7 more bricks in the wall
Photo credits: Watertown Unified School District
Headline: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/13/2026
The decision didn't come without fiery opposition from most in attendance.
Board members voted, 7-1, May 12 to prohibit the wind symphony from playing "A Mother of a Revolution" by Omar Thomas, a work inspired by Marsha Johnson, a trans woman credited with being an instigator of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, considered to be a pivotal event of the LGBTQ liberation movement, according to Thomas' website.
Laurie Hoffmann [top left], the board's president, was the only board member to vote against banning the piece. Board member Craig Wortman [bottom right] was not at the meeting. The board's decision was met with a loud round of boos and shouting from most of the people in attendance before they walked out. [emphasis added]
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