Creating History on June 13: Wisconsin’s First Two-Spirit Powwow
In mid-June, something unprecedented will happen in Wisconsin. For the first time, Two-Spirit...
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CULTURE 
A Cultural Savant Rising
In Green Bay, Tarlton Knight is one of the major players working to expand the downtown arts district and bring vibrant, culturally relevant, and innovative arts spaces into the city.
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A Pioneering Spacemaker
In the last 50 years, Mark Mariucci has played a pivotal role in shaping Green Bay and Wisconsin’s LGBTQ+ community through his involvement in several gay bars, multiple community organizations, and the longest-running LGBTQ+ print publication in Wisconsin history.
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Filling a Need to Be Seen
Martha Marvel is the founder and president of the (Green) Bay Area Council on Gender Diversity, or BACGD. Here, she outlines the origins and welcomed growth and expansion of support and community-building initiatives for the trans, non-binary, and intersex residents of Northeastern Wisconsin.
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Be Every Day
A journey of self-discovery, acceptance, and love decades in the making. Follow along and be inspired at how Martha Marvel discovered her truth.
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Food & Dining
The Closing of Mother’s Ends One of Milwaukee’s Most Ambitious Queer Spaces
Chef Vanessa Rose curated an “art house built around a kitchen,” where drag brunch, labor justice, and boldly inventive cuisine coexisted under one roof. After one year, they’re saying goodbye.
A Taste of Home, Rolled and Fried
Lumpia City’s Alexa Reyes and Sam Klimaszewski are championing Filipino food across Wisconsin by infusing both traditional Filipino flavors and inventive fusions into a common street food form.
Hop-ward Bound
After leaving Wisconsin for life on the coasts, Mike Zupke found himself pulled back home. Now he brews up hospitality in every punny and personal beer at Commerce Street Brewery Hotel.
Finding an Escape One Cup at a Time
Get the full experience by eating in at Oasis Cafe in Fitchburg, where you will feel the love from the staff to the atmosphere to the food and drinks themselves.
Rita Adair Plans to Honor Her Late Wife With New Women-Centered Sports Bar
In Our Lives’ July Pride in Color issue, we honored Rita Adair as a member of our first annual...
Êtes-Vous Prêts?
Tracy Danner intentionally created Madison’s EVP Coffee in 1997 as a place to serve people and offer a warm and welcoming environment. Decades later, the coffee and community-supportive spaces are still going strong.
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Arts & Entertainment
Your Guide to PrideFest 2026: What to See, Do and Know Before You Go
PrideFest celebrates 30 years at Milwaukee’s lakefront this weekend. Here’s everything you need to know before heading to Henry Maier Festival Park.
Composer flies in to to conduct students in Watertown performance of banned song
After the Watertown School Board voted last minute to bar the high school wind symphony from...
Spring Green’s American Players Theatre to Receive 2026 Regional Theatre Tony Award
APT is first company in Wisconsin to be awarded theatre’s highest honor.
School Concert Controversy in Watertown Sparks Debate Over LGBTQ+ Censorship and Visibility
For months, students in the Watertown High School Wind Symphony rehearsed Omar Thomas’ “A Mother...
A League of Our Own
Across the Madison area, these leagues prove that even casual recreation can become a powerful tool for building community and belonging.
The Remixx: one of Neenah’s most popular LGBTQ bars closed last fall, but the future is uncertain
After college, Micki Baumann was living in Green Bay and bartending at The Loft. When the...
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Home & Garden
Hard Work
Crossroads Community Farm organic farmer Cassie Wyss talks about becoming a farmer and a member of the LGBTQ community later in life.
Choosing a New Neighborhood
Vivienne Andersen, a full-time REALTOR® for more than a decade, looks at ways that LGBTQ people assess safety when deciding where to buy a home.
A Rural Oasis
Princeton-raised Matthew Trotter is building a purposefully curated ecosystem that both lifts up his home town’s history and celebrates a queerer version of up-north culture.
A Secret Worth Sharing
A 25-year exercise in spontaneity and experimentation transformed a neglected property into an eclectic eden.
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.
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Health & Families
Elected officials and organizations call on Wisconsin hospitals to restart youth gender affirming care
A coalition of more than 60 Wisconsin organizations, faith communities, and local businesses,...
Open Letter Calls on UW Health, Children’s Wisconsin to Reverse Pauses on Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
More than 65 organizations, businesses and faith communities signed an open letter demanding UW Health and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin immediately resume care paused amid federal pressure.
PFLAG Waukesha to Host Author Talk on Parenting Transgender Children
PFLAG Waukesha will host author and parent advocate Andrew Patrie for a community discussion on...
Vivent Health’s 40-Year Milestone Draws Strong Support with Sold-Out Gala
The April 10th Milwaukee event launches milestone year celebrating four decades of HIV care, community action, and progress.
CAYA Clinic Fallout Sparks Crisis of Trust in Madison’s Harm Reduction Work
UPDATE: This article was edited on April 16, 2026 A proposed harm reduction center in Madison, an...
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul Secures Court Order Blocking Federal Limits on Gender-Affirming Care
Kaul joins multi-state coalition as Wisconsin providers and patients see continued uncertainty.
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