Here, There and Everywhere!

It's been a busy couple of days for the Fair Wisconsin team! On Sunday I traveled with our Executive Director, Katie Belanger, and Fair Wisconsin Education Fund board member Christopher Guest to Eau Claire for a celebration of domestic partnership protections, held at the LGBT Community Center of the Chippewa Valley.

Katie, Christopher and I were thrilled to meet face-to-face with so many enthusiastic supporters and congratulate the happily-registered couples. We were joined by a few pro-fairness legislators from the Chippewa Valley: Senator Kathleen Vinehout (who shared with us some of her energetic speech from Fighting Bob Fest about the history of the LGBT civil rights movement) and Representatives Jeff Smith and Kristen Dexter. I couldn't think of a better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than celebrating with old friends and new acquaintances (and enjoying the delicious refreshments graciously provided by Christopher Lannone and staff of the Community Center!).

Yesterday morning, I had the privilege of attending a press conference in Pewaukee to mark the kickoff of the Gay Neighbor campaign, an innovative new billboard campaign in Milwaukee, Racine, Ozaukee and Waukesha Counties to promote visibility and awareness of LGBT couples and families. Speakers included Maria Cadenas, Executive Director of Cream City Foundation; Denise Cawley of Circore Creative; and two of the featured families from the campaign. Congratulations to Cream City Foundation and all of its partners who have worked so hard to make this bold new campaign a reality! For more information, visit http://www.gayneighbor.org/index.php.