Jill Nagler (they/them/theirs; ze/hir/hirs) grew up in Prairie du Sac but has lived in Madison for nearly 20 years. They are white, queer, trans, non-binary, disabled, and working class. Jill is serving their second term as president of the board of directors at OutReach where ze has brought a focus to issues of racial justice and representation in the LGBTQ+ community, including co-founding and facilitating Reading Antiracism: An OutReach Book Club. Ze is also a member of Disability Pride Madison, which has launched the Black and disabled virtual showcase that features Black disabled artists. Also a member of Groundwork, a local antiracism coalition, ze has co-founded twice-weekly discussion groups that center on antiracism work. Outside of Covid restrictions ze is a screamer/shredder in the local queer, feminist, punk band, The Hasbians, and is also guitarist in the experimental duo, dirty cops.
The events that lead up to—and the fallout from—a UW-Madison grad student’s outing for an extensive history of falsely identifying as a person of color.