Barbara Gibson

Faculty Sponsor for first Gay Rights group at UW-Milwaukee Barbara Ann Gibson volunteered to be faculty advisor for what was then unthinkable: a gay rights organization at UWM. She later recommended the group rebrand as Gay Liberation Organization to align with the national movement. The Gay Liberation Organization later shattered into two separate groups: the more radical Gay Liberation Front, and the more sociable Gay People's Union.

Today, most Milwaukee LGBTQ organizations can trace their origins back to Gay People's Union.