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Our mission is to clearly, candidly and openly reflect the diversity and optimism in our community. We are dedicated to improving our readers’ quality of life by celebrating the people, establishments and events that encourage us to embrace our identities as individuals and as an LGBTQA community.
Our goal is to deliver each story, identity and person regardless of notoriety or lack thereof. We aim to demonstrate how we overcome obstacles on a day-to-day basis. The progress our community has made is undeniable and the applause deserved is what we intend to provide.
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July / August 2009 Issue
Feature Stories:
Changed for Life... Changed for Good
In her own words, coordinator Angela DuPont reflects on the AIDS-Ride community
Pride in Progress
The past 50 years in a civil rights movement through the eyes of Madison native Brian Powers
Stepping Up to the Plate
Dawn Siebert and Ben Monty share how Madison won the bid to host ASANA
Early Awakenings and Survival
Richard Wagner revisits the "At Homes" of Madison in the 1950s
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May / June 2009 Issue
Feature Stories:
Look What Love Has Given Me
In her own words, Tret Fure tells how she built a career for herself in folk music
National Women's Music Festival
Jane Weldon chronicles how Madison became the home to this 35-year mission.
From Serene to Surreal
Emily Mills uncovers the scope of musicans from our community on the Madison music scene
Before Christopher St.
Richard Wagner looks back at the early work of the New Harvest Foundation.
March / April 2009 Issue
Feature Stories:
Our Towns
Various members from all facets of our community share their favorite small town destinations
Returning to His Roots
In his own words David Waugh describes growing up on a farm, and how he reconciled being gay with rural life
A Thread in Our Cultural Fabric
John Quinlan and Will Fellows revisit the cultural significance of Fellows' Farm Boys
Don't Forget the 'Third Coast'
Richard Wagner records the ripple effects that our elected officials have set in motion in the Upper Midwest
January / February 2009 Issue
Feature Stories:
Dear Cris
OutReach Development Director Nikki Baumblatt's open letter to her partner, Cris Derrick
Finding Their Common Voice
Past Fair Wisconsin Board President Dan Ross marries love and activism
What is Love, Anyway?
Local author Darwin Ward takes a shot at describing an intangiable feeling