The Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project welcomes inquiries from journalists, filmmakers, students, researchers, educators, podcasters, and media organizations seeking accurate, contextualized information about LGBTQ history in Wisconsin.

Since 1994, the Project has documented and preserved the stories, spaces, movements, and individuals that shaped our state’s LGBTQ heritage. Our team regularly provides workplace presentations, curated exhibits, pop-up outreach, media interviews, reporter and researcher support, archival consultation, educational materials, social media shareables, and connections to community elders.

We believe that visibility matters — and that preserving and sharing LGBTQ history helps create a more informed, compassionate, and inclusive future. Whether you are producing a documentary, reporting on current events, developing curriculum, or exploring untold stories from Wisconsin’s LGBTQ past, we are committed to helping media professionals tell these stories with authenticity, depth, and historical accuracy.

Visit our Contact Us form for speaker requests, media inquiries, collaboration opportunities, or access to archival materials. 

If your request is urgent, please text or call us at 414.377.3792 or e-mail info@wislgbthistory.com.

Using our content

The collections, photographs, documents, and other materials published by the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

You are welcome to share our content, provided you:

• Credit us. Attribute all content to the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project and include a link to wislgbthistory.com.
• Use it non-commercially. Our materials may not be used to generate revenue or for commercial purposes at any time.
• Share alike. If you adapt or build upon our content, you must distribute your contribution under the same CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
• Indicate changes. If you modify our content in any way, you must say so.

Suggested attribution: "Courtesy of the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project (wislgbthistory.com)"

These collections were built over 33 years by unpaid volunteers dedicated to preserving Wisconsin's LGBTQ history. If you share our work, please help people find us.

For licensing inquiries beyond these terms, contact: info@wislgbthistory.com.

Relentless. Inspired. Independent. Founded by Don Schwamb, the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project seeks to reconnect Wisconsin with its hidden history and heritage. Since 1994, the Project has partnered with the University of Wisconsin Archives to create the state’s largest digital collection of historical LGBTQ media. Our ongoing work honors the memory of Louis Stimac, Wisconsin's first true LGBTQ historian.

The Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project Inc. is powered entirely through the work of volunteers. We are an independent non-profit organization organized and operated exclusively for the purposes of education, charitable giving, and public good, as defined in section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code.

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