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When was it illegal to be LGBTQ in Wisconsin?

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Bob Schmidt, owner of the M&M Club, speaks about opening the now closed bar when it was illegal to be gay and being among the few establishments to have open windows. Michail explains a pair of trailblazing Wisconsin laws that gave LGBTQ people protections for the first time ever in the country in early 1980s.