Wisconsin Pride
Preview: Fighting Injustice
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Remarkable stories of fighting injustice define a pivotal LGBTQ+ era in Wisconsin.
Struggling through a long era in Wisconsin of LBTQ+ shame and harassment, LGBTQ+ people and their allies challenged the excesses of intolerance, fighting injustice with an organized response and winning landmark rights.
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Wisconsin Pride is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funding for Wisconsin Pride is provided by Park Bank, SC Johnson, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of the Capital Times, TruStage, the New Harvest Foundation,...
Wisconsin Pride
Preview: Fighting Injustice
Preview: Special | 30s
Struggling through a long era in Wisconsin of LBTQ+ shame and harassment, LGBTQ+ people and their allies challenged the excesses of intolerance, fighting injustice with an organized response and winning landmark rights.
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How to Watch Wisconsin Pride
Wisconsin Pride is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
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Clip: Special | 5m 57s | Responding to the AIDS pandemic took political will and new social action led by ACT-UP. (5m 57s)
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Clip: Special | 2m 9s | Gay bars once were the only place you could be gay, and it was still risky. (2m 9s)
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Clip: Special | 4m 46s | Years before Stonewall, a Milwaukee bar’s patrons fought back against homophobic attacks. (4m 46s)
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Clip: Special | 2m 19s | Gay Peoples Union nurtured LGBTQ+ life in 1970s Milwaukee. (2m 19s)
Gay Press and Leaping La Crosse News
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Clip: Special | 5m 27s | A diverse gay press united LGBTQ+ people. La Crosse had its own lesbian newsletter. (5m 27s)
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Clip: Special | 11m 6s | Wisconsin led the nation in enacting anti-discrimination laws for gays and lesbians. (11m 6s)
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Clip: Special | 5m 2s | The nation’s first out lesbian candidate for office ran to protest anti-LGB school policy. (5m 2s)
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Clip: Special | 4m 58s | A trans-pioneer from Wauwatosa, WI, Lou Sullivan helped others to live as themselves. (4m 58s)
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Clip: Special | 5m 25s | Milwaukee lesbian couple sought marriage equality in the Seventies. (5m 25s)
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Clip: Special | 2m 37s | The Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality was Wisconsin’s first LGBTQ+ advocacy group. (2m 37s)
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Wisconsin Pride is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin
Funding for Wisconsin Pride is provided by Park Bank, SC Johnson, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of the Capital Times, TruStage, the New Harvest Foundation,...