City of Madison Mayor’s Office, Common Council: Statement of Mayor Rhodes-Conway and Madison Alders on proposed State Legislation attacking trans youth

Madison is, and has been for a long time, a welcoming and supportive place for the LGBTQ+ community. In 1975 Madison became the first place in Wisconsin, and one of the earliest in the country, to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. The City also created the State’s first domestic partnership registry in 1990 and became the first place in Wisconsin to prohibit discrimination based on g...