Kids & Family - Sept. 29, 2009
Teens from gay families speak out
Earlier this month, The Cream City Foundation, an LGBT organization based in Milwaukee, launched a billboard campaign in southeastern Wisconsin featuring local gay families. OnMilwaukee.com interviewed a few of the teens featured in the billboards.
Tags: LGBT, gay families, teens, cream city foundation

Arts & Entertainment - May 24, 2009
Gay punk rocker writes memoir
In the early '90's, Jon Ginoli started the first openly gay rock / punk band called Pansy Division. Ginoli writes about this experience in his new memoir, "Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division." He will read from his autobiography -- and play acoustic Pansy Division songs -- at Tool Shed on Tuesday, May 26 at 7 p.m.
Tags: pansy division, jon ginoli, tool shed, lgbt, punk rock

Bars & Clubs - March 11, 2009
Milwaukee's LGBTQ bar guide
Milwaukee's gay and lesbian bars were once exclusive single-sexed joints, but the times they are a changin'. Now, these bars house eclectic and diverse crowds of patrons who enjoy dancing, karaoke, pool, shows or simply drinking and being sociable.
Tags: gay, lesbian, bars, clubs, LGBT, Q, walker's point, la cage

Living - Feb. 26, 2009
Think Homo-ly. Act Locally.
Here is where we can all do something. This is how we fight feeling helpless and overwhelmed. Today, make a conscious effort to shop at the stores, restaurants, coffee shops, theaters that you want to be a part of your community.
Tags: Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, LGBT, PrideFest, Outwards Books, David Todd, QLife

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 10, 2009
Happy Valentine's Gay!
When you think of it, there really aren't many (or any) places for same-sex couples to go celebrate Valentine's Day in style (nope, not even the Sybaris).
Tags: Gay-la, Cuvee, Valentine's, LGBT, Kim Floyd

Marketplace - Nov. 25, 2008
Don't close the book on Broad Vocabulary just yet
Jennifer Morales and Tina Owen announced last week they would close their feminist bookshop, Broad Vocabulary, but a group of people want to keep the shop open as a co-op.
Tags: broad vocabulary, tina owen, jennifer morales, feminist bookshop, lgbt

Kids & Family - Oct. 26, 2008
Sound-off: Are gay-friendly schools necessary?
Recently, public school officials in Chicago requested approval for a "gay-friendly" high school because so many LGBT students miss or quit high school to avoid harassment and / or violence. Milwaukee already has a school that provides a safe environment for gay students. Is this a good idea?
Tags: lgbt, lgbtq, gay-friendly high school, gay, lesbian

Kids & Family - Aug. 15, 2008
Local billboards feature gay families
On Wednesday, the Cream City Foundation unveiled their groundbreaking Gay Neighbor media campaign.
Tags: LGBT, Cream City Foundation, Gay neighbor campaign

Bars & Clubs - July 10, 2008
Wherehouse splashes onto local club scene
After opening Hot Water four years ago, Paul Mueller took his dream a step further and opened Wherehouse, a massive dance club next to the Milwaukee River. Wherehouse hosts a special LGBTQ grand opening event on Friday, July 18.
Tags: Wherehouse, dance club, Hot Water, Paul Mueller, LGBT, salsa, tango, mambo

Bars & Clubs - Jan. 29, 2008
Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar makes its move
The Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar is not a new local LGBT bar. That would be way too obvious. In fact, it's not a bar at all; it's more like a movement.
Tags: milwaukee guerrilla gay bar, gay bars, lgbt, gay community

Marketplace - Dec. 7, 2007
Broad Vocabulary closes the book on '07 with festive events
A Scrabble Night and Nancy Drew Party are only two of the events going down at Broad Vocabulary this month.
Tags: Broad Vocabulary, feminist, Jennifer Morales, Tina Owen, LGBT, Nancy Drew, Scrabble, gift wrap, Planned Parenthood

Marketplace - Nov. 14, 2007
Broad Vocabulary starts new chapter
Jennifer Morales and Tina Owen are the new broads in charge of Milwaukee's only feminist bookstore.
Tags: Broad Vocabulary, feminist bookshop, Jennifer Morales, Tina Owen, MPS, children's books, independent businesses, DIY, LGBT

Marketplace - Oct. 30, 2007
Broad Vocabulary plans grand reopening
Tina Owen and Jennifer Morales are the new owners of Broad Vocabulary feminist bookstore and will celebrate a grand reopening next weekend.
Tags: Broad Vocabulary, Jennifer Morales, Tina Owen, bookstore, books, Scrabble, feminist, LGBT

Bars & Clubs - Sept. 18, 2007
Featured bartender: Clint Walker of Boom & The Room
If you've gone out drinking in Walker's Point in the last couple of years, chances are you've seen Clint Walker.
Tags: clint walker, walker's point, harbor room, woody's, boom, the room, gay bar, lgbt

Politics - Sept. 1, 2007
My own private Idaho
When I heard about U.S. Senator Larry Craig getting busted for soliciting gay sex, I laughed so hard I almost snorted hot coffee out my nose.
Tags: Larry Craig, Idaho, gay sex, republican, LGBT