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.

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 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...
Kristin and Nicollette Ellis create a space for art in McFarland with the Farwell Gallery.
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.
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.”
Stoughton-born and Madison-raised photographer James Bidgood leaves an artistic legacy that continues to be seen in today’s queer creative legends.