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| A Traveling Display |
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| Meet some of our LGBTQ+ visionaries, changemakers, and storytellers, get inspired, and share your story. |
| An excerpt from the R. Richard Wagner book, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society press |
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| An excerpt from the R. Richard Wagner book "We've Been Here All Along: Early Gay History in Wisconsin" published by the Wisconsin Historical Society press |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| This button was made for Tammy Baldwin’s first campaign for Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| Bonnie Augusta wore this shirt to the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| This shirt is from the first nationwide demonstration for gay rights, which was held in Washington, DC on October 14, 1979 |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| This button is an example of queer culture’s use of humor and double meanings. |
| Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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| This particular flag was carried by a protester at a lecture by Ralph Reed, held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on February 17, 1998. |
| This was one of the earliest known gay union ceremonies in Madison. |
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| Shirts worn by Kenneth Scott and Brian Bigler at their Holy Union ceremony, July 22, 1995 |
| Learn about the LGBT rights movement in Wisconsin. This article also contains links to other articles about the history of the LGBT movement in WI. |
| History of the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality (MAHE) |
| This image gallery depicts Madison, Wisconsin, as a hub of dynamic social, political and cultrual change from the 1960s through the mid-1970s. |
| BIG History Is Happening: LGBTQ history in Wisconsin |
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| Major moments in the struggle for equal rights for the LGBTQ community happened in Wisconsin. Explore them through stories, images, artifacts, and more. |
| Speakers Bureau |
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| Jenny Kalvaitis is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
| Speakers Bureau |
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| Kristen Whitson is a WHS Press author and a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Speakers Bureau. |
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