A Unique Grief
OutReach’s Michal Osier looks into ways traditional grief support groups for bereaved spouses may fall far short of serving LGBTQ widows and widowers by examining our unique challenges and needs.
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Am I Welcome Here?
Finding little current information, OutReach’s new LGBT Senior Advocate, Michal Osier, is hoping to create a reliable list of LGBTQ welcoming senior care centers.
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A Group of Your Peers
Michal Osier surveys some of the area social groups aimed specifically at LGBTQ elders and providing needed alternatives to isolation.
Read MoreExpectant Caregiving
Caroline Werner talks to Jane De Broux of the Area Agency on Aging about resources available in Dane County.
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On Loss and Living On
In the midst of tremendous loss and pain, LGBTQ people deal with both expected and unique challenges when facing the death of a romantic partner. Below, a handful of our community relate their own stories of being widowed in the hopes of helping others better navigate one of the most difficult parts of our lives.
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Events
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Wellness Project
January 21 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Winter Chamber Series No.1
January 22 @ 7:30 pm - January 25 @ 7:30 pm
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Name and Gender Change Clinic
January 23 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Fermenting Flavors: Virtual Beer, Cheese & Chocolate Pairing
January 23 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
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Queer Mental Wellness Support Group 1/24
January 24 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Webinar: Resume Writing 101
January 25 @ 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
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LGBTQ+ & Disability
January 25 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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Food & Dining
Local LGBTQ restaurant GoFundMe pages increasing
Though Madison-area restaurants benefitted from the City’s streateries program and were able to...
At Home in the Kitchen
Gavin Logan shares how he’s bringing his passion business to life, as he’s turned The Baker’s Table of Sun Prairie into a robust b2b bakery, providing his creations to top area restaurants.
Captain Bills and Manna Cafe become pandemic casualties
The COVID crisis led to the closure of two more Madison restaurant institutions. Manna Cafe & Bakery’s last day of operation was June 28. The cafe had its roots in the Collins House bed and breakfast that was famous for its...
Homecoming
Unwavering support helped Sergio De La O Hernandez and Michael Dix, of Michael’s Frozen Custard, triumph over a turbulent immigration battle.
Treasured Heritage
Dino Maniaci shares the family traditions and culinary inspirations behind D’Vino.
Farm to [Everyone’s] Table
FL Morris hopes the pandemic’s exposure of the fragility of our food system will bring about change and give more people access to healthy food, something that she has been working toward for years on her Grassroots Farm.
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Arts & Entertainment
Wisconsin Ensemble Project’s First Program to Benefit Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness
Wisconsin Ensemble Project (WE Project) presents its inaugural concert in partnership with The...
Family & Self: A Life’s Journey
Community elder and organizer Rita Adair is a mom and foster mom who endured unimaginable tragedy but found her way back to herself. She reflects on growing up in a mixed-race family, early lessons on tolerance and civil rights in Madison, and her life’s work creating equitable support for communities of color.
Representation Matters
Throughout Keith Borden’s life, he has strived to be seen and be light in spaces where people of color are often invisible or missing altogether. Sometimes that has meant imitating those he admires, and sometimes that has meant forging his own path.
Performing Gender
Bailey Mosling found that performing in drag helped him carve out space between gender identity and gender expression—all while keeping it fun.
Go Do Something Good
Dana Pellebon is co-executive director of Rape Crisis Center and is on the OutReach board, among others. Both are places where she can create change, advocate for others, and make a difference in the lives of traditionally underserved people—values instilled in her at a young age and reinforced along the way.
Local historians unite to celebrate “The Golden Age of Milwaukee Drag”
The Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project is proud to announce The Golden Age of Milwaukee Drag, its...
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Home & Garden
Making History
Gary Tipler explains the vital LGBTQ history of the Wuennenberg-Clarenbach House, where some of the city’s and state’s pioneering LGBTQ lawmakers and movements made their home.
Building Community
Madison Planning Division’s new director, Heather Stouder, found a passion for building more equitable and sustainable cities through travel, starting a family of her own, and Madison’s unique needs and opportunities.
From Dream to Reality
Marge Anderson tracks her upbringing during the heyday of Wisconsin’s manufacturing industry to her current work in sustainability, and how she sees hope for a better world even amid life’s many ups and downs.
Legacy House
Renee L. Herber & Tamara B. Packard on preserving the history of their east side home and renovating with community support and outreach in mind.
10 years of Our Lives
Our Lives turns 10 years old this July, and this issue marks the start of our year-long retrospective. We take a look back at some of the people, stories, and changes that have marked the past decade of the LGBTQ community here in Madison, the state, and beyond.
Earth Mover
Tricia Bross of Luna Circle Farm talks about her decades worth of experience in organic farming, the challenges and rewards of the farming life, and the girlfriends and broke-down cars that helped get her there.
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Health & Families
Challenging Institutions
With LGBTQ advocacy spanning health care, academia, and the military, as the new director of the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment, Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH is working to build a healthier future for all marginalized populations.
Family & Self: A Life’s Journey
Community elder and organizer Rita Adair is a mom and foster mom who endured unimaginable tragedy but found her way back to herself. She reflects on growing up in a mixed-race family, early lessons on tolerance and civil rights in Madison, and her life’s work creating equitable support for communities of color.
Representation Matters
Throughout Keith Borden’s life, he has strived to be seen and be light in spaces where people of color are often invisible or missing altogether. Sometimes that has meant imitating those he admires, and sometimes that has meant forging his own path.
Queer We Are, Together We Heal
Student activist Steven Wang formed a coalition of Madison-based LGBTQ+ organizations to launch a campaign to address health equity issues and promote cross-group collaboration during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Go Do Something Good
Dana Pellebon is co-executive director of Rape Crisis Center and is on the OutReach board, among others. Both are places where she can create change, advocate for others, and make a difference in the lives of traditionally underserved people—values instilled in her at a young age and reinforced along the way.
Finding Home
Sex educator and disability rights advocate Grayson Schultz came into their activism by transforming personal hardships into purposeful empowerment.
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