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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TGNC Youth Support Group
April 22 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
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Circles of Recovery Anonymous Meeting: (12 Step Facilitated/Various Methods of Recovery)
April 22 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Circles of Reflection
April 22 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Ocean Vuong Presents On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
April 22 @ 7:00 pm
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The Clown Show!
April 22 @ 9:00 pm
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April 2021 Name & Gender Change Clinic
April 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Food & Dining
The Recipe for Unconditional Support
Local chef Dave Heide shares his thoughts on supporting an LGBTQ child after his child, Ollie Joy, came out to their family as non-binary. Perhaps someone in your life could benefit from reading it.
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.
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Arts & Entertainment
Communication’s inaugural Queer Madison Mixtape is an endearing capsule of a tumultous time
The self-described collection of “low-effort recordings” packs a wallop, and proceeds go to Freedom Inc.
Trixie Mattel becomes a co-owner of Milwaukee’s This Is It!
The oldest, continually operating gay bar in Milwaukee is now co-owned by drag superstar Trixie...
Phoenix Rising
Although in Phoenix for the past couple years, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 contestant Joey Jay is truly Madison’s own. Our Lives Publisher Patrick Farabaugh chats with him about growing up in our capital city and finding his way through performance—from figure skating to ballroom dancing, to beginning as a queen in Milwaukee.
Overture Center announces Broadway will return to Madison with a rescheduled 2021/22 Broadway season
In a special live virtual announcement on Thursday, Jan. 28 with Broadway at Overture season...
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.
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Home & Garden
Destination: Home
Bicontinental Madisonian Gregg Potter unpacks his evolving sense of home, from the open door policies of his childhood, to the LGBTQ+ interchange he’s hosting in South Africa.
When the Professional is Personal
Bill Beaudreau’s path to interior designing and small business ownership was paved with a clear sense of calling and an opaque professional persona. Gradually, he has begun to share more of his whole self.
Land as Sanctuary
Holy Wisdom Monastery is known for its care of both the Earth and its ecumenical community. Its restored prairie offers a healing space for contemplation and quiet recreation. CEO Charles McLimans shares the journey that brought him there.
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.
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Health & Families
The Recipe for Unconditional Support
Local chef Dave Heide shares his thoughts on supporting an LGBTQ child after his child, Ollie Joy, came out to their family as non-binary. Perhaps someone in your life could benefit from reading it.
Diverse & Resilient launches Room to be You(th)
Room to Be You(th) is a program that will provide support for LGBTQ youth in Appleton’s Diverse...
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.
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