From “Don’t Say Gay” to “Rabowland” | ACLU of Wisns

Contents:

• FROM “DON’T SAY GAY” TO “RABOWLAND”
• GAY AREA ONOMOWOC
• GAYT PLAC IN WISNS FOR 2020
• LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUPS WKHA COUNTY, WI

FROM “DON’T SAY GAY” TO “RABOWLAND”

Before Harvey Milk, Jam Yeadon was elected to public officeJam Yeadon beme the first openly gay man to be elected to public office  Wisns.In 1976, he beat 13 other ndidat a special electn for Madison's 8th Alrmanic District. Yeadon me out publicly as gay the next day, and  April 1977, he won re-electn.Seven months later, famed gay-rights activist Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francis Board of Supervisors.

While Milk was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office California, Yeadon and several others ma history across the natn before Milk me to office.

Milwkee had s own versn of Stonewall, eight years earlierIn 1961, four ebriated servicemen cid to check out Milwkee's most popular gay bar, on a dare. It also tablished a Pflag chapter, a support group for parents, fai and alli of lbians and gays. This Is It, one of Milwkee's beloved gay bars, is one of the olst the untryThis Is It, ntled the heart of Milwkee's downtown on East Wells Street, is one of the top 10 olst gay bars the natn and the olst LGBTQ bar Wisns.

GAY AREA ONOMOWOC

Wisns was the first state to have three openly LGBTQ elected officialsWisns was the first state the natn to elect three openly gay members of the U.S. Gunrson was the first openly gay member of the Republin Party to be reelected to Congrs after beg unwillgly outed.

And stroy" queer Republins such as Gunrson.Dpe this, and the GOP's tradnal opposn to gay rights, Gunrson was re-elected that same year.

GAYT PLAC IN WISNS FOR 2020

Milwkee has been dubbed an 'unrappreciated gay Mec'LGBTQ magaze "The Advote" shone a spotlight on Milwkee 2016.

When reviewed the book "LGBT Milwkee" by historian // Michail Takach, Milwkee got a major shoutout as "the most unrappreciated gay Mec the U.S." “People wouldn’t expect Milwkee to have a long and lorful LGBTQ history, datg back nearly 100 years, but here’s the proof,” said Takach, referencg his book. Natnally acclaimed GPU started right here WisnsIn 1971, stunts at the Universy of Wisns-Milwkee found the Gay Peopl Unn (GPU).

It soon rose to bee the most proment gay rights anizatn Milwkee and later published a news outlet lled GPU News, which gaed natnal regnn. The group's purpose was to help te the muny about gays, lbians and other members of the LGBTQ muny.

LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GROUPS WKHA COUNTY, WI

Some of the group's acplishments clu:Producg the first gay and lbian scripted program  the natn lled Gay Perspective.From 1971-81, publishg a monthly magaze centered on gay issu.Establishg Milwkee's first gay and lbian muny center.Openg the first gay health clic, which later beme BESTD Clic.Contact Victoria Magee at (414) 223-5368 or vmagee@.

1557, aka the "Don't Say Gay" bill, to law March 2022, many stat adopted siar piec of legislatn makg illegal for teachers to discs topics related to sexual orientatn and genr inty wh their stunts.

The censorship of racial and LGBTQ+ issu the classroom has garnered natnal attentn ever sce Florida passed s notor “Don’t Say Gay” law 2022. In the early 2000s, voters stat across the untry passed ballot measur that banned gay marriage through the same type of moral panic we see wh the current wave of classroom censorship. The feelg of excln and lonels as a rult of sexual orientatn that exists some ponents of the pla which prsn and suici, is addrsed gay lotns which is why LGBT populatns ci wh gay plac ntue to grow wh a lot more folks search of and gettg the sense of muny they lack may perhaps be surprised by the amount of activi you n lote the gay village of your area, such as edy shows or thematic parti.