Protecting Ballroom
Aaron Bledsoe on the resurgence of ballroom in Wisconsin and the fight to preserve its legacy.
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HIV/AIDS 
The Professional is Personal
New Vivent Health Interim President & CEO Brandon Hill shares his vision for HIV/AIDS care.
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The Educator
Stacy Clark is a Community Health and Equity champion whose mission is to provide services and education to others that he may not have had as a young, black, gay male.
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A Home at the End of the Road
Solace Friends seek to create a hospice space where the homeless can die a dignified death.
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Fire and Ice: Remembering the long-lost Hotel Washington
Twenty-five years after a fire burned the Hotel Washington (a hub of queer nightlife and community) to the ground, nothing remains at the former site to mark its existence. But the memories and stories remain.
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Food & Dining
Standing Fork Salute: A Celebration of 20th-Century Cuisine
After doing short-form food writing for Madison magazine, Dan Curd has now self-published a book of recipes pieced together with travel logs and a historical narrative.
Allen Creek CoffeeHouse
Tommy Hanna of The Hookah Lounge has opened a café in Evansville with his brother.
Cardinal Bar open for business
In 2022, we reported that the Cardinal Bar, a monolith establishment in the LGBTQ history of...
Delta Beer Lab and Giant Jones to release double IPA at first annual Delta Pride celebration
Join Delta Beer Lab and Giant Jones as they release their first collaboration; a Double IPA brewed...
Java Cat is Back
Displaced due to redevelopment, Java Cat Coffee House has now relocated on the east side and is open for business.
Brewing Something Ancient into Something New
Herbiery founder Nicholas Ryan and business partner Maddy McKeown share their path to and vision for Madison’s newest trans-owned, herb-focused, hops-free brewery.
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Arts & Entertainment
Wisconsin’s first true LGBTQ historian
Celebrating Louis Stimac, a long-lost champion of our hidden history.
2023 Great Madison+ LGBTQ+ Artist Survey: Bruce Seeds
Quiltmaker | bruceseeds.com
2023 Great Madison+ LGBTQ+ Artist Survey: T.L. Luke
Illustrator | tl-luke.com
2023 Great Madison+ LGBTQ+ Artist Survey: Basal Jones
Rapper | @basaljones
2023 Great Madison+ LGBTQ+ Artist Survey: Rat Bath
Band | @rat.bath.mke
2023 Great Madison+ LGBTQ+ Artist Survey: Cynthia Mooseknuckle
Drag | cynthiamooseknuckle.com
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Home & Garden
A Rural Oasis
Princeton-raised Matthew Trotter is building a purposefully curated ecosystem that both lifts up his home town’s history and celebrates a queerer version of up-north culture.
A Secret Worth Sharing
A 25-year exercise in spontaneity and experimentation transformed a neglected property into an eclectic eden.
Destination: Home
Bicontinental Madisonian Gregg Potter unpacks his evolving sense of home, from the open door policies of his childhood, to the LGBTQ+ interchange he’s hosting in South Africa.
When the Professional is Personal
Bill Beaudreau’s path to interior designing and small business ownership was paved with a clear sense of calling and an opaque professional persona. Gradually, he has begun to share more of his whole self.
Land as Sanctuary
Holy Wisdom Monastery is known for its care of both the Earth and its ecumenical community. Its restored prairie offers a healing space for contemplation and quiet recreation. CEO Charles McLimans shares the journey that brought him there.
Interior Lives
Blessed and beholden by his family’s surname, Joseph Pabst reflects on witnessing more suffering “than a person should,” and the fortress he’s built as his own artful sanctuary.
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Health & Families
Trans Health Services Canceled
Patients navigate SSM Health’s decision to discontinue gender-affirming surgeries for trans people.
In Response to Trans Sanctuary Declarations
The Madison Area Transgender Association welcomes the declarations and acknowledges both the symbolism in them and the real barriers that are still present in Dane County to overall trans health.
Dane County Supervisors and Madison Common Council Vote “Yes” on Trans Sanctuary Resolution
In a nearly unanimous vote (25–1 with 3 abstaining), the Dane County Board of Supervisors voted...
Moving Past Fear
Frederick Harris looks at how ideology and the media invoke fear toward our community and offers ways to protect your mental health in the face of it.
Family Outings
Connecting Wisconsin’s queer families, JR Witt shares the work of Out Families and ways that others can get involved.
Conquering Shame
Frederick Harris unpacks the impacts of queer shame and offers tools for overcoming it.
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