More than 100 House Democrats have urged the administration to ratify and publish the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th amendment
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My Identity Shouldn’t Prevent Me From Living My American Dream
By Carter Brown Many of us have spent our lives pursuing our American dream. For me, this meant getting a college education, building a career, and starting a family. But for many LGBTQ+ people, achieving this dream remains out of reach. Across the country, LGBTQ+ people like me still face the harsh reality of being […]
Uptick in Violence has Milwaukee’s Trans Community on High Alert
Milwaukee’s trans community are being targeted by anti-trans legislation and are concerned about an uptick in violence directed at them.
False Choice: Wisconsin Taxpayers Support Schools That Can Discriminate
Dozens of voucher schools have policies that allow them to exclude LGBTQ+ students or those with disabilities. In many cases, it’s legal. By Phoebe Petrovic Wisconsin Watch In 2022, the two Fox Valley Lutheran High School students were a few months from graduating when they got called into the dean’s office. One was the cheerleading […]
Biden Signs Historic Marriage Equality bill
By Karen Stokes On Tuesday the nation celebrated President Biden signing the Baldwin-Collins Marriage Equality Bill into Law. U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led the push to enshrine marriage equality in federal law. The law ensures that all married couples—including same-sex and interracial couples—are entitled to the rights and responsibilities of […]
‘Milwaukee Accepts People as People’: City of Milwaukee Receives Score of 100 on the Municipality Equality Index
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Several years ago, Tony Snell and his husband moved from South Carolina to Milwaukee after Snell’s husband received a position at Milwaukee School of Engineering. Snell continued his advocacy and human rights work in South Carolina, but a conversation with Mayor Tom Barrett prompted him to root his work in Milwaukee. Today, […]
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‘LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites Are A Critical Part of the State’: Honoring Pride Month
By Alex Lasry With more than an estimated 207,000 members of the LGBTQ+ community calling Wisconsin home, LGBTQ+ individuals are our friends, our neighbors and members of our family. LGBTQ+ Wisconsinites are a critical part of who we are as a state, and they make Wisconsin a better place to live and work. While Pride […]