As we enter a new month in a summer of change, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow reflects on the struggles and victories of June and looks forward to July with academic and activist Dr. Sami Schalk. Over the course of the hour, they talk about identity and belonging, adrienne maree brown’s concept of pleasure activism, finding […]
U.S. Supreme Court Rules on LGBTQ Workplace Rights
On June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on three cases involving employer discrimination against LGBTQ workers. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that employers could not legally fire employees because they were homosexual or transgender. The decision has been hailed as a landmark case, but there may still be some caveats. Here to […]
Poetry and Community Building with Carmen A. Murguia
Milwaukee-based poet, community builder and Latina LGBTQ advocate Carmen A. Murguia joins Damita Brown to share her poetry, story and what we can do to build better communities. Photo by Emily Mills: flic.kr/p/UtMy6B
2nd Annual Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Health Summit
The LGBTQ+ Health Summit educates and activates the health sciences community on LGBTQ+ health and creates new pathways to serve LGBTQ+ communities. The summit reinvigorates LGBTQ+-identified healthcare professionals, students and community members in finding community and support in practice, and it promotes the use of up-to-date, best practices to improve LGBTQ+ health outcomes. More than […]
LGBTQ+ Youth Face Down the Virus
With victims of COVID-19 including a raft of Hollywood celebrities and United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson, it would be easy to think that the pandemic is an equal-opportunity crisis — posing an equal threat to all humans on the planet. In truth, though, existing social and economic inequities become magnified when viewed through the […]
Madison School District May Face Lawsuit
Yesterday, the Madison Metropolitan School District received a demand letter from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. The letter, which is usually the step taken before an entity files a lawsuit, relates to the District’s guidance document about how staff can support transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive students. Sherie Hohs is a social worker and has […]
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