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U.S. Dept. of Defense Lifts Ban on Transgender Military Service
Secretary Ash Carter announced today Transgender Service Members will be able to openly serve their country. Fair Wisconsin applauds this policy change and Secretary Carter’s leadership on the issue. Allowing Service Members to serve authentically creates a win-win scenario for Dept. of Defense and its employees. DOD leaders understand what matters most is an individual’s…
Read MoreAnniversary of marriage equality decision a powerful example of why courts matter
You ought to be free to love whomever you want, and you ought not be denied the same rights as others because you want to marry that person. It’s just common sense. Yet this common sense proposition has only been backed by the force of law since 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court issued their…
Read MoreFair Wisconsin Statement on Hate Speech by Justice Rebecca Bradley
Recently, two letters to the editor and a column written for student newspaper, The Marquette Tribune, by then-college student State Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley in 1992 have been discovered. These writings reveal extremely bigoted and homophobic views about people living with HIV/AIDS and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Today, Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Megin McDonell issued…
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