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Madison Pride and MAGIC Picnic was the yearly celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender residents of Madison, Wisconsin. The 2009 version of this event, was "Wisconsin Capitol Pride". [1] In 2014, OutReach LGBT Community Center took over the major Pride celebration in Madison, WI.
Dick Wagner (left) along with Tammy Baldwin and Mark Pocan at Madison Gay Pride Parade, 1991. In November 1985, Wagner and Nichols joined 10 other out elected officials for the first National Conference of Openly Lesbian and Gay Elected Officials [ 11 ] (at the time, there were an estimated 19 out elected officials in the United States).
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Pride Month is celebrated annually in June to honor the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Its roots trace back to the 1969 Stonewall riots.
To start, Pride Month began 54 years ago in June 1970 with Gay Pride Week, a celebration that marked the first anniversary of the violent raid at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City.
Madison police said they arrested a borough man for allegedly tearing down six LGBTQ+ Pride flags that were hung downtown and throwing them in the trash. The flags were reinstalled as of Monday ...
The Hotel Washington was a building in Madison, Wisconsin, built at the end of the 19th century. [1] It housed several businesses during the 1970 through 1990s. It was an important cultural center in south central Wisconsin and served as a destination and important venue for members of the LGBT community from Wisconsin and northern Illinois, until its destruction by fire on February 18, 1996.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Wisconsin enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBTQ people. However, the transgender community may face some legal issues not experienced by cisgender residents, due in part to discrimination based on gender identity not being included in Wisconsin's anti-discrimination laws, nor is it covered in the state's ...