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'Be Seen' Episode 1: Wisconsin’s first LGBTQ Uprising

'Be Seen' Episode 1: Wisconsin’s first LGBTQ Uprising

Eight years before Stonewall, Milwaukee had its own LGBTQ uprising at the Black Nite bar. Featuring audio from the from the Archives Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, this episode shares the story of Josie Carter, a gender...

Uniquely Milwaukee

May 23, 202231m 57sExplicit

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Eight years before Stonewall, Milwaukee had its own LGBTQ uprising at the Black Nite bar. Featuring audio from the from the Archives Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, this episode shares the story of Josie Carter, a gender nonconforming “queen” who defended her home bar when it was targeted by sailors in August 1961.