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In our July issue, we published a story about the Billy Newton murder. Clark Williams, who was pivotal in solving that unsolved, decades-old crime, and who has now returned to his home state of Wisconsin, is picking up where that case left off and making a new career as a cold case investigator.
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MADISON, WI — On Tuesday, July 7, the Wisconsin Supreme Court made a historic ruling that opens...
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Madison, WI – Did you know? Sunday, February 25th is the 42nd anniversary of Wisconsin...
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While a movement is always bigger than a single person, few have moved as much as Dick Wagner. An early advocate, architect, and historian for Wisconsin’s LGBTQ communities, as one of the first out electeds in the nation, he pioneered the way for, and mentored, Senator Tammy Baldwin and Congressman Mark Pocan. As former Wisconsin State Assemblyman David Clarenbach has said, “There are, regrettably, no more Dick Wagners.”
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Twenty-five years after a fire burned the Hotel Washington (a hub of queer nightlife and community) to the ground, nothing remains at the former site to mark its existence. But the memories and stories remain.
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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.
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.
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.
In Our Lives’ July Pride in Color issue, we honored Rita Adair as a member of our first annual...
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.
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.
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PrideFest celebrates 30 years at Milwaukee’s lakefront this weekend. Here’s everything you need to know before heading to Henry Maier Festival Park.
After the Watertown School Board voted last minute to bar the high school wind symphony from...
APT is first company in Wisconsin to be awarded theatre’s highest honor.
For months, students in the Watertown High School Wind Symphony rehearsed Omar Thomas’ “A Mother...
Across the Madison area, these leagues prove that even casual recreation can become a powerful tool for building community and belonging.
After college, Micki Baumann was living in Green Bay and bartending at The Loft. When the...
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Crossroads Community Farm organic farmer Cassie Wyss talks about becoming a farmer and a member of the LGBTQ community later in life.
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.
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 25-year exercise in spontaneity and experimentation transformed a neglected property into an eclectic eden.
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.
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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A coalition of more than 60 Wisconsin organizations, faith communities, and local businesses,...
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 will host author and parent advocate Andrew Patrie for a community discussion on...
The April 10th Milwaukee event launches milestone year celebrating four decades of HIV care, community action, and progress.
UPDATE: This article was edited on April 16, 2026 A proposed harm reduction center in Madison, an...
Kaul joins multi-state coalition as Wisconsin providers and patients see continued uncertainty.
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