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January 21, 2025

Free online workshop supports inclusive Wisconsin educators

Origins, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 22, will share strategies on teaching LGBTQ history in challenging times.

January 01, 2025

Forever Young celebrates the connectivity of 21-below nightlife

New book project explores how all-ages clubs shaped LGBTQ identity, community, and society for a generation.

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Blog Articles:

May 31, 2025

Kurt Dyer: building a better world for Wisconsin youth

Over 25 years after founding Project Q, Kurt reflects on creating a lasting legacy.

April 26, 2025

DeShanda Williams-Clark: living life without ceilings

Coming out at 15, DeShanda learned first-hand why inclusive and supportive resources matter for queer youth of color.

March 22, 2025

The Pride Society: celebrating the ten percent since 1983

At a critical moment in Wisconsin history, four determined students stepped up to be seen -- and dared to change the world.

March 19, 2025

Rae Thompson: burning bright and being seen

As a third-generation Wisconsin educator, Rae is overcoming hate, exclusion and erasure with an unstoppable spirit.

March 17, 2025

Dr. Tina Owen-Moore: teaching a path to peace

Dr. Owen-Moore has dedicated her career to creating safe, welcoming and nurturing spaces for all students.

February 26, 2025

Ritchie T. Martin Jr: learning to trust the journey

As a gay Black youth, he found himself at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center. Today, he's leading the center's future.

February 17, 2025

Tyrone Creech: we will not be quiet

As a fifth-generation Madison leader, taking care of the community is part of Tyrone's family legacy.

December 16, 2024

Jamie Nabozny: don't let anyone steal your future

After suffering homophobic abuse for years, Jamie filed a landmark lawsuit that changed American legal history.

October 28, 2024

Honey LaBronx: an unstoppable force for social change

After a lifetime of self-acceptance, resilience, and activism, Ben made his childhood dreams come true in New York City.

October 27, 2024

Jeremy Novy: making queer history in the streets

Jeremy's koi fish have decorated Milwaukee streets since 2006. Now he's bringing LGBTQ history alive worldwide.

October 18, 2024

Kenya Black Dupree: give yourself a chance to live

As a high school sophomore, she was the first out trans girl to attend Milwaukee Public Schools. Decades later, she shares her triumphant story.

October 10, 2024

Marlo Rhodes: being seen for six decades

Trans youth of the 1960s weren't welcome at home or safe on the streets. Now 80, Marlo Rhodes shares her stories of survival.

April 12, 2024

Les Petites Bon Bons: the surprise in your Cracker Jacks

Skyrocketing from Milwaukee's South Shore to the Sunset Strip of the '70s, Les Petites Bon Bons became artists in residence in the glitter rock scene, court jesters for rock and roll royalty, and masterful manipulators of mass media.

March 25, 2024

Jerry Dreva: shattering the status quo

Jerry Dreva was a brilliant artist who never owned a gallery. His canvas was the life around him.

March 23, 2024

Eric Wynn: my life as a Club 219 girl

Erica Stevens was one of Milwaukee's most electrifying drag superstars of the early '80s -- until she walked away at the height of her fame.

March 11, 2024

Trevor Topel: this is your life

As a transgender man, rural life wasn't always easy -- but Trevor is determined to find happiness.

March 04, 2024

Martha Marvel: a journey to truth

After decades of self-discovery, Martha Marvel discovered love, acceptance, and inspiration.

March 01, 2024

Nik Santilli: rewriting the rules of gender expression

For most of the 20th century, gender expansive people lived in fear of sexual harassment under the mythical "three piece rule." In 1971, the Santilli case changed everything.