A few months back, I had the opportunity to attend the launching of UW-Green Bay’s digital archive – Our Voices, a series of LGBT+ narratives from Northeast Wisconsin. In tandem, there was a screening of Wisconsin PBS’s documentary WI Pride, currently a two-part series.
Now, as someone that has lived in WI for most of my life, who is part of this community, who has done studies in LGBT+ history – I was shocked to discover how little I actually knew about queer history in WI. Like did you know that in 1982, WI became the first state to include sexual orientation in their nondiscrimination policy? I didn’t.
If you are someone that is interested in queer and/or WI history, I HIGHLY recommend checking out this two part series – it feels particularly important to make this recommendation during June, LGBT+ Pride Month here in the states. You can watch both parts on the WI PBS website:
Part Two: Struggles & Victories
Both videos utilize closed captioning and provide a full transcript.
Ami Maxine 