The Stage
1980s: AIDS Crisis Emerges (cont’d)
Wisconsin
Despite a conservative national trend, in 1982 Wisconsin became the first state to pass civil rights protection for lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals.
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Wisconsin State Representative David Clarenbach at the signing of Wisconsin’s gay rights law, 1982. Photograph. National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Records. [Zoom] |