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Sam Quinones is a middle school student at Whitehorse Middle School in Madison. Her essay dives into the difficult and murky territory of questioning who you are as a young person without the right language to describe all of the feelings you’re experiencing, and what it takes to find bravery in yourself, even if you didn’t know it was there to begin with.
Rosha Brister’s Style Pop Café in Walker’s Point prides itself on its house-made creamers and its safe space for the LGBTQ+ community.
There is a long and strained history between Madison’s Pride celebrations and local police involvement with the events. In today’s politically tumultuous landscape, it is more important than ever to revisit this history and learn from the past. jilip nagler shares their hopes for a continuation of police-free Pride in Madison and beyond.
To honor Wisconsin’s queer & trans people of color whose lives, work, and legacies have been pivotal to the development and growth of our LGBTQ+ community, we have started to put together our Pride in Color Hall of Fame. We hope to expand this list in years to come, so please reach out to Our Lives with people you would like to nominate as a Hall of Famer!
In 2020, frustrated by Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ leadership’s silence surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, Montell Infiniti Ross organized the March with Pride for Black Lives Matter in Milwaukee, a moment that continues to reshape and expand the landscape of inclusion and representation for Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ community.
Ricardo Wynn (aka Legendary MC Tee-Tee Mizrahi) discusses his path to, and celebration of, Milwaukee’s vibrant Ballroom culture.
Solana Patterson-Ramos gives voice to the voiceless and creates change through nonprofit, charity, education, and advocacy work.
Dr. Mark Long transforms the lived experiences of his social work into uplifting and empowering lessons for his students and mentees.
SkyGia Garcia lives her advocacy and is helping address youth housing insecurity through the Everstrong Program.
Demi Jo Carr works to center health equity as a platform to spread justice, care, and compassion to those in need.
Micah Ogé leads the efforts to build sustainability and inclusion across industries and through charity work.
Shaundel Washington-Spivey is currently serving as the first Black, gay mayor of the city of La Crosse.
It’s easy to feel like you as an individual can’t make a difference in the landscape of the huge American political machine, but as Susan from the Fox Cities learned, reaching out to your representatives can sometimes be the first step. In this essay, Susan recounts her experiences at Fair Wisconsin’s recent Equality Day event, in which attendees got the chance to meet their state senators, introduce themselves, and learn how to make their voices heard.
Kat McMullin’s dream of a community-focused yoga studio where everyone was welcome and familiar became a mission for social justice and access to healing for all, including BIPOC, veterans, and people in recovery. The studio closed in June, but she’ll never be done practicing and offering yoga to others.
The Big Gay Market has expanded over the last two years, and they recently hosted their largest market ever, The Big Gay PRIDE Market, at the Alliant Energy Center. The three-day market featured hundreds of vendors, entertainment, games, and more.
What you need to know about the Trump Administration’s anti-LGBTQ+ executive orders.
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