Hey there, folks! Governor Evers here.
I am jazzed to once again kick off Pride Month in Wisconsin and celebrate our incredible LGBTQ+ community.
This year marks our seventh annual Pride celebration, and while we all look forward to Pride Month and raising the Pride Flag above the Capitol every year, this year, we’re celebrating the 10th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Wisconsin and in America.
So, today, and this June, we’re celebrating 10 years of visibility, 10 years of love, and 10 years of continued bravery, activism, and advocacy together.
Folks, when the Pride Flag flies above the People’s House, it sends a clear and unequivocal message that Wisconsin recognizes and celebrates LGBTQ Wisconsinites and Americans.
Wisconsin has always led the way in the fight for LGBTQ liberty and equality—and we sure as heck are not going to turn back now.
In this state, we only know one direction to go, and that’s Forward.
So, we will not be silent, we will not be quiet, we will fight—not just to protect the rights and freedoms that so many fought hard to secure, but for all those that are still long overdue.
Every day, but especially this month, we reaffirm our commitment to striving to be a place where every LGBTQ kid, person, and family can be bold in their truth and be safe, treated with dignity and respect, and welcomed without fear of persecution, judgment, or discrimination. Period.
I promised long ago that, as governor, I would always fight to protect LGBTQ Wisconsinites with every tool and every power I have.
I’ll never stop keeping that promise.
So, you know that no matter who you are, what you believe, who you love, or how you express your truest, most authentic self, you are a family here. You belong here. You are welcome home here.
So, thank you, and happy Pride, Wisconsin.
