Jim Yeadon

Jim Yeadon (born 1949) is an American activist and politician who served on the Madison, Wisconsin, Common Council.

Yeadon became a gay activist in the 1960s as a member of Wisconsin's first LGBTQ organization, the Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality (MAHE).

[7] After his initial appointment and subsequent election to the Madison Common Council at the age of 26, Yeadon was instrumental in framing the revised Equal Opportunities Ordinance which extended protections against discrimination in housing and employment to gays.

[9] Yeadon was the force behind the May 1977 "anti-Anita Bryant Bash" which attracted over 600 people to the Great Hall of the UW-Madison Memorial Union.

As a City Council member, he worked on issues such as reforming the city Health Department, completing the State Street mall, legalizing marijuana, and extending bar hours until 2 a.m. A fellow alderman nicknamed him "the alderfaggot".