From left, state Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine; Gov. Tony Evers; Carl Hubbard and Barb Farrar smile outside the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin, 1456 Junction Ave., on June 3.
RACINE — Gov. Tony Evers met with Barb Farrar and Carl Hubbard, leaders of the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin, 1456 Junction Ave., last week to discuss the center’s year-round work to making the community more safe and inclusive.
Basic LGBTQIA+ Terms to Learn in Honor of Pride Month. Every June, people around the world come together to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising. The Stonewall Uprising, which occurred in Manhattan, was a tipping point for the United States’ Gay Liberation Movement. . In honor of this year’s Pride Month, here are some basic LGBTQIA+ terms to learn. . (L)GBTQIA, Lesbian, Women who are predominantly attracted to other women. L(G)BTQIA, Gay, People who are attracted to other people of the same gender. . LG(B)TQIA, Bisexual, People who aren’t exclusively attracted to people of one particular gender. LGB(T)QIA, Transgender, People who identify differently from the sex assigned to them at birth. LGBT(Q)IA, Queer, An umbrella term for the whole community. LGBTQ(I)A, Intersex, People born with sexual anatomy outside of the strict gender binary. LGBTQI(A), Asexual, People that experience little to no sexual attraction toward other people. . Ally, Someone who is actively supportive of LGBTQIA+ people. Coming Out, The process through which a person acknowledges, accepts and shares their sexual orientation or gender identity with others. . Pansexual, A person who experiences emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any gender. . Non-binary, A person who doesn’t exclusively identify with the male or female gender. Gender Identity, How a person perceives and identifies themself. This can be the same or different from the sex they were assigned at birth. . Gender Binary, Considered an outdated system by many, gender is assigned to two strict categories: male or female. . Gender Dysphoria, Significant distress that is caused when a person’s gender identity doesn’t align with their assigned birth gender. . Gender Expression, The external appearance of one’s gender identity which may or may not conform to socially-defined norms. . Gender-fluid, A person who has a fluid or unfixed gender identity
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State Rep. Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, who identifies as queer, joined the conversation at The Branch at 1501 in Uptown to speak on future endeavors to continue ensuring Racine County and Wisconsin are “places where we all can thrive.”
Since the lockdown began last year, the LGBT Center has been operating remotely, hosting all their events and meetings virtually through Zoom.
From left: Barb Farrar and Carl Hubbard of the LGBT Center of SE Wisconsin speak with state Rep. Greta Neubauer and Gov. Tony Evers last week …
The center in a Facebook post expressed thanks to Evers for his support of the LGBTQ+ community; Evers is Wisconsin’s first-ever governor to have the pride flag flown about the Wisconsin State Capitol during Pride Month.
These events include “Free to be: a spiritual journey,” focused on queer people exploring their spirituality, “Parenting with Pride,” a meeting for parents with LGBTQ+ youth to connect with one another, and more.
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