From: Katie Stilp <kstilp@apl.org> Subject: Program on Wisconsin's early gay history Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:30:21 +0000 Message-ID: <MWHPR11MB1789D02AA5EE80F66218CFDECA820@MWHPR11MB1789.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
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Saturday, November 2nd, 2 pm
Appleton Public Library, 225 N. Oneida St., Meeting Room C
Join us at Appleton Public Library to meet Wisconsin author R. Richard Wagn
er and learn about the early history of gays in Wisconsin.
On November 2nd at 2 pm, author R. Richard Wagner will present on the histo
ry of gays in Wisconsin from 1895-1969. Wagner has written the first of a t
wo-part series on the history of gays in Wisconsin, titled We've Been Here
All Along.
About the book<https://shop.wisconsinhistory.org/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp
?idProduct=3373&utm_source=searchresults&utm_medium=whs&utm_campaign
=IT-FTW>:
The first of two groundbreaking volumes on gay history in Wisconsin, We've
Been Here All Along<https://shop.wisconsinhistory.org/productcart/pc/viewPr
d.asp?idProduct=3373&utm_source=searchresults&utm_medium=whs&utm_camp
aign=IT-FTW> provides an illuminating and nuanced picture of Wisconsin's
gay history from the reporting on the Oscar Wilde trials of 1895 to the lan
dmark Stonewall Riots of 1969. Throughout these decades, gay Wisconsinites
developed identities, created support networks, and found ways to thrive in
their communities despite various forms of suppression—from the anti-vic
e crusades of the early twentieth century to the post-war labeling of homos
exuality as an illness to the Lavender Scare of the 1950s. In We've Been He
re All Along, R. Richard Wagner draws on historical research and materials
from his own extensive archive to uncover previously hidden stories of gay
Wisconsinites. This book honors their legacy and confirms that they have be
en foundational to the development and evolution of the state since its ear
liest days.
About the author:
Scholar and activist Richard Wagner was the first openly gay member of the
Dane County Board of Supervisors, where he served for fourteen years. In 19
83 he was appointed by Governor Tony Earl to co-chair the Governor's Counci
l on Lesbian and Gay Issues, the first in the nation. In 2005 he joined the
Board of Fair Wisconsin to fight the constitutional amendment against marr
iage equality. Wagner has served on the Wisconsin Arts Board, the Wisconsin
Humanities Committee, the Board of Downtown Madison Inc., the Madison Plan
Commission, the Madison Urban Design Commission, the Madison Landmarks Com
mission, Historic Madison, the Madison Trust for Historic Preservation, the
Board of the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, and the Board of the Friends of UW
Libraries.
Katie Stilp, Local History Librarian
Appleton Public Library
225 N. Oneida Street
Appleton, WI 54911
920-832-6393
www.apl.org<http://www.apl.org/>
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