Photo gallery A great day to show pride
To celebrate Madison Pride weekend, the Wisconsin Alumni Association hosted a Badger Pride Open House on Aug. 17 to welcome LGBTQ+ alumni and their families to the new Alumni Park space. The 90-plus attendees enjoyed music by the Angela Puerta Band, pontoon boat rides, caricature drawings, and more.
![Photo: A woman plays her guitar](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_Badger_Pride_52-1024x611.jpg)
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Angela Puerta performs with her band.![Photo: People sit around a table playing cards.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_Badger_Pride_57-1024x680.jpg)
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Clockwise from left, Christopher Chen, Xinyu Hu, Lindy Lay and Alex Bruchhauser play cards during the Badger Pride celebration.![Photo: A pontoon boat floats near the shore of Lake Mendota.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_Badger_Pride_74-1024x591.jpg)
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A pontoon boat floats in front of One Alumni Place during the Badger Pride event.![Photo: A pontoon boat in Lake Mendota.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_Badger_Pride_72-1024x723.jpg)
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A ride on a pontoon boat was part of the fun at Badger Pride.![Photo: A woman holds a fan and poses for a photographer.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_Badger_Pride_61-1024x632.jpg)
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Karla Foster has her photo taken by Travis Winger.![Photo: Three people pose and hold a drawing.](https://news.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2019/08/20190817_Badger_Pride_03-1024x769.jpg)
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Caricature artist Gabriel, middle shows a drawing he made of WAA President Emerita Paula Bonner and alumnus Richard Wagner.