Lambda Lounge: Appleton's first gay barThroughout the late 20th century, gay people primarily found muny through the bar scene, often seen as a safe space for LGBTQ people to socialize. Appleton's first gay bar, the Lambda Lounge, opened downtown 1977 by partners Pl DeB and Gene DeB, Pl's sister, said the two bought the bar om Claire Kempky who ran Doris' Super Bar, a bs wh a reputatn as a hangout spot for gay people. That reputatn, she said, enuraged her brother to open a gay bar after Kempky's closed.
Matchbook vers for The Lambda Lounge that read "The Gayt Spot Town. " The bar opened 1977 and was Appleton's first gay the bar wasn't openly advertised as a gay bar for the safety of s patrons, people knew of through word of mouth and natnal gay bar guis, such as the Damron Gui.
Rearcher for the Universy of Wisns-Green Bay's "Our Voic: LGBTQ+ Stori of Northeastern Wisns" Dennis Jab said bar patrons often experienced backlash om Appleton rints who believed homosexualy was wrong and didn't like havg a gay bar patrons were safe to be themselv si the bar, Jabs said people knew to not enter or leave the bar alone as they faced vlence om straight people and many fights took place outsi the bar. "The early [gay] bars were rough, " Jabs said. "But the gay populatn Appleton stood their ground and fought back.