Landlord put up a sign with an anti-gay slur & told protestors it’s a communism joke gone awry
A sign on the side of a business calling people “faggots” angered LGBTQ people in a Wisconsin town, who went so far as to organize…
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An amazing gay couple just opened a group home for queer youth
Brad and Nick ShlaikowskiPhoto: TODAY video screenshot Brad and Nick Shlaikowski, a married couple, are the co-founders of Courage MKE, Wisconsin’s first-ever group home for…
Federal judge rules Wisconsin’s Medicaid program must cover transgender healthcare
A federal judge has ruled that Wisconsin’s Medicaid program must cover gender affirmation health care in a major win for transgender Wisconsinites. Four transgender people…
Trump administration civil rights lawyer arrested multiple times for harassing women & gays
A Trump administration lawyer who is in charge of a civil rights division had multiple run-ins with the law for his aggressive protests for Christian…
Betsy DeVos won’t say that she opposes discrimination against LGBTQ students
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Photo:…
Wisconsin has started covering trans healthcare as GOP governor gets ready to leave office
State employees in Wisconsin will now have transition-related care covered by their health care plan. “It’s hard sometimes to just be able to sit with…
How cheese may re-elect Tammy Baldwin
Senator Tammy BaldwinPhoto: Wikipedia Two years ago, Badger state residents contributed to Donald Trump’s electoral victory. But in liberal Madison, they adore Tammy Baldwin, the…
Tammy Baldwin’s Senate seat isn’t nearly as safe as Democrats seem to think
Tammy BaldwinPhoto: Sen. Tammy Baldwin Democrats are hopeful of a blue wave in this fall’s midterm elections, but they’re facing an uphill battle in the…
6 years ago Wisconsin passed an abstinence-only law. Now it has an HIV outbreak.
In Milwaukee, 125 people have contracted HIV or syphilis in one of the largest HIV clusters the city has ever seen. A “cluster” is an…
Prosecution methods show that hate crimes laws don’t punish thoughts
German Lopez at Vox has an interesting article about hate crime legislation that juxtaposed a common argument with the reality on the ground. Lopez talked…