More Wisconsin Pride Stories

LGBTQ+ Archives as Recorders of Resistance

Archival institutions are becoming more inclusive and attentive to preserving the histories of marginalized communities. Learn about the proliferation of LGBTQ+ archives across Wisconsin as vital, community-based efforts to preserve LGBTQ+ stories.

Wally Jordan: Fighting and Writing for a Better Tomorrow

Wally Jordan was a gay man from Rhinelander, Wis. who fought in WWII. His personal letters, written during the war to other gay men, provide an important historical record of the wartime lives of Wisconsin LGBTQ+ people.

Queer Athletics and Community Building

LGBTQ+ athletic teams and associations serve as crucial and groundbreaking forms of queer community building. This is no less true in Wisconsin, home to many queer sports leagues, including the largest community-based LGBTQ+ hockey league in North America.

The History of Bi+ Activism in Wisconsin

The ``B`` of LGBTQ+, for bisexual identities or, increasingly, those who identify as having ``pan-`` or ``fluid`` sexualities, has a rich activist history. Learn about Wisconsin's bi+ history in the 1990s, in the context of that era's national struggle for bi+ visibility.

Lysistratra Bar and Restaurant

A feminist cooperative restaurant and bar in Madison, Lysistrata, named after the Aristophanes heroine who united the women of Athens, provided lesbians a safe space of community and support.

Defrocked Priest’s Prison Bio a Window Into Gay Persecution

Historical records of the early 20th century reveal the story and voice of Father Andrew Jastroch, criminalized for his sexual orientation in a pre-Stonewall era and imprisoned at Waupun Correctional Institution in 1932.

Reporting from the frontline as Wisconsin battled AIDS

Reporting on the AIDS pandemic by Carol Larson for Wisconsin Public Television in the 1980s provides a historical, local and personal window on LGBTQ+ health crisis reporting.

Innovative 1970s PBS Program Provided Rare Gay Perspective

A program produced by and for LGBTQ+ people for Wisconsin Public Television in 1977 as part of an experimental community invitation gave voice to gay Wisconsinites.

LGBTQ+ Voices Collection

Stories representing LGBTQ+ communities are as diverse and evolving as the identities bound imperfectly within and beyond these letters. Explore this PBS Wisconsin Voices collection featuring content about the wide ranging lived experiences of LGBTQ+ people in Wisconsin, across the nation and globally.

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