A history of the gay and lbian life, culture and society Milwkee, Wisns
Contents:
- ORLANDO SHOOTG STUNS MILWKEE GAY MUNY DURG PRIFT
- MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS
- GAY UPLE TO OPEN WISNS'S FIRST GROUP HOME FOR LGBTQ YOUTH
ORLANDO SHOOTG STUNS MILWKEE GAY MUNY DURG PRIFT
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The Milwkee Lbian/Gay Pri Commtee was also found that year. Took over 1994 after the Milwkee Gay/Lbian Pri Commtee dissolved. This was an emotnally-charged movement, harkeng back to the earlit days of gay pri, where march were nsired both a polil exprsn and a social disptn.
For 30-pl years, we’ve nsired Pri Week 1988, hosted by the Milwkee Lbian Gay Pri Commtee, to be the birthplace of today’s PriFt. Brice Smh unvered some hidn history wh Josie Carter and Jamie Gays. Sure, we’d heard passg mentns of "the first PriFt happeng a parkg lot behd a bar" the History of Gay Wisns group.
MOSW COURT UPHOLDS 100-YEAR BAN ON GAY PRI EVENTS
In Augt 1961, a steamy seri of bar fights put Milwkee on the map of gay uprisgs.
The Black Ne Brawl revealed that gay people existed Milwkee, numbers large enough to fend themselv and their terrory when challenged. After a lifetime the shadows, gay people saw the Black Ne as a turng pot, and the muny beme braver and bolr.
6, 1971, Chuckie Betz and the Gay Liberatn Front appeared a Labor Day para prottg the Vietnam War. Gay People’s Unn hosted the Midwt Homophile Conference at the Marc Plaza April 1972, which brought teemed activists Dr. On June 29, 1973, Gay People’s Unn lnched Gay Pri Week, which clus baseball gam, danc, ralli, a potluck dner, a "Gay In" at June Park and a piic Estabrook Park.
GAY UPLE TO OPEN WISNS'S FIRST GROUP HOME FOR LGBTQ YOUTH
Out edian and actor Michael Greer weled 350 participants to the event, then nsired the largt gatherg of gay men Milwkee history. Gay pri events ebbed and flowed throughout the 1970s. Gay People’s Unn had sizeable ntgents 1978 and 1979, which got people thkg about hometown events for 1980.