Stories tagged: "LGBTQ"


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This Milwaukee Woman Has Made It Her Job to Help You Take Care Of You

Being a queer woman of color with a self-care business on the southside of Milwaukee has been a struggle for 25-year-old Amira White.

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin Running for a Third Term in 2024

Wisconsin’s Democratic senator cites her record of fighting for women’s healthcare rights and working families in her announcement.

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Wisconsin Legislature Allows Conversion Therapy For Patients

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature took the final step needed last Wednesday to stop Gov. Tony Evers’ administration from enacting a ban on the discredited practice known as conversion therapy.

FILE - Dolly Parton, left, and Miley Cyrus perform "Jolene" at the 61st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
Wisconsin Officials Deem Miley Cyrus, Dolly Parton Song Too Potentially Controversial for Class Concert

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song “could be perceived as controversial.”

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Republican-backed Dan Kelly participates in a debate Tuesday, March 21, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Group Backing Dan Kelly Sends Disturbing Homophobic Texts, Videos to Voters 

The text messages and videos spread lies about transgender kids, falsely accused the “woke left” of having an “unending thirst to trans our children,” and urged voters to support Dan Kelly’s campaign for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

20 Black Men & Women Who Shaped Wisconsin History

From the first slaves fighting for freedom to the modern day leaders rallying for change, Black people have positively and permanently changed the Badger state. This Black History Month, we're sharing their stories.

Vice President Kamala Harris applauds as President Joe Biden speaks during a bill signing ceremony for the Respect for Marriage Act, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
10 Accomplishments of the First Two Years of the Biden-Harris Administration

Over the past two years, the Biden-Harris administration and the Democratic-run House and Senate acted to lower healthcare and drug costs; fight climate change and reduce energy costs; invest in mental health care; and invest in American manufacturing and infrastructure.