Anti-LGBTQ bills pending in the Wisconsin Legislature mirror the increase in similar legislation making its way through statehouses across the U.S.
The Next Legislative Onslaught
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March 2022
Pellebon running for seat on Dane County Board of Supervisors
Dana Pellebon will run unopposed for an open seat on the Dane County Board of Supervisors in the spring elections. Pellebon serves as a co-executive director of Rape Crisis Center in Dane County and has experience serving on the board of OutReach LGBTQ Community...
A Secret Worth Sharing
A 25-year exercise in spontaneity and experimentation transformed a neglected property into an eclectic eden.
A Home at the End of the Road
Solace Friends seek to create a hospice space where the homeless can die a dignified death.
Designing Gender Freedom
After struggling to find clothes that represented them, Nikki Nelson launched Queer Suave to create a space that focused on fashion and clothing.
Exceptional Food & Coffee to Fuel Exceptional People
J. Moe ventures out to Cambridge to check out Millie’s Coffee and Eatery, an overnight “Must Visit” on Main Street.
Still She Rises
Treated as a “bad Black girl” in school, Shyra-Sekani Adams found her voice and purpose by leading Freedom, Inc.’s Freedom Youth Squad.
Taking a Swing
Badgerland Softball Women’s+ Commissioner Jess Wreczycki recounts finding the league before she was out and how it contributed to her growth as a person and in community.
Our Readers: Neal Ellis
Hi! You look familiar. Have we met before? If not, my name is Neal. My pronouns are he/him. You may have seen me either at your local gay watering hole, jogging around the city, or on a volleyball court in a park near you. I am so pleased to be featured here because...
Sashe Mishur
Sashe Mishur was a fierce femme who was never afraid to fight for a just cause or to defend the butches that she loved. Her organizing started in the 1940s with a petition on a roll of cash register tape, protesting the raising of Saturday matinee prices at the Coral...
Money Where It Matters
As Dane County’s first and only funder dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ projects, the New Harvest Foundation has been advancing LGBTQ advocacy for 38 years.
Donna Biddle
Donna Biddle died on February 24. She was my friend of almost 50 years. If my memory serves me, I first met Donna and her partner Phyllis Andersen at Lysistrata. Lysistrata played a large role in Donna’s life, especially after the feminist restaurant cooperative...
A Home for Art
Kristin and Nicollette Ellis create a space for art in McFarland with the Farwell Gallery.
Community Rallies After Hate Crime
After three men in their 20s targeted an LGBTQ home in McFarland and verbally assulted their daugher, the Fifareks were moved by the community outcry and support.
A Truly Civil Servant
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.”
The Father of the Pulp and Glamour Aesthetic
Stoughton-born and Madison-raised photographer James Bidgood leaves an artistic legacy that continues to be seen in today’s queer creative legends.
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