Coming Out, Moving Forward: Wisconsin’s Recent Gay History

by Mr. R. Richard Wagner

Hardcover, 2020

Status

Checked out
Due 11/5/2023

Call number

HQ76.3 .U58 W335 2020

Publication

Wisconsin Historical Society Press (2020), Edition: 1, 640 pages

Description

Coming Out, Moving Forward, the second volume in R. Richard Wagner's groundbreaking work on gay history in Wisconsin, outlines the challenges that LGBT Wisconsinites faced in their efforts to right past oppressions and secure equality in the post-Stonewall period between 1969 and 2000. During this era, Wisconsin made history as the first state to enact a gay rights law prohibiting discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation. It also became the first state to elect three openly gay/lesbian persons to Congress. In this volume, R. Richard Wagner draws on historical research and materials from his extensive personal archive to not only chronicle an important movement, but also to tell the stories of the state's LGBT pioneers-from legislators and elected officials to activists, businesspeople, and everyday citizens. Coming Out, Moving Forward documents the rich history of Wisconsin's LGBT individuals and communities as they pushed back against injustice and found ways to live openly and proudly as themselves. Coming Out, Moving Forward is a continuation to the first volume in this series We've Been Here All Along.… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2020

Physical description

640 p.; 9 inches

ISBN

0870209272 / 9780870209277
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