LGBT History Study Group
Madison Senior Center 330 W. Mifflin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
press release:
The United 1978 - 1998
Predecessor of OutReach LGBT Community Center
Madison Community United, better known as The United, was formed in 1978 from a coalition of local LGBT organizations as a political action organization to defend Madison's non-discrimination ordinance against the anti-LGB campaign led nationally by singer Anita Bryant and locally by an evangelical minister. After that threat passed, The United identified new battles and issues including the passage in 1982 of Wisconsin's Gay Rights Law. After working collaboratively for nearly 15 years, the Madison Gay Lesbian Resource Center (MGLRC; originally the Gay Men's Center) and The United merged into a new agency called OutReach, Inc., on July 1, 1998.
For more info, phone Steve or Angie at OutReach 608-255-8582. E-mail angier@lgbtoutreach.org