Wisconsin Court Delivers a Victory for Transgender Inmates
A Wisconsin district court holds that the Eighth Amendment requires the Wisconsin Department of Corrections to provide medical care to a transgender incarcerated person.
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JANUARY 2021 
Friends for Marriage Equality
Historian Richard Wagner reflects on the Religious Society of Friends, and how the Madison Quakers came to adopt a position supporting same-sex marriage.
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Winning isn’t Everything
Jessica Katzenmeyer ran for State Assembly and lost. But she gained the admiration of state and national Democratic party leaders and a name for herself as an openly transgender politician who has what it takes to win. With her campaign momentum intact, Katzenmeyer plans to run again.
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Queer in Spirit
Rebecca Bedell went to college, transitioned, and then stumbled into faith. She reflects on her disorienting four-year journey, from atheist to queer spiritual leader, at times inspired and disillusioned by the church.
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Reflective Learning
Pandemic Learning Tutors founder Kristin Kiley is turning her own educational obstacles into tools that she can use to help students see themselves in someone who has succeeded.
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Food & Dining
Delta Beer Lab and Giant Jones to release double IPA at first annual Delta Pride celebration
Join Delta Beer Lab and Giant Jones as they release their first collaboration; a Double IPA brewed...
Java Cat is Back
Displaced due to redevelopment, Java Cat Coffee House has now relocated on the east side and is open for business.
Brewing Something Ancient into Something New
Herbiery founder Nicholas Ryan and business partner Maddy McKeown share their path to and vision for Madison’s newest trans-owned, herb-focused, hops-free brewery.
The Northside is Blooming
Bloom Bakery has expanded to join the new co-operative space Northstreet, at the intersection of Commercial Ave and North St.
$1.5 Million in New Grants Will Support LGBTQ+-Owned and Allied Restaurants
Wisconsin LGBT Chamber & National LGBT Chamber of Commerce Team Up with Grubhub For Another Year of Grants to Aid in Growth and Development.
A Restaurant Reborn
Dave Heide rebrands and relaunches Ollie’s, the popular restaurant he named after his son who transitioned over the past few years.
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Arts & Entertainment
My Beauty Is My Fight
Joey Drouin is an artist and activist who sees the beauty in others, even when
others don’t see the beauty in trans people, like Joey. Joey’s answer is to remain optimistic, even in the face of regressive anti-trans legislation.
Madison’s Own Paul Lynde
Comedian, actor and game show savant, Michael Bruno has been consistently proving that gay could play anywhere—as long as it was good—since the 1970s.
Wisconsin Pride
This moving, feature-length documentary was inspired by late historian Richard Wagner’s accounts of LGBTQ Wisconsinites and produced by PBS Wisconsin’s Andy Soth.
Queering Rural Spaces
Following the draw of rural land, Sarah Stellino uses her camera to document and make visible an often underrecognized community.
Transformational
Local author Janet Shelton-Vance transforms the final months of her partner’s life into a story about finding love and yourself in The Warmth of a Woman.
To the Point
Point Pride founder Ryan Goszkowicz shares details about this year’s event in Stevens Point.
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Home & Garden
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.
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.
Interior Lives
Blessed and beholden by his family’s surname, Joseph Pabst reflects on witnessing more suffering “than a person should,” and the fortress he’s built as his own artful sanctuary.
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Health & Families
Moving Past Fear
Frederick Harris looks at how ideology and the media invoke fear toward our community and offers ways to protect your mental health in the face of it.
Family Outings
Connecting Wisconsin’s queer families, JR Witt shares the work of Out Families and ways that others can get involved.
Conquering Shame
Frederick Harris unpacks the impacts of queer shame and offers tools for overcoming it.
Trans, Disabled, & a College Athlete
Emmett Lockwood holds the distinction of being the first openly transgender player on University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s water polo team. He is also a Disability Justice Activist with an advocacy that originates from coming to know he had no one else to be but himself.
Equitable Pet Care
Queer-founded project WisCARES has been providing veterinary care to vulnerable pet families in Dane County for 10 years.
Courage MKE Expanding Into Transitional Housing for LGBTQ+ Young Adults
The nonprofit Courage MKE, an agency “dedicated to the development and support of LGBTQ+ youth...
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