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FROM “DON’T SAY GAY” TO “RABOWLAND”

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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.

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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. 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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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