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In October of 1990, the remains of Billy Newton were found in a Hollywood alleyway. The case went unsolved for more than 30 years, but now the case has been solved, and with a surprising Wisconsin connection.
In light of the anti-trans student athlete bills sweeping the nation, GSAFE and Fair Wisconsin teamed up to create a photo series that features LGBTQ+ student athletes.
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.
Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in the Skrmetti and Mahmoud cases were discriminatory in their reasoning and contradictory in their methods, always with the intention of deciding against LGBTQ+ rights.
Brandon Rounds slowly came into the world of drag, developing his persona of Bianca Lynn Breeze. With the pandemic came a new focus from performing for self-promotion to advocating for others.
Visual artist Nykoli Koslow is doing the work of reimagining what the world could be and putting it on display for all to see.
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.
Hawthorn McCracken, one of the founders of Trans on the Land, and organization member Rufus Jupiter spoke with Our Lives about this growing Viroqua-based network for trans and non-binary residents of the Driftless Area.
Wisconsin authors explore identity through recent fiction that explores identity, community, and belonging.
Wisconsin authors explore identity through recent fiction that explores identity, community, and belonging.
Scott Seyforth, Co-founder of Madison LGBTQ+ Archive discusses the life of Cass Downing (a.k.a. Cass Marie Domino) and explores the goals and process of creating an art exhibit featuring memorabilia from Cass’s legendary career as a drag performer.
Queer bookstores are serving as spaces of resistance across Wisconsin, ensuring that physical books continue to get into the hands of anyone and everyone without censorship.
September 12, 1943 – September 19, 2025
Dancer & Composer | instagram.com/gabriel.a.aguilar I moved to Madison in August 2024 to join the Madison Ballet—my first season dancing professionally, and a moment that still feels surreal. I grew up in a rural town in Cuba, a world away from snow-covered...
Drag Performer | facebook.com/dragentertainerBJDaniels From as early as I can remember, I always wanted to be in show business. I was that little kid who loved playacting, putting on productions, and dreaming of a life beyond my hometown. As I reflect on my...
Musician | brandonlepage.com Brandon LePage is a new Wisconsin resident as of June, 2025 after almost a decade of driving in and out of Madison to perform with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra as their Principal Flutist. As the new Assistant Professor of Flute at...
The Great Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Artist Survey
Visual Artist | millenniumfae-artblog.tumblr.com Chuang Wang (they/them) was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and joined their parents in immigrating to Madison at age two. They’ve watched Madison grow from an unimpressive engineering standby to the artistic multicultural...
The Great Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Artist Survey
Poet | hanraschka.com Han Raschka is a born-and-raised Wisconsinite by way of Stevens Point. They are currently hunkered up in the Driftless Region. They attend the UW-Madison, majoring in creative writing with a focus in poetry. Han found a passion for poetics during...
The Great Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Artist Survey
The Great Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Artist Survey
The Great Wisconsin LGBTQ+ Artist Survey
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