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July 1, 2010 | Vol. 1, No. 17 Smoked out Ban takes effect July 5

By Louis Weisberg about falling revenue in the Staff writer wake of the smoking ban appear to be well-founded. ilwaukee’s gay bar The United Restaurant & owners are brac- Tavern Owners of New York M ing for a potential Inc., for example, found that downturn in business when 76 percent of New York City a statewide indoor smoking bars and nightclubs experi- ban takes effect July 5. But enced a 30-percent decrease they’re also looking at the in customers during the year bright side. after that city enacted a ban “I won’t have to clean in 2003. A year after Iowa’s the bar as hard,” says Kruz smoking ban went into effect owner Jerry Breiling. “It will in 2008, the Quad City Times be one less thing I have to reported statistics suggest- do every month – washing all ing that more people were those walls down. The envi- choosing to drink at home ronment will be nice.” rather than bars in Scott Breiling also hopes the County. Liquor store sales absence of smoke will reduce there rose by 16.8 percent the frequency with which he over the next year, while new has to clean the bar’s air- liquor licenses in the coun- conditioning filter – currently ty dropped sharply. It was once every three days. And unclear, however, whether Breiling, like owners of other the differences resulted from bars with patios, hopes he the ban or the economic can mitigate any loss of busi- downturn. ness from smokers by offer- Anecdotal evidence from Milwaukee’s gay Bar ing them an outdoor space cities such as Chicago, how- owners are resigned to indulge. ever, suggests that the impact In addition, Breiling hopes of smoking bans on gay bars to the new law but that the ban “will help me is temporary. Dave Eick, a fear the impact on quit.” bartender at Madison’s their bottom line But bar owners’ concerns Club 5 for six years, says his employer’s revenues fell “a little” immediately after that g r a p h i c b y city adopted a smoking ban j a s o n s m i t h but then rebounded after “a This period of adjustment.” Wisconsin’s smoking ban issue has inspired nothing resem- inside and online at wisconsingazette.com bling the outcry that met BREAKING NEWS: Wisconsin Supreme similar laws in Chicago and News Smoking page 7 Court upholds marriage ban, page 6 WiGWAG ����������������������2 Wisconsin Gaze �����������4 Editorial ��������������������������8 National Gaze ������������ 11 Feds award $1.7m grant to Diverse & Resilient International Gaze ���� 16 By Louis Weisberg geting gay and bisexual black The CDC estimates that with a 143-percent increase investigate the problem and Features Staff writer men in Milwaukee. The grant up to 40 percent of gay and among young non-black concluded that the disparity WiGOUT �������������������� 17 The U.S. Centers for is believed to be the largest bisexual African-American males. During the same was not based on behavioral Art Gaze ��������������������� 18 Disease Control and ever awarded by the govern- men in Milwaukee are HIV- period, the HIV-transmission differences such as condom On Stage ���������������������� 22 Prevention will give $1.7 mil- ment to an LGBT organiza- infected. The transmission rate for other demographic usage but rather on social Real Estate ������������������ 23 lion to Diverse and Resilient tion in Wisconsin, said D&R rate among young black men groups leveled off or fell. factors, including the stigma to coordinate a grassroots executive director Gary in the city tripled between The CDC came to associated with homosexual- HIV-prevention campaign tar- Hollander. 2001 and 2008, compared Milwaukee in late 2009 to Grant page 10 2 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010

LGBT news with a twist WiGWAG By Lisa Neff & Louis Weisberg

“Idol” coming Lavender on itself – is somehow bad.” get into the ick factor, but environment in another to Milwaukee the Walk of the fact is two men in a rela- way. In a uniquely San Fran Think you’ve got the Fame Cover Tofucake tionship, two women in a fundraiser, gay men stripped voice to become the next Openly gay celebrities boys You’ve heard of beefcake relationship, biologically, that and wrestled in oil – veg- American Idol? Milwaukee is Neil Patrick Harris and Three male and cheesecake? But what doesn’t work the same.” etable not petroleum – to among the six cities hosting Melissa Etheridge are get- cast members of about tofucake? People for However, he said, if his only raise money to help res- auditions for the next edi- ting stars on the Hollywood MTV’s hit show the Ethical Treatment of options for relations with cue wildlife threatened in tion of the FOX TV mega- Walk of Fame next year. “Jersey Shore” Animals is polling Web surf- the opposite gender were the Deepwater Horizon hit and star-making vehicle. Harris, the star of “How I were selected as cover boys ers, seeking to identify the either with House Speaker oil disaster in the Gulf of Tryouts will be held July 21 Met Your Mother,” is in a for the Village Voice’s annual sexiest vegetarian celebrity. Nancy Pelosi or retired Mexico. at the Bradley Center. domestic partnership with Queer Issue. But apparently Topping the poll, as WiG White House reporter celebrity chef David Burtka. the guys weren’t told how went to press, were Ellen Helen Thomas, Huckabee Play ball, not No to ‘female Grammy-winning singer DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, might support same-sex Stop the presses. There viagra’ Melissa Etheridge, who Alison Goldfrapp and Missy marriage. is a lesbian softball coach The FDA gave a thumbs- appears at The Riverside in Higgins. Want to vote? Go WiG is wondering: What in Tennessee. The Bellevue down to flibanserin, a con- Milwaukee on Aug. 11, was to www.peta2.com. makes Huckabee think Baptist Church recently troversial medication that recently in the news for her Pelosi or Thomas would be informed Jana Jacobson, the was hyped in the press as split with partner Tammy Huckabee interested in him? Ick. And coach of a women’s soft- the female version of Viagra. Lynn Michaels Etheridge. yuckabee what makes him think he’d ball team, that her team After reviewing the clinical Other Walk of Fame Former Arkansas gov- find a guy to marry? Double could not compete in the tests, the FDA decided that inductees in 2011 will ernor and former presi- ick. church league because it the drug was not effective in include Reese Witherspoon, dential candidate Mike would send a message that reducing the symptoms of Penelope Cruz, Gwyneth Huckabee entertained a Oiled up the church condones her female sexual arousal disor- Paltrow, Tina Fey, Danny New Yorker writer recently Proponents for clean sexual orientation. Jacobson der, a condition believed to DeVito, The Go-Go’s, Rascal their picture would be used, with his down-home take energy and a diminished said she isn’t interested in a impact nearly 40 percent of Flatts and Will.i.am., Oprah drawing complaints about on America and U.S. poli- reliance on oil joined in legal fight – an attorney sug- women in the United States. Winfrey, the Muppets and the Voice’s ethics. In a tweet tics. Regarding gay marriage, the Hands Across the Sand gested she has a case. She Buddy Holly. responding to his critics, Huckabee, who just may demonstration June 26. But also said she isn’t interested editor Tony Ortega said, “It’s make another failed bid for guys in the Castro showed in returning to the church only unethical if you think the White House in 2012, their opposition to drilling league. being a gay icon – or gayness told the magazine, “We can and their support for the

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By Ryan J. Foley decided to adopt a child from ent so the children could be for a vacation. hasn’t proven. the practical impact of the AP writer Guatemala in 2002. They added to her health care plan. Liz initially agreed to the Carol Gapen, an attorney decision is relatively narrow. A woman who raised two adopted a second child from Wendy agreed to stop guardianship, but then object- with the Madison-based Law It should not affect cases in adopted children for years there in 2004. working and stay at home to ed to the petition. When a Center for Children and which gay couples have con- in a same-sex relationship In an interview, Wendy look after the kids while Liz, Dane County judge sided Families, which represented sented to guardianship agree- is not considered their par- said she would consider ask- an attorney, was the family’s with Liz, Wendy appealed. Liz, said the decision simply ments for their children but ent under Wisconsin law, an ing the Wisconsin Supreme breadwinner. The couple split The appeals court ruled affirmed existing law. She said only those in which one of appeals court ruled in late Court to overturn the deci- up in 2008, and agreed to that “parent” is defined under the center believes same-sex the partners objects, she said. June. sion. equally share custody of the Wisconsin law as someone couples should have equal “It gives the biological or The court ruled against “For someone like me children. who is either a biological rights, but that this was not adoptive parent an incred- a woman who was seek- that was in a relationship However, Wendy wanted or an adoptive parent, and the right case to press that ible amount of power and ing legal guardianship of two for 12 years and a stay-at- legal recognition of her rights Wendy is neither. issue. control over the non-bio- children for whom she had home mom for 7, I shouldn’t to the children, and she peti- The court also rejected She said guardianship gives logical, non-adoptive parent been a stay-at-home moth- have to fight to parent my tioned a court to be named her argument that she should the ability to make key deci- that can be used in ways that er. The District 4 Court of kids who I’ve been parenting a legal guardian. Wendy said be granted guardianship sions for children, but does aren’t healthy,” she said. “It Appeals ruled that only the 24-7,” she said. “For me to she worries that she could because the children would not grant the full range of does underscore the signifi- woman’s former partner is read in the court documents not visit her children in the be harmed by “depriving rights given to parents. cant handicap that same-sex their parent, since the adop- that I’m not a parent is dis- hospital without Liz’s per- them of one of the two per- “We argued what the law couples have in forming and tions were done under the turbing and troubling.’’ mission in the event of an sons who has raised them is today and they agreed, safeguarding their families.’’ partner’s name. Same-sex couples do accident, or wouldn’t auto- from infancy.” which is kind of sad,” she The woman, identified in not have adoption rights in matically get custody in the The court ruled she still said. “We do support rights court records only as Wendy Wisconsin, meaning that only event of Liz’s death. shares custody under the for everybody. But this was because of the confidenti- one of them can be consid- Without legal recognition, informal arrangement, and not the case to argue those ality surrounding guardian- ered the legal parent. In this she said she could also have only factors such as abandon- rights.’’ ship proceedings, had been case, Wendy’s partner, identi- problems with daily issues ment or neglect would justify Tamara Packard, a Madison in a domestic relationship fied in court records as Liz, such as taking the children to guardianship to be granted lawyer who serves on the Join the WiG Facebook for 7 years before the couple was named the legal par- the doctor or out of school to a “third party,” which she board of Fair Wisconsin, said community.

Building the future The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center’s Hard Hat Party June 27 drew 108 guests and raised $15,700 toward the renovation of the center’s new home in the Blatz Boiler House, 252 E. Highland Ave. The party featured a tour of the new space as well as a raffle (right). “For our community, moving into a space that is so centrally located, in a historic building, is such a huge step forward from where we started 12 years ago in a windowless ware- house at Second and Seebooth,” said center director of philanthropy Patrick Price. -L.T.

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Got news? Tell us Wisconsin GAzE [email protected]. Touting record, Barrett asks for LGBT support

By Louis Weisberg “In difficult economic to break rank and vote Staff writer times, it’s so easy to play against the “don’t ask, don’t Democratic gubernatorial to people’s fears,” he said. tell” military policy in 1993. candidate Tom Barrett drew “We’re going to get through He also touted his opposi- a sharp contrast between these times by working tion to Wisconsin’s same-sex his record and that of his together, not tearing each marriage ban. Republican foes during a June other apart. … There are “Gay rights are human 24 fundraiser at the home values that unite us, and I see rights, and human rights are of gay community leader Joe it in every part of the state. gay rights,” Barrett said. Pabst. … We have far more in com- Characteristically relaxed The Milwaukee mayor told mon than separates us.” and upbeat, Barrett joked supporters they face a “clear Barrett was intro- about the backdrop for the choice” when they cast bal- duced by Doug Nelson, event – Pabst’s elegant East lots in November. executive director of the Side home, which was recent- “I will fight as gover- AIDS Resource Center of ly featured in the Milwaukee nor to protect the rights Wisconsin. Journal Sentinel. we have now ... (and) to “There’s no guessing “This is where I wanted to expand LGBT rights within where Tom Barrett stands on present my housing policy,” this state,” Barrett told the our issues,” Nelson said. “For Barrett said. “I think we can crowd, speaking poolside over 25 years of public life, all agree it’s a nice starter next to his wife Kris. Barrett Tom Barrett has been on our home.” warned that the politics of side. Now it’s time for us to But he ended his pitch on divisiveness espoused by his be on his side.” a serious note. “This is going P hoto: Leonard Sob c z a k opponents Scott Walker and Barrett reminded listeners to be a bruising campaign. During a June 24 fundraiser at the home of Joe Pabst, Milwaukee Mayor Mark Neumann would harm he was one of only a handful I’m going to need your help,” Tom Barrett vowed to be a champion for LGBT rights if elected governor the state. of congressional Democrats he said. in November. ARCW Medical Center “Never in the history of AIDS has there been so much promise for helping patients succeed with HIV treatment. Our goal is to fulfi ll this promise for all our patients so they can live long and healthy lives.” John Fangman, MD Medical Director

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By Louis Weisberg single subject. He argued that that the referendum was legal “Fair Wisconsin is disap- registry provides same-sex “This is literally about inter- Staff writer because voters were asked because the two parts of pointed in but respects the couples with about 40 of the preting the single-subject In a long-awaited deci- whether the state should the amendment were closely court’s decision,” said Katie 150 rights enjoyed by mar- rule, not about interpreting sion, the Wisconsin Supreme ban both same-sex marriage related and served the same Belanger, executive direc- ried couples. whether the constitutional Court upheld the 2006 voter and “identical or substantially purpose of preserving “the tor of the statewide LGBT In July 2009, Wisconsin amendment was the right referendum amending the similar arrangements,” they unique status of marriage.” advocacy group. “We will Family Action and other step for the state,” she said. state’s constitution to ban were denied the opportunity The state also argued that continue working to protect right-wing groups asked the Legal precedents con- same-sex marriage and civil to vote “no” on one part and McConkey didn’t have legal Wisconsin’s 15,000 same-sex Supreme Court to block cerning the single-issue rule unions. “yes” on the other. standing to sue because he couples and build toward a the domestic partner reg- are scarce and conflicting, The unanimous 7-0 deci- Polls in Wisconsin and would have voted “no”on legislative repeal of this dis- istry law because they said Belanger added. sion did not directly address elsewhere have shown that both questions, even if the criminatory amendment to it violates the same-sex “Domestic partnerships the marriage issue but rather many voters who reject the referendum had been written our state’s constitution.” marriage amendment. But are just one step on the long a legal technicality involving concept of same-sex mar- in two parts. The state con- Belanger said that in ignor- last November the court road to equality,” Belanger the referendum process. riage nonetheless support tended McConkey therefore ing the larger question of declined to hear the group’s said. “Fair Wisconsin will con- Bill McConkey, a University civil unions, and McConkey wasn’t harmed by the way whether same-sex couples petition without comment. tinue working toward the day of Wisconsin-Oshkosh politi- maintained that the two the referendum was written. should be allowed to marry Belanger said the Supreme when all Wisconsin’s citizens cal science instructor, filed issues should have been pre- The Dane County Circuit or enter into civil unions, Court justices went “out of will know true equality.” suit in 2007 arguing that the sented separately. Court agreed with the state the court’s decision does their way not to make any Wisconsin voters adopted marriage referendum violated Representing the state, and McConkey appealed that not affect the domestic part- swipes about the policy mat- the 2006 marriage amend- state law requiring that such Wisconsin Attorney General decision, leading to the June nership registry enacted by ter at hand” in issuing their ment by a 59 percent major- proposals can only address a J.B. Van Hollen countered 30 Supreme Court ruling. lawmakers last summer. The decision on the amendement. ity.

Marriage equality is key Opinion to economic recovery henry sanders jr. In a tough economy, cit- suffered during the recent Perhaps more important, marriage equality written en over time, with a ripple ies, regions and entire states recession. A study by UCLA’s however, are the long-term into our state’s constitu- effect that will be felt across must do everything they Williams Institute projects implications in terms of tion has directly hampered the public, private and non- can to compete. That means that recently-enacted mar- human capital. Studies show Wisconsin’s ability to attract profit sectors. providing the best infrastruc- riage equality policies in the that the next generation of and retain the human capi- Conversely, a significant ture, talent pool and eco- District of Columbia would workers increasingly choose tal necessary for economic number of highly skilled nomic incentives necessary grow the city’s economy by a place to live first, and then development. In the public workers would be attract- to attract and retain jobs. over $52.2 million over the find a job there. These same sector alone, tens of millions ed to Wisconsin in order Among the most impor- first three years. The local tax workers are more attracted of dollars in research grants to take advantage of ben- tant factors businesses con- base is expected to jump by to places they see as inclu- and federal funds have been efits such as inheritance sider as they seek out sites to $5.4 million as a direct result sive, places that accept and lost due to the departures of and medical protections. locate or expand operations of marriage equality. More embrace people of all races, university faculty. For exam- In addition to Washington, is workforce. That’s why mar- than 700 new jobs will be backgrounds and family types. ple, three recently departed D.C., Connecticut, Iowa, c o u rt e s y p h oto riage equality is a key plank created almost immediately As the economy continues faculty members interviewed Massachusetts, New Henry Sanders Jr. in “Progressive Recovery,” my through increased marriage to evolve, and the aging Baby by a UW-Madison newspaper Hampshire and Vermont, 18-point job creation plat- licensing needs, tourism and Boom generation retires, cited inequality concerns as a have all capitalized on these efits to same-gender couples, form. other work related to the attracting and retaining these major factor in their decision. economic benefits by guar- as do more than 7,500 major Marriage equality would wedding industry. This imme- workers will become increas- The departures resulted in anteeing full equality for all corporations nationwide. lead to a significant immedi- diate positive impact results ingly important for the health a loss of nearly $10 million couples. They do this because they ate windfall in the tourism from a population only one- of Wisconsin’s economy. in grants and dozens of staff The private sector already need to remain competitive. and hospitality industries, 10th of that of the state of Since 2006, discriminatory positions. knows this. Half of the It is far past time for the state sectors that have especially Wisconsin. language directed against This trend will only wors- Fortune 500 offer full ben- government to catch up. For our state to compete economically in a national and global marketplace, we must take the necessary BOTANICA steps toward guaranteeing “The Pet Sier” PSYCHIC full equality for all couples in The Kennel Alternative Wisconsin. The next adminis- READINGS tration and legislature must Dogs • Cats • Birds work to repeal the dis- & criminatory language in our Exotics • Fish • Reptiles state constitution and pave Daily Walks • In Home Pet Sitting CHAKRA the way to equality for all Airport Pick-up • Insured Wisconsin families.

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Cell: 414-331-7183 F RICK CORBETT Available for Private Events [email protected] 414-481-7838 414-519-3849 Henry Sanders Jr. is a www.rickthepetsitter.com Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 7 ‘People seem to be in denial’ The law As of July 5, smoking cigars, cigarettes, pipes or other Smoking from 1 that are in the tavern busi- “We have three health lighted smoking equipment except for E-cigarettes is ness and work hard to make ‘We get a promoters in Madison who banned in the following places: a living at it don’t get the lot of praise go to bars and clubs and talk Places of employment, including any indoor place that same break as the casinos, to people about the pro- employees enter carrying out their work duties, such as New York. Breiling says and that’s just not right.” from people gram and tell them about offices, work areas, employee lounges, rest rooms, con- that’s because the bans Partly in anticipation of the the ‘quit groups,’ says Steve ference rooms, meeting rooms, classrooms, elevators, have become so common ban, Nate Fried and Bill Lison thanking us, Starkey, executive director of stairways, lobbies, common areas, vehicles, cafeterias, throughout the country decided to prohibit smok- Outreach LGBT Community meeting rooms or hallways. that people are accepting it ing from the outset when even from Center in Madison, which is a Public places, which are any places that are open to with a feeling of inevitability. they opened Hybrid Lounge partner in the program. the public or where the public may be invited “Anyone who travels knows March 9. “I was a little leery smokers.’ The quit groups meet Enclosed places, meaning any structure or area that you can’t smoke in half the about it deterring people, but weekly for seven weeks has a roof and more than two substantial walls (i.e., a places,” he says. that fear went away within and participants undergo an wall with no opening or with an opening that either the first week of opening the people annually to smok- intensive process of learning does not allow air in from the outside or is less than 25 On the Web doors,” Lison says. “We get ing-related deaths, which about the dangers of smok- percent of the wall’s surface area. www.rm2breathe.org a lot of praise from people amounts to 15 percent of ing and techniques for quit- thanking us, even from smok- the city’s overall fatalities. The ting. Then participants all quit ers.” impact is even greater in the together and provide each “People so far seem to be “It’s amazing how many of LGBT community, which has other with ongoing encour- acting in denial, like they don’t our customers mention that a smoking rate that’s nearly agement through a buddy Up in smoke really seem to grasp that this they can leave the bar and double that of the gener- system. is going to take effect very go home and not smell like al population, according to Starkey says Milwaukee’s In its June 29 report “Smoking Out a Deadly Threat: soon,” says Harbor Room smoke,” Fried says. “That’s the Milwaukee-based group gay bar owners should ignore Tobacco Use in the LGBT Community,” the American owner Gregg Fitzpatrick. been a big part of our initial Diverse and Resilient (D&R). the dire predictions about Lung Association says that the stress of discrimination, “The non-smokers seem to success, I feel.” Two years ago, D&R the impact of the smoking targeted marketing by the tobacco industry and lack of be much more aware of it But Lison says he believes launched rm2breathe, ban on their bottom line. He access to culturally appropriate smoking cessation pro- than the smokers.” the decision to go smoke- a comprehensive state- says the impact on Madison’s grams all contribute to a higher rate of smoking in the Joe Brehm, owner of This free should have been left up wide program designed bars doesn’t appear to have LGBT people. Researchers found that: Is It, says his only objection to individual business own- to reduce smoking in the been nearly as drastic as Gay, bisexual and transgender men are 2.0 to 2.5 to the ban is that it contains ers. LGBT community. Through feared. times more likely to smoke than heterosexual men. loopholes for casinos, which Supporters of the ban say statewide partner organiza- “But it’s had a big effect Lesbian, bisexual and transgender women are 1.5 he says presents a com- it will help reduce the hazards tions, rm2breathe promotes on the air quality in public to 2.0 times more likely to smoke than heterosexual petitive advantage for those of second-hand smoke inha- awareness of the problem of places,” Starkey says. “Now women. establishments. lation and encourage more smoking in the LGBT com- you can go to a bar and feel Bisexual boys and girls have some of the highest “It’s a disgraceful thing,” people to quit. According to munity and offers informa- like you don’t have to burn smoking rates when compared with their peers. Brehm says. “All of the citi- the 2010 Burden of Tobacco tion and support services to your clothes when you go zens of the state of Wisconsin Report, Milwaukee loses 730 those who want to quit. home.” Second-hand smoke at PrideFest Sadness, dangers and some basic ground rules to say something to them, but she told me she did not The events of PrideFest maybe no one would smoke know what to say. are major for our commu- at all. The impact of smoking Perhaps some training is nity. Seeing members of our on an individual’s health is in order. Training members of LGBT family happy, seeing Opinion well-known. High numbers our community to speak up Rainbow Families WI march- Jennifer Cadenas of LGBT people smoke, and and speak out against smok- ing down the street or wit- thus the impact on our com- ing and second-hand smoke. nessing those wonderful girl from the second-hand munity’s health is no secret. Training members of our moms and dads of PFLAG smoke to take in much of the The dangers of second-hand community who are working – Pride brings out the best of joy, excitement and beauty smoke, especially to children, at events to communicate our LGBT community for all of Pride. are also common knowledge. basic ground rules. Or even to see. I wish my family could It was the same at the How can a person come setting up basic ground rules. have enjoyed it more. Pride parade. It was hard to up to me, say “What a cute Signs that designate some c o u rt e s y p h oto Sadly, it brings out the see the happy floats of LGBT baby,” and then light up right areas non-smoking would be Jennifer Cadenas with Alejandra worst of some people. The folks through the clouds of next to us? a start. Though this would worst of our community is other people’s habits. Why Many of the PrideFest not really help navigate the around you if it is OK for you but I wish I could. I wish the number of people, includ- should my baby girl and I, workers, in their official entire festival, it would be to smoke near them. Your our community cared more ing teenagers, who smoke who just want to breathe to blue shirts, were also smok- nice to know that the kids’ choice is not yours alone. about health. But until that and drink. It is the smoking the best of our ability, have ing. These people are role area is away from the dangers The air that you pollute is day, I wish for the chance that matters most to me, to adjust our behavior to models for many of our of other people’s bad habits. shared by all of us. to enjoy PrideFest with my because it doesn’t just impact make room for those who young people. What does it I propose three basic 3). If you are on a well- family free from the dangers the individual. Second-hand don’t consider the impact of say when our role models ground rules for smokers: traveled public pathway, one of second-hand smoke. The smoke forces itself onto oth- their choices on the people smoke and when they smoke 1). Never light up when that most other people have rights of others to breathe ers. around them? in front of our children? children are present. If you to take to get from point unpolluted air come before At PrideFest I could barely In the perfect world that It makes me angry and it are smoking and children A to point B, don’t smoke. the rights of those who breathe – even in the “Health Pride often evokes – a world makes me sad. There were come into the area, put the Common areas should not smoke. Second-hand smoke and Wellness” area. And I was of equality, unity, community tables of people smoking cigarette out or leave the be taken over by one per- makes one person’s behavior too worried about protect- and justice – smokers would in the kids-and-family area. area. son’s second-hand smoke. into everyone else’s problem. ing my 18-month-old baby be more courteous. Or I asked a PrideFest worker 2). Always ask others I cannot change the world, This issue isn’t hard to grasp. 8 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 { Editorial } PrideFest’s blank page Bolstered by great headline acts and decent weather, Milwaukee’s PrideFest achieved another year of record-breaking attendance. Except for an uncom- fortably long delay in bringing opening night headliner Kathy Griffin onstage, the event ran smoothly – no small feat given that it’s organized and staffed entirely by volunteers. PrideFest also deserves praise for including so many LGBT performers in its line-up. Pride festivals provide these entertainers an essential way of con- necting with old fans and gaining new ones, yet too many such events, includ- ing Chicago’s, overlook them. Unfortunately PrideFest also showed how tragically far these events have come from their activist roots. Glaringly missing from the three days of fes- tivities was a political presence. This is a pivotal election year, and PrideFest organizers missed an enormous opportunity to help inform and mobilize a constituency that has a great deal riding on what happens in the state’s voting booths in November. The few political organizations that did show up at PrideFest were nearly hidden behind the vendors’ market. Rainbow coffee mugs and wrist bands are dandy, but they’re empty gestures when the movement they symbolize is missing. Go to pridefest.com, click on the “entertainment and activities” bar, then scroll down the list of venues and click on “history exhibit.” You’ll find a blank page. This stunning omission is a slap in the face to the courage and sacrifice { Letters } that make events like PrideFest possible. If PrideFest wants to make its event relevant to the LGBT civil rights movement, its organizers have created an effective model with the Health Race Does Across all our programs gram was aimed at bringing and Wellness Area. This forum brings prospective clients, volunteers and Matter in More we have established partner- more LGBT people of color contributors into direct contact with LGBT-focused service organizations, Ways Than One ships with organizations at into leadership roles. including the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, Diverse and Resilient, I applaud the Wisconsin the local, state and national As a commissioner for AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin and BestD Clinic. Gazette for the June 3 piece level, many of which rep- the last three years on the These organizations attract thousands of visitors by presenting their pro- on race and the LGBT move- resent people of color. We Milwaukee Commission on grams in lively, creative ways. They pass out vital health information and offer ment as it gives me an oppor- value our partnerships with Police Community Relations, referrals to community resources. More than 600 people received HIV tests tunity to discuss diversity and these organizations because I serve with representa- this year in the Health and Wellness Area. inclusion at the Milwaukee what we learn from our part- tives from every cultural and Politically focused groups deserve the same opportunity to utilize LGBT Community Center. ners and our programs are minority group in the city, PrideFest’s visibility. LGBT history is not a blank page and it is still being writ- The center is one of the made all the better through and I learned a great deal ten. PrideFest has a role to play in the saga and an obligation to fulfill that role. most diverse and inclusive these affiliations. We are hon- about the concerns of these LGBT organizations in the ored to name a few of these groups. As a commissioner, I city. Our board of directors is partnerships: Association support the efforts of these diverse (38 percent people of for the Rights of Citizens allied groups to gain equality. color) and the center’s staff with Handicaps, Black Health As a member of the is equally diverse (38 percent Coalition of Wisconsin, diversity committee for The Wisconsin Gazette is published people of color), represent- FORGE, GenderPAC, Visit Milwaukee, I support biweekly and distributed throughout the ing African-American, Latino Great Lakes Inter-Tribal efforts to bring diverse con- Milwaukee area, Madison, Racine and and Native American people. Council, Hmong American ventions and meetings to Kenosha. To have WiG delivered to your The board and staff are also Friendship Association, Inc., the city, including the 2011 address, contact circulation@wisconsin- very diverse in orientation Hmong American Women’s LGBT Community Center CEO/PRINCIpal gazette.com or call 414-961-3240. and gender identity. 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Creative Director Debra Brehmer, Harry Cherkinian Jr., ty center directly benefits community centers), I had Jason Smith Daniel Goldin, Jody Hirsh, Jamakaya, Rick LGBT people of color. The the opportunity to partici- Karlin, Kerrie Kennedy, Kat Murrell, Angel result is our programs are pate in the Pipeline Project Maggi Cage Assistant Editor Sevilla, Paul Varnell, Dan Zaitz very responsive and relevant for executive directors of Executive director Lucky Tomaszek to the estimated 8,000 peo- LGBT community centers. Milwaukee LGBT Technical consultant ple we serve. This year-long diversity pro- Community Center Account Executives Kevin Rux Diane Banach, Will Elwood, Marypat Wulff WiG wants your letters! www.wisconsingazette.com Please send to [email protected]. WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 9 PrideFest fashion The test that can save your life disasters I’ve noticed a number of promptly went on antiviral my T-cells (the particles that commercial and public health drug therapy and are doing fight infection) were dan- Being born and raised ads for free HIV-testing in fine. gerously low. Yet I felt fine pinion in – and rarely removed WiG. Yet I wonder if there is I myself am hardly a poster and I’d had no symptoms. I O from – Milwaukee has any gay man (and it is mostly boy for early testing. I was started on HIV therapy soon Paul Varnell turned me into a very men who are at risk of infec- tested only two years ago thereafter. angel sevilla specific type of person, tion) who has not at this after years of sexual activity, There are a couple of good mous burden. Two decades one who’s completely point been tested. and I did so only after a good reasons to be tested. If you're or so ago the antiviral regi- over Milwaukee PrideFest. This version of the outfit I suppose so. There are friend of mine got tested and negative, there is an incentive men involved several pills I go to school with people was even more scandal- always new young gay men found he was infected. to stay that way. A second is taken with certain kinds of from all over the coun- ous than Lil’ Kim’s. Both who are just becoming sexu- In telling me my results, the incentive, if you have a foods at various times a day. try, as well as a few from breasts were exposed and ally active, and there are obvi- the young woman counselor conscience, to avoid infecting It was so complicated that outside the country, and her nipples were covered ous holdouts among older kept asking, “How are you others by using condoms or many men missed doses or a common opinion I’ve only by a thin layer of men who do not think they feeling?” or “Are you feeling having sex only with other were tempted to give up the heard from them is that glitter paint. Honestly, it are at risk. I'm sure there is a alright?” I kept replying, “Well, infected men. whole thing entirely. Milwaukee is a “drinking looked really cool and was sizable population of gay men this is not welcome news, but A third is the incentive to Be grateful for medical town.” I agree with this very well done, but again who have not been tested. it is not a shock,” which was go on antiviral therapy and progress. I do not expect judgment, though I never I have to urge parents There are a number of the truth. Apparently she was spare yourself the possibil- a cure for HIV/AIDS in my really had a huge issue to educate their children excuses for not getting test- accustomed to gay men who ity of a crippling or disfigur- lifetime, or perhaps yours, with it because I like on the costume trends of ed. One friend told me he had strong reactions to the ing opportunistic infection. but eventually there may be drinking (a lot) and could strippers and prostitutes was always a top so he was news of their infected status. I recall that the moment I a once a week or once a never completely under- and be sure to let them sure he was not infected. But for me there was a cer- went on antiviral therapy, my month drug therapy by pill stand why some people know that costumes aren’t He turned up positive. God tain satisfaction in knowing viral load sank to an almost or shot. choose not to drink. At meant to be worn as regu- only knows how many other for sure: It was like the other undetectable level and my Over the past 30 years we PrideFest this year, how- lar everyday clothing. gay men he had unknowingly shoe dropping. T-cell level began to rise, have seen remarkable prog- ever, I witnessed a number Spectacle #3: infected. Shortly thereafter I went almost like magic. As recently ress on this disease. It would of gay spectacles, many of Chewbacca boots. OK, Another friend said he to the local gay health clinic as 15 years ago, people died be foolhardy in the extreme which might never have so with this one I have almost always used a con- and got tested for viral load, from this disease. not to take advantage of occurred if the spectacles to apologize to my close dom. Almost! He too turned and T-cell levels. It turned out Taking one to three pills a the progress that has been hadn’t been drinking. friend Alexis, because I out to be infected. Both my viral load was high and day at a meal is not an enor- achieved. Spectacle #1: Gold know she has some and I stretch pants. I’ve worn know she loves them, but some ridiculous looking this is my opinion column things in my days as a and I think they’re a little Rachel, you made me love you younger gay man but gold weird. I will take into con- stretch pants were not sideration, however, that one of them. My question they were a legitimate Dear Rachel Maddow, and tramped through the hair and clothes, direct eye is, did he get dressed at fashion trend for a while. I am writing you today Louisiana marshes to hold contact, and an assertive home and kiss his mom All I’ll say is that they and I hope that you will read it Opinion extended colloquies with sci- voice – all grounded in innate goodbye with them on aren’t the cutest choice so you know. entists to explain environ- confidence. Your expressive or did he secretly put of foot wear, and neither My heart beats like a hammer Jamakaya mental issues. Muckraking face and hands, your plunging them on in the car out- are Ugg Boots, Crocs or and I stutter and I stammer and teaching – what a unique neckline and that occasion- side the festival? I ask this flip-flops. Those are lazy each time I see you on your dominated by moronic use of commercial airwaves! ally furrowed brow (when because if I were a parent choices. Put some thought TV show. shouters, you are my dream No one but you, Rachel, reporting on some outrage of a 16-year-old boy, gay into your outfits, guys and I guess I’m just another fan come true: a paragon of intel- has consistently reported or stupidity) are killers. or straight, and he left girls. of yours ligence and civility. You are in depth on the racism and And your laughter! Given my home dressed like a One thing we should and so I thought I’d write and simply the best interviewer, corporate interests fuel- all the dreadful things you hooker, I’d stop him just always remind ourselves tell you so… researcher and anchor on ing “populist” resentment report on, you always find like you’d stop a 3-year- of as we get dressed is TV today. You are credited among Americans. Nor have some story or angle that old from leaving the house that clothing is meant to You made me love you, with raising MSNBC’s rat- they made clear the insidious, elicits a belly laugh or a gig- with his shoes on the be an outward reflection it wasn’t hard to do it, ings, and when you appear degrading effect it is hav- gle. What a tonic you are! wrong feet. of your inner self. So I your brilliance drove me to it. on the snoozefests known as ing on our social and politi- You are never more precious Where are the parents guess if you’re a hooker You made me love you, Sunday morning public affairs cal culture. There’s such an than when your eyes crinkle these days? It’s one thing on the inside (or if you when news is so depressing, programs, record numbers of impressive moral core that and tear up in a moment of to be supportive of your were drunk when getting you make it less distressing… people tune in. runs through your reporting. laughter. son’s gayness and quite dressed) then some of the Among a sea of hacks, And your faux Oval Office another to be a supporter things I mentioned might At first, Rachel, as with you’re a professional journal- speech, presented as a pow- I don’t care what happens, of fashion disasters. be appropriate for you. all love affairs (even virtual, ist who’s become a media erful alternative to President let the whole world stop. Spectacle #2: Lil’ Kim. But if you aren’t then I unreciprocated ones), I was star. Respected, influential. Obama’s limp response to BP, As far as I’m concerned I was taken aback at strongly advise you to step bewitched, bothered and And such good manners! was priceless. Pulitzer com- you’ll always be the top, the sight of a rap-super- outside yourself and ask, bewildered. That voice. That Does anyone besides you mittee, take note. ‘cause you know you made me star walking through the “What am I saying with brain. Those looks. I soon model good manners any- But Rachel, I don’t just love you. Summerfest grounds until this outfit?” became besotted, transfixed more?! Even some of the love you for your brain. You I realized that it wasn’t – and ornery. wingnuts you interview, are beautiful. Those skanky, Devotedly, really her, but a breast- “Why are you call- who are frequently undone stringy-haired girls of “The Jamakaya alike imitation wearing a ing me now?” I’d demand by your tough questions, L-Word” (except for Pam version of Lil’ Kim’s infa- before hanging up on friends. express admiration for your Grier, of course) don’t have mous 1999 VMA outfit in Got something to add? “Rachel Maddow is on, for fairness and decency. anything on you, honey. You which her left breast was E-mail WiG at god’s sake!” What a tribune you have are what old lesbians like me exposed but the nipple managingeditor@ People just don’t under- been during the oil disas- call “dykely,” one of the high- (Props to Roger Edens and was covered by a pur- wisconsingazette.com or join stand. ter! You’ve trumped other est of all compliments. Joseph McCarthy for adapting ple metallic areola-shield. our Facebook community. In a world gone mad, media outlets with exposés Dykeliness involves hand- “Dear Mr. Gable” and “You Rachel, in a media circus of BP’s underhandedness some features, no-nonsense Made Me Love You”) We believe that LGBT people are good. LGBT youth and adults are beautiful, creative, flexible, and We believe thatsmart. LGBT They people are deeply are good. connected LGBT to one another, FindFind YourYour BigBig LifeLifeyouth .and. adultsto are their beautiful, families, creative, and to theirflexible, communities. and They are smart. They areborn deeply leaders connected and cooperative. to one another,Without LGBT people, FindFind YourYour BigBig LifeLife.. to their families,Wisconsin and to theircommunities communities. would Theybe at a are loss in education, science, public service, health care, religion, business, 10 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 Diverse and Resilientborn leaders and cooperative. Without LGBT people, ‘You have to ask and you have to tell’ Wisconsin communitiesindustry, wouldand the be arts. at a loss in education, science, public service, health care, religion, business, Grant from 1 have to tell,” Coley said. HIV testing and both should cessful.” Wisconsinis and committed the Sixteenth position for their to future.” the devel- We have worked on health promotion “Silence really is death.” launch by the end of 2010. As part ofDiverse the effort, D&R Street Community and Health Resilient In June, the City of D&R will use the federal Coley said a core goal of will expand its partnership Center. Milwaukee announced that industry, and theand arts. disease prevention, including our higher funding to launch a five- the programs is to build a with the Milwaukee LGBT “Foropment other LGBT groups andit would providecelebration a grant to of ity in the African-American year project utilizing tried- sense of gay and bisexual Community Center and that partner on this proj- D&R to mobilize grassroots community. That can lead and-proven methods of HIV identity and community other agenciesis to committed recruit ect, it should raise to the bar the organizations devel in the African-- We have workedrisks for violence, on health alcohol promotionand drug use, tobacco use, to what Brenda Coley, D&R reduction that are endorsed among black Milwaukeeans, program participants. A for themhealthy to improve their lesbian, American community gay, to bisex- director of adult services, by the CDC. The project will to “change social norms to number of other groups systems,” said D&R execu- discourage high-risk sexual and diseaseand prevention, mental health including disorders. our Diverse higher and Resilient called a “don’t ask” policy feature a youth program tai- being proud that you’re gay throughout opment the state will tive and director Gary celebration Hollander. behavior and encourage of the when it comes to discuss- lored to men ages 14 to 24 and bisexual and black, and also partner in the project, “They’re going to have train- disclosure of HIV status risks for violence,recognizes alcohol andthat ourdrug community use, tobacco problems use, are within our ing HIV status with sexual as well as a separate pro- the way you show that is including the Black Health ing in organizationalual, and develop- transgenderbetween sexual partners. people partners. gram targeting men over 25. by being healthy, taking care Coalition ofhealthy Wisconsin, the ment lesbian, through this program gay, The amountbisex of that grant- and mental healthpower, disorders. even though Diverse their andsource Resilient traces to the stressors “You have to ask and you Both programs will promote of yourself and being suc- AIDS Resource Center of that willwho put them in thrivea better was not and disclosed. find satisfy- ual, and transgender people recognizes that whichour community oppressive problems systems areput withinon us. our Wis. Warriors aim for 2nd title ing lives in Wisconsin.power, While even thoughTo do their our source work, traces we distributeto the stressors nearly $7,500 By Lucky Tomaszek record, making it first in American Champions – a donations who through PayPal. thrive and find satisfy- which oppressive systems put on us. Staff writer the Independent Women’s title team members hope to Von Spreckelsen said the per month to organizations and community leaders The Wisconsin Warriors, Football League’s Tier 2 hold on to this year. cost to send the entire team our work is often behind the southeastern Wisconsin’s Midwest division. To help the team get to to the playoffing game is lives“hefty,” in Wisconsin. While To do our work,who wedo the distribute daily hard nearly and exciting $7,500 work of promoting full-contact women’s football The Warriors, who play California and meet that goal, and some players are paying team, is California-bound for on Ameche Field at Tremper players have been fundraising. their own way. Once they’ve scenes, our programs stretch its second play-off game on High School in Kenosha, is a In addition to a raffle and returned, the fundraising will per month tohealth organizations and building and community.community leaders July 10. relatively new team. This is several bar events, the team’s continue withour a spaghetti work din- is often behind the Team owner Jodi von only its third season. Despite Web site at www.wiwar- ner, where if all has gone from Eau Claire to Milwaukeewho do the daily hard and exciting work of promoting Spreckelsen said the team its youth, however, the riors.com has a “Sponsor their way, Warriors’ fans can P hoto: Courte s y W i s . Wa r r i o r s These works are about you. ended its season with a 5-3 team was the 2009 North a Player” page that accepts celebrate victoryscenes, with team our programs stretch health and building community. members. Web site. See www.iwflsports.com For those who want to Theand games are La not tele -Crossefor broadcast detailsto Appleton. and We are proud of lesbian, gay, THANK YOU THANK YOU follow the from team’s progress, Eau vised, Claire but the final to North Milwaukee more information about the These works are about you. the Warriors has a Facebook American championship IWFL. bisexual, and transgender people page as well as e-mail game on July 24 will be Join the WiG Facebook updates availableand through La the broadcastCrosse via the Internet. to Appleton.community. We are proudin Wisconsin. of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people THANK YOU in Wisconsin.WE ARE PR0UD OF Y0U. WUWM SUPPORTERS! 2439 North Holton Street WUWM IS FORTUNATE TO BE IN A COMMUNITY Milwaukee, WI 53212 • 414.390.0444 • www.diverseandresilient.org THAT SUPPORTS PUBLIC RADIO. WE ARE PR0UD OF Y0U. SHOW YOUR SUPPORT. VISIT WUWM.COM/GIVE 2439 North Holton Street Diverse and Resilient, Inc. seeks to hire three skilled, enthusiastic, engaged team members to 89.7 FM / HD-1: IN-DEPTH NEWS WUWM2 / HD-2: MUSIC 24/7 WUWM.COM advance health and prevent HIVMilwaukee, disease in the Greater WI Milwaukee 53212 Area. •The 414.390.0444people who fill • www.diverseandresilient.org these full-time positions will work effectively with internal and external partners in the public and non-profit sectors to address HIV prevention and other related health disparities. They WIG_WUWM_ThankYou.indd 1 6/17/2010 1:56:34 PM must be eager and competent to work in a fast-paced, multi-cultural organization focused on the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The work is exciting, engaging, varied, and challenging. HIV Prevention Manager: Leads risk prevention and health promotion activities for Don’t just smile – Sparkle! adult African American gay and bisexual men and other MSM. This person is responsible for project development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. The person should have significant experience with presenting to adult learners; Master’s degree preferred, David A. Paris, DDS, SC but bachelor’s degree with three years of related experience may be substituted. Data Manager: Responsible for all aspects of data use from collection through reporting. Produces status reports, recommends new methods of documentation, creates and revises procedural manuals as needed. This person is the primary liaison to mandated data reporting processes for state and federal contracts. Master’s degree preferred, but Cosmetic & bachelor’s degree with three years of related experience may be substituted. Program Assistant: Aids directors and managers in projects by taking an active participatory role. This person is responsible for major portions of project implementation, General Dentistry coordinating complex meetings and their related agenda items. The person will maintain organizational files and records and respond to a variety of questions that require substantial knowledge of HIV prevention. Bachelor’s degree preferred, but high school diploma with four years of related experience may be substituted. How to Apply: Send resume and letter of intent to Rachel Federlin , Diverse and Resilient, 2439 414-272-7747 N. Holton Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212 ([email protected]). Applications Downtown Milwaukee will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the best candidates are selected for interviews. All positions offer a competitive salary and benefit package. 601 N. Broadway (corner of Broadway & Michigan) Diverse and Resilient, Inc. is a statewide nonprofit organization whose mission is the healthy development of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people by helping groups and communities take action. • Diverse and Resilient is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBT people. WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 11 National Gaze Lawyers make final arguments in marriage case

From AP and WiG about procreation?” Walker A premature judicial edict, Reports asked. Walker said, could harden Lawyers arguing a land- Cooper answered that it public opinion in the same mark federal case involving would be impractical for gov- way as the high court’s 1973 California’s same-sex mar- ernments to test couples to decision legalizing abortion. riage ban made their final see if they were capable of When the Supreme Court arguments in mid-June, with having children before they invalidated interracial mar- supporters describing mat- marry or to require those riage bans in Virginia and 14 rimony as an institution that were capable to sign other states in 1967, “there intended to promote child- pledges that they would have was already a tide running, a bearing and opponents saying children. political tide with respect to the U.S. Supreme Court had With respect to laws that interracial marriage,” Walker recognized it as a fundamen- banned interracial marriage, said. “Do we have a political tal right. Cooper said, “those racist tide here that is going to Former U.S. Solicitor sentiments and policies had carry the Supreme Court?” General Theodore Olson no foundation in the histori- “Your honor, there is a delivered the closing argu- cal purpose of marriage, and political tide running. And ment for the two same- in fact they were at war I think that people’s eyes sex couples who sued to with it.” are being opened,” Olson overturn voter-approved During Olson’s rebuttal, answered. “But that doesn’t Proposition 8, claiming it vio- the judge seemed to wres- justify a judge in a court to lated their civil rights under P h oto : D i a n a Wa l k e r tle with whether he should say, ‘I really need the polls the U.S. Constitution. The team fighting Proposition 8 in the federal trial in California includes declare Proposition 8 uncon- to be just a few more points He told Chief U.S. Judge Ted Olson (left) and David Boies. stitutional when public opin- higher. I need somebody to Vaughn Walker that tradition ion appears to be moving go out and take the tempera- or fears of harm to hetero- of marriage, except through Olson invoked the High ment that allowing these toward accepting same-sex ture of the American public sexual unions were legally some irrational or dark moti- Court often during his clos- other individuals we repre- marriage, which is legal in before I can break down this insufficient grounds to dis- vation,” Cooper said. “That ing argument, stressing that it sent here today to engage five states and the District of barrier and change this dis- criminate against gay couples. is not just a slur on the has afforded prisoners serv- in the institution of marriage Columbia. crimination.” “‘We have always done it 7 million Californians who ing life sentences and child would somehow stop people that way’ is a corollary to supported Proposition 8. It’s support scofflaws the right to from getting married ... or ‘Because I say so.’ It’s not a a slur on 70 of 108 judges marry and refused to make cause them to get divorced,” reason,” Olson said at the who have upheld as rational procreation a precondition he said. start of the five-hour hear- the decision of voters and of marriage, as evidenced by Cooper used his closing legislatures to preserve the laws allowing divorces and argument to try to persuade traditional definition of mar- contraception. the judge that it was up to riage.” “It is the right of indi- the plaintiffs to prove that ‘Your honor, Walker is being asked to viduals, not an indulgence to voters lacked justification for strike down the measure that be dispensed by the state,” outlawing same-sex marriage, there is a banned same-sex marriages Olson said. “The right to even if they acted only out in California five months marry, to choose to marry, of fear of the unknown. He political tide after the state’s highest court has never been tied to pro- urged Walker to sidestep the running.’ legalized the practice and creation.” “judicial tsunami they are after an estimated 18,000 Walker pressed Olson on asking you to sail into.” couples from around the that point, noting Proposition “The plaintiffs have to nation had tied the knot. 8 supporters have gone to negate every conceivable ing. “You can’t have constitu- The judge heard 12 days of some lengths to argue that rational basis that might tional discrimination in public testimony in January, but clos- gays and lesbians only can explain the policy at issue,” schools because you have ing arguments were delayed have children with help from he said. always done it that way.” until June to give Walker a third party, unlike opposite- Cooper’s repeated efforts Former U.S. Justice time to review the evidence sex couples. to use the procreative abili- Department lawyer Charles and because of a skirmish “That is a difference,” ties of opposite-sex cou- Cooper, who represents the between lawyers about put- Walker said. “And why is ples as the rationale for religious and conservative ting additional material from that difference not one the Proposition 8 drew a series groups that sponsored the the 2008 campaign into the Legislature or voters could of challenges from Walker. 2008 ballot measure, coun- trial record. rationally take into account The judge asked if similar tered that cultures around Walker did not indicate in setting the marriage laws arguments were once used the world, previous courts when he might make his rul- in California?” to keep interracial couples www.wisconsingazette.com and Congress all accepted ing in the trial, the first in Olson said that argument from marrying, and if pro- the “common sense belief federal court to examine if would only work from a creation was so central to that children do best when states can prohibit gays from constitutional standpoint if marriage, why didn’t the state they are raised by their own getting married. the ban’s backers had proven refuse to sanction marriage mother and father.” Whatever Walker does that allowing gays to wed by infertile couples or cou- “The plaintiffs say there will be almost surely be was a threat to heterosexual ples who choose to remain 2634 N. Downer Ave. is no way to understand reviewed by the 9th U.S. relationships, a requirement childless? why anyone would support Circuit Court of Appeals and Olson said had not been met. “It is Orwellian, but isn’t (414) 964-3125 Proposition 8, would sup- then would likely go before “You would have to that the logic that flows from optixondowner.com port the traditional definition the U.S. Supreme Court. explain or make some state- the premise that marriage is

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Got news? Tell us national GAzE [email protected]. Obama administration proposes visitation policy By Lisa Neff rights of patients to designate pliance with the intent of the spare many patients the pain from her family, and the ‘cruel’ – his words, not mine,” Staff writer their visitors and to prohibit president’s order until the of being separated from a president has said her battle Langbehn said. A proposed Health and hospitals from denying visita- rules can be adopted. loved one during an admis- played a role in his deci- The president also said, Human Services hospital visi- tion privileges based on race, “I would appreciate your sion to a hospital – often one sion to issue the presidential “Nothing can undo the hurt tation policy was announced color, national origin, religion, voluntary support for the of the most anxious times in directive. that her – that Janice’s fam- June 22, the same day the sex, sexual orientation, gen- intent of the presidential their lives.” On June 22, the day HHS ily – has experienced. And Obama administration cel- der identity or disability. memorandum by encourag- After the president issued announced its draft rules, nothing can undo the pain ebrated LGBT Pride. HHS, at the direction of ing your members to review his memo in April, he tele- Langbehn and her children felt by countless others The president issued Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, policies they may currently phoned Janice Langbehn, were in Washington, attend- who’ve been through a simi- a memorandum in April on June 25 published the have in place and adopt and a woman who was denied ing the LGBT Pride reception lar ordeal,” but forcing the instructing HHS to make new rules that would carry out enforce patient-centered visitation with Lisa Pond, her at the White House. policy change is “the right rules requiring that medical the president’s order. She visitation policies, as contem- partner, who slipped into a “I was watching President thing to do.” institutions receiving federal announced the new rules plated by the president, to coma and died. Langbehn, Obama tell a room full of money through Medicare or June 22 and, in a letter to the extent that they have not with the support of Lambda people that what happened Write managingeditor@ Medicaid programs imple- national medical organiza- done so already,” Sebelius Legal, has fought the Florida to our family was ‘wrong’ and wisconsingazette.com. ment a policy respecting the tions, urged voluntary com- wrote. “Your actions could hospital that kept Pond apart Supreme Court rules for open records ARTGAZE By Lisa Neff sought to protect the identi- process suffices to defeat the names of signatories. Staff writer ties of 138,000 signatories, argument that the PRA is “People are intelligent The U.S. Supreme Court arguing that the release of unconstitutional with respect enough to evaluate the mer- IS HERE June 24 ruled for the pub- their names would result in to referendum petitions in its of a referendum without lic disclosure of signatories harassment and intimidation. general.” knowing who supported it,” See WiG’s most-cultured on initiative and referendum The state defended dis- “This is a good day for he wrote. petitions. closure, arguing that public transparency and account- feature on page 18 of this The ruling came in information and public access ability in elections – not just harleysWrite managingeditor@summer sale 1/4 wis gazette :Layoutissue.4 6/24/10 4:04 PM Page 1 Doe v. 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McKenna told the press. petition calling for a vote on So did the Supreme Court, “We’re pleased the Supreme Mid-year Washington’s domestic part- which issued an 8-1 decision Court ruled in favor of dis- nership law. authored by Chief Justice closure, upholding the pub- The ballot vote took place John Roberts. lic’s right to double-check the in November 2009, when The decision upheld the work of signature gatherers Seasonal Sale Washington narrowly elect- state’s public records act as and government – and giv- ed to retain the partnership constitutional, although the ing them the ability to learn measure. ruling did not go as far as which voters are directing But the vote didn’t end some public records advo- the state to hold an election Save 30 & 50% a dispute over whether cates wanted and certain on a new law. 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Got news? Tell us National GAzE [email protected]. Pride celebrated from White House to Castro By Lisa Neff and former assistant secre- representatives “fierce war- Hillary Rodham Clinton also Staff writer tary of Housing and Urban riors.” “They are openly ter- hosted a Pride celebration, Suspect identified in fatal Pride month came to a Development Roberta rific,” he added. which took place mid-day pride party shooting close with the nation’s largest Achtenberg. The president’s brief com- June 22 at the Henderson San Francisco police say a suspect in the deadly shoot- LGBT parades taking place in Arriving to applause, ments focused on activism Auditorium in D.C. and was ing during a weekend gay pride event is a 20-year-old San Francisco, New York City Obama said, “I was going to and everyday people creating heavily attended by many man who may have known one of the victims. and Chicago and the nation’s say welcome to the White change. State Department employ- Police Lt. Lyn Tomioka says Ed Perkins of San Francisco most prominent leaders hon- House, but you guys seem “That fact that we’ve got ees. is in custody on suspicion of murder. oring the community. like you feel right at home. activists here is important “The purpose of this occa- Perkins was arrested at the scene after 19-year-old At the White House June because it’s a reminder that sion is to recognize with Stephen Powell was shot multiple times and two others 22, President Barack Obama change never comes – or gratitude the contributions suffered gunshot wounds to the leg at a street party in and Vice President Joe Biden ‘We celebrate at least never begins in made by LGBT members of the Castro district late June 29. Police recovered a hand- hosted an LGBT Pride recep- the progress Washington,” Obama said. “It the State Department fam- gun in the shooting. tion that was celebratory begins with acts of compas- ily every single day,” Clinton Tomioka would not say if investigators believe Perkins despite the day’s furor over that is being sion – and sometimes defi- said. “We celebrate the prog- was the shooter, nor would she confirm if there are the remarks of Gen. Stanley ance – across America. It ress that is being made here other suspects. A. McCrystal and questions made here begins when ordinary people in our own country toward Police believe the shooter knew Powell. They say the about whether the then- – out of love for a mother or advancing the rights of LGBT other two victims, one a 19-year-old woman and the Afghan commander would be in our own a father, son or daughter, or Americans, and we recognize other a 29-year-old man, were bystanders. removed from his post. husband or wife – speak out that there is still a lot of Police do not suspect the shooting was a hate crime. The reception took place country.’ against injustices that have work to be done but that we at about 6:15 p.m. in the been accepted for too long. are moving together in the East Room of the White You don’t need me to tell And it begins when these right direction.” House, where Obama deliv- you – it’s the people’s house.” impositions of conscience At the Justice Department speechmaking had yielded to al weekend started at Civic ered remarks and greeted A number of congressio- start opening hearts that June 21, Attorney General parading – with large-scale Center Plaza, where thou- about 300 guests, including nal representatives, including had been closed, and when Eric Holder presented a Pride celebrations taking place in sands converged. The cele- Harvey Milk’s nephew Stuart U.S. Reps. Tammy Baldwin, we finally see each other’s program that highlighted the major metropolises, but also bration moved into the city’s Milk, country singer Chely D-Wis., and Jared Polis, humanity, whatever our dif- long-awaited enactment of smaller events taking place Castro District for a street Wright, Mississippi teen- D-Colo., attended the recep- ferences.” federal hate crimes reform in a number of mid-size cit- party, where police said a ager Constance McMillen, tion. Obama called the gay U.S. Secretary of State that authorizes Justice to get ies and towns. Celebrations 19-year-old man was killed involved in local hate crimes this past weekend took and two others injured in a cases, as well as expands the place in Chicago, Cleveland, shooting that is not believed definition of hate crimes. Minneapolis, New York, San to be a hate crime. vent! “As you all know, up until Francisco and Seattle, as well Chicago’s parade included e last fall, there was not a single as St. Petersburg, Fla., and the first-ever float from the line in the nearly 225-year Omaha, Neb. Cubs baseball team and an Don’t Miss This Key Business history of the U.S. Code that Participants in New York’s appearance by the Stanley referred explicitly to gender parade, including Mayor Cup, won this year by the identity,” Holder said. “Today, Michael Bloomberg and Chicago Blackhawks. AN LGBT BusiNess LuNCHeON the Matthew Shepard and Gov. David Paterson, made “We are thrilled that it James Byrd Hate Crimes their way down Fifth Avenue worked out as it’s important Prevention Act … does just toward the Greenwich for the city and important for Equality = Business Growth that, finally protecting our Village neighborhood. 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Got news? Tell us National GAzE [email protected]. Funding for jet engines might crash repeal

By Lisa Neff signed off on a spending bill Staff writer that also would provide for Defense Secretary Robert a repeal. A full vote in the Gates confirmed in late June Senate is ahead, which would that this year’s congressional then trigger a House-Senate drive to repeal the military’s review to craft compromise gay ban might end with a legislation. veto from the White House, Gates in late June testi- but not a veto over repealing fied that if the final bill con- “don’t ask, don’t tell.” tains what President Barack The controversy is over Obama considers wasteful funding for a fighter jet engine spending, he will veto the program that the president measure despite his desire to wants to eliminate and some repeal DADT. in Congress support. Gates, too, said he would The House earlier this year lobby for a veto if he finds P hoto: Courte s y D epartment of D e f e n s e approved the defense autho- wasteful spending. The controversial fighter jet that has the Obama administration and some members of Congress rization act, which includes “Let me be very clear, fighting. funding for military programs I will continue to strongly but also an amendment to recommend that the presi- committee. this administration.” or more Boeing Co C-17 Congress ignore this fact, I repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell,” dent veto any legislation that Gates said Obama would The president himself cargo planes. will veto any such legislation the Clinton-era policy that sustains the continuations of not sign legislation that con- vowed to veto any legislation “Our military does not so that it can be returned prohibits gays from serving the C-17 or the F-35 extra tains spending he opposes that included funding for a want or need these pro- to me without those provi- openly in the Armed Forces. engines,” Gates told a Senate because it “includes provi- second engine program for grams being pushed by sions,” Obama said in late A Senate committee has defense appropriations sub- sions important to him and the multinational F-35 fighter the Congress, and should May.

Kagan policy of requiring recruiters posted threats against John Republican primary challeng- confirmation to work through a student BRIEFS online and that he picketed Marriage group er confirmed reports that he hearing begins veterans group was a valid outside John’s Atlanta prop- to ask Maine went on a date with an adult U.S. Supreme Court nomi- compromise.” We were try- erty with a sign that said to dismiss film star. nee Elena Kagan maneu- ing to make sure that military take a “fundamental trans- “Why Elton John Must Die.” complaint Sen. Paul Koering, R-Fort vered carefully through recruiters had full and com- formation” for the group to A group that helped fund Ripley, who revealed to his tough Republican question- plete access to our students, back either candidate. Vt. hearing in a successful effort to repeal constituents in 2005 that ing on military recruitment but we were also trying to Another powerful evangel- lesbian custody Maine’s gay marriage law is he is gay, told the Brainerd at Harvard Law School, gun protect our own antidiscrim- ical group, the Iowa Christian case begins going to ask the state eth- Dispatch that he dined with owners’ rights and free ination policy and to protect Alliance, supports Branstad. Lawyers for a Virginia ics commission to dismiss an Brandon Wilde at a Brainerd speech June 29, giving little the students whom it is … woman who has disappeared investigation into the fund- restaurant. Several websites ground to critics and draw- supposed to protect, which Charges with her 8-year-old daugh- raising techniques it used reported on the date. ing strong praise from Senate in this case were our gay and dropped in US ter went back to a Vermont prior to last year’s vote. Wilde is described as a gay Democrats. lesbian students,” Kagan said. Elton John courtroom in late June to An attorney for The porn star in his Twitter pro- In a long day of question- threat case argue that she never should National Organization for file and he posted messages ing at a hearing, Kagan came Group says it Charges have been have been stripped of cus- Marriage, Barry Bostrom, tells about the dinner on Twitter. under fire from U.S. Sen. Jeff will sit out dropped just before the trial tody. the Portland Press Herald “I went to dinner with Sessions for her decision as Iowa race of a Georgia man accused of Lawyers for Lisa Miller are the group doesn’t want to this guy,” Koering told the dean of Harvard Law to bar An influential evangeli- threatening Elton John on the challenging a Family Court reveal the names of donors newspaper. “His mom is my recruiters from the school’s cal Christian group says it’s Internet and outside the sing- judge’s decision to award because they fear harassment constituent. I would just say career services office over standing by a pledge to sit er’s Atlanta condominium. custody to former partner and because there is a consti- I don’t see where the story the Pentagon’s policy against out the governor’s race this The case against Neal Janet Jenkins of Fair Haven. tutional privilege not to. is. If I have to start asking openly gay soldiers. He said fall because neither of the Horsley was dismissed by Miller, of Forest, Va., and Maine law says groups that someone for a resume when that amounted to “punishing” major party candidates share Fulton County Superior daughter Isabella Miller- raise or spend more than I go out to dinner with him, the military services, treat- its view on social issues. Court Judge Kimberly Jenkins failed to appear for a $5,000 to influence elections or lunch, it’s pretty sad.” ing them in a “second-class The decision by the Iowa Esmond Adams before a trial court-ordered Jan. 1 custody must register with the state Koering’s re-election bid way” and creating a hostile Family Policy Center is a was due to start last week. swap in which Jenkins was to and disclose their donors. is unfolding in a socially environment for the military blow to Republican Terry Horsley was apparently get the girl. The girl is now The Organization for conservative north-central on campus. Branstad, who is relying on angered when John told an listed as missing, and Jenkins’ Marriage donated more Minnesota district that sent Kagan said she was trying religious conservatives to be interviewer that he believed attorney has said the two are than $1.9 million to Stand him back to the Minnesota to balance Harvard’s non- among the base of his sup- Jesus was gay. The judge said believed to have moved to El for Marriage Maine, a politi- Senate in 2006. Koering discrimination policy, which port as he faces Democratic Horsley’s actions didn’t war- Salvador. cal action committee that battled for the Republican she believed “don’t ask, don’t Gov. Chet Culver. rant criminal charges. The Vermont Supreme helped repeal Maine’s same endorsement before defeat- tell” violated, with a federal Danny Carroll, chairman of The 65-year-old Horsley Court was to hear argu- sex marriage law. ing primary and general elec- law that required schools the Iowa Family Policy Center, had been charged with mak- ments from Miller’s attor- tion opponents. to give military recruiters has criticized Branstad for ing terroristic threats, crimi- neys who say Judge William Minn. senator equal access as a condition not giving greater emphasis nal defamation and using Cohen erred last November dined with gay of eligibility for federal funds. to issues such as gay mar- the Internet to disseminate in awarding custody to adult film star She said she welcomed the riage and abortion. Carroll threats. Jenkins, who is not the bio- A two-term Minnesota military, and believed her said in a statement it would Prosecutors say Horsley logical mother. state senator facing a – AP and WiG

16 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 German court: Gay marriage is only ‘partnership’

A Berlin court declined to to participate in a sporting set a precedent by recogniz- event. ing a gay marriage performed Spain and five other coun- in Canada, ruling in late June tries in Europe let same-sex that the union would only be couples wed. In the United considered a civil partnership States, five states and the in Germany. District of Columbia have German law defines mar- legalized gay marriages. riage as exclusively between “The German authorities a man and a woman. It allows would have had no problems, civil partnerships between had (he) been an Isabel,” said same-sex couples. Boettcher, who asked that his Andreas Boettcher, a husband not be identified. 37-year-old German event The German court said manager, married his Spanish a same-sex marriage abroad partner, a dancer and cho- is to be legally considered a reographer, in Montreal in civil partnership in Germany. July 2006. He asked a Berlin Boettcher said he accept- administrative court to rec- ed the ruling, although it fell ognize the relationship as a short of his goal. marriage after local authori- “I could fight it, but it c o u rt e s y p h oto ties listed him as “single” would take a lot of time on his registration card and a lot of money,” he said. Thousands celebrate Berlin’s gay pride in November, despite his “At least, I have reached the Canadian marriage certificate minimum.” Tens of thousands of gays, lesbians and other revelers marched and danced in downtown Berlin for the German capi- and a family registry entry Germany’s Gay and tal’s annual gay pride celebration in late June, which featured a colorful parade through the heart of the city. from Spain that names him Lesbian Association sharply Under the motto “Normal is different,” an estimated 250,000 people lined the route for the Christopher Street Day as the husband of his partner. criticized authorities forcing parade, as some 50 floats carrying dancers wove through the city streets. Boettcher said the couple, Boettcher to take his case Christopher Street Day commemorates the start of the gay rights movement in New York’s Greenwich Village in 1969 who have been together for to court to get a marriage and the parade generally draws large crowds in Berlin, which has a history as a gay metropolis going back as far as the 17 years, decided to marry recognized as a civil union. 19th century. – AP in Canada about six months before they took a trip there – AP

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Wisconsin Gazette entertainment WiGOUT!An interview with out ‘All right’ now filmmaker Lisa Cholodenko Interview Gregg Shapiro

he Kids Are All Right,” the new movie by out f i l m m a ke r Lisa‘T Cholodenko (“High Art” and “Laurel Canyon”), is one of the most eagerly antici- pated movies of the summer season, gay or straight. In the film, Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and Laser (Josh Hutcherson), the children of lesbian couple Nic (Annette Benning) and Jules (Julianne Moore), seek out their sperm donor father Paul (Mark Ruffalo).The results of their quest is at turns humorous and heartbreaking and ulti- mately unforgettable. WiG spoke with Cholodenko shortly before “The Kids Are All Right” opened in theaters. Gregg Shapiro: “The Kids Are All Right” strikes the right bal- ance between seriousness and P hoto: Courte s y humor. How important was it Annette Benning (left) and Julianne Moore star as lesbian moms in Lisa Cholodenko's "The Kids Are All Right." for you to maintain a sense of humor in the film? you wouldn’t believe it. Gay the adults who are messed up. and “The Hours.” What was it LC: She is a formidable intimately, but always was Lisa Cholodenko: It’s women I know have said Is this intended to show that like working with Julianne? person. She knows what she really fond of. I felt really pretty important. I’m a big over the years that they love kids from same-sex households LC: It was great. I knew likes. She’s a very experi- close to him. It’s a very inti- fan of (director) Billy Wilder, gay male porn and especially really aren’t that different from her in a very peripheral way enced and intense person. mate thing to go into this especially the films that the `70s era when it was still those being raised by mixed- for a long time and always She’s incredibly bright and world with somebody else. had more of that tone, like done on film. I always find gender parents? liked her, but I didn’t know attentive to details. Her brav- GS: The character of Joni “Sunset Boulevard” and “The that more interesting. There’s LC: Kind of, yeah. I think if she would be pleasurable ery blew my mind. I was is named after Joni Mitchell Apartment,” where you kind something about video that’s it’s really to show that it’s to work with. For me, she wowed more than a few and there’s a wonderful scene of feel like you’re unsettled. too in your face. It’s kind of the quality of parenting, not was just a total team player. times. in which Nic and Paul sing To me, that feeling of being gnarly. … I had known about who’s parenting. What’s the She was like, “I’ve been hang- GS: You wrote the screen- Mitchell’s praises and then go unsettled between the com- Colt and thought, those are structure? What’s the con- ing around for a long time, plays for your films “High Art” on to sing a Mitchell song. Is edy and the drama is what good, those are classic, vin- sistency? What are the val- waiting for you to make this and “Laurel Canyon,” but you Ms. Mitchell aware of the part makes the absorption and tage era. …They were cool ues? What is the love factor? film.” She’d been attached to co-wrote “The Kids Are All she plays in “The Kids Are All the engagement. to let us use it. What are all those things? it for four or five years, and I Right” with Stuart Blumberg. Right”? GS: Speaking of humor, one GS: Do you think straight Those are the defining things think she was ready to jump What’s the collaborative pro- LC: I’ve never met her. of the funniest scenes in the movie audiences are ready for that make character and sta- in and enjoy it and give it cess when it comes to writing a My significant other is movie involves a vintage Colt a scene such as that? bility. good energy. It was a really screenplay? a musician. Her name Studio porn video starring LC: I think most people GS: Julianne Moore is hav- fast shoot. She was awesome. LC: In many ways I loved it. is Wendy Melvoin. She Gordon Grant. It’s delightful and won’t know what the fuck to ing what I would describe as GS: If Julianne is having her I loved that I had somebody used to play with Prince. unexpected. make of it, and in that sense her lesbian year on screen, as lesbian year on-screen, then that was in the trenches with Wendy knows her. Wendy LC: I had to do a huge think it’s a big joke, think it’s Jules in “The Kids Are All Right” Annette Benning is having her me. I loved that it was a used to be friendly with her. research project to find just funny. And then the people and Atom Egoyan’s “Chloe.” But maternal one as Nic in “The straight man and we could … Joni had to sign off on it the right movie. I got my who are kind of in the know even before that, Moore has Kids Are All Right” and as a counterbalance perspectives and we had to pay her a cer- straight editorial assistant will go, “Wow!” been a presence in films by gay woman looking for the daugh- a lot. … We could pull each tain amount of money for the and my straight film assis- GS: The movie demonstrates filmmaker Todd Haynes, as well ter she gave up for adoption in other back from the margins. rights to perform the song. tant – I sent (those) guys that the kids, Joni and Laser, as in numerous gay-themed “Mother and Child.” What was Stuart is somebody that I’d .. I hope that at some point home with so much porn, really are all right and that it’s films including “A Single Man” it like to work with Annette? known before, not terribly she’ll see it and enjoy it. 18 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 art GAzE Sailing away to where? Artistic voyages at the WPCA By Kat Murrell eval Europe asking for mili- regal but rough crowns and Interventions: a list of loca- Contributing writer tary help to fend off infidels eerie masks populating his tions from 1801-2009,” “Sailing the Barbarous and invaders from his pious, compositions. The feeling which is the ultimate in Coast,” the new exhibition at peaceful, Christian kingdom. that remains in these dense sparse art. Sheets of paper Walker’s Point Center for the There were added attrac- works is like a crowd moving are tacked floor to ceiling. Arts, pulses with contempo- tions, as the rivers in John’s en masse, helpless except to In scrawled block letters is a rary concerns underpinned realm flowed with gold and stumble forward into uncer- list of United States military by history. The “barbarous” there was a Fountain of tain futures; there is no static missions, from the aforemen- reference is to the Barbary Youth, too. No one really history. tioned Barbary Coast to our Coast, a name that for cen- knew where all of this won- Colin Matthes’ work current conflicts. It’s a long turies referred to the region derfulness was, but it didn’t shares Smith’s penchant for list and the intervals between of North Africa comprising stop Europeans from heading bright colors punctuated are short. The same informa- Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and to distant lands to fight for by inky black. Matthes, who tion is easy to imagine in the Libya. Inhabited by the people religion and find the riches. is based in Milwaukee and appendix of a textbook, but known as the Berbers, it was Smith recalls this strange works internationally, wields this installation makes for a also a locus for unsavory old tale of foolhardy inter- angst-ridden lines and more physical confrontation with occupations such as slave vention by invoking the name overt images of despair. He’s the past. trading and piracy. of Prester John in concert at his strongest when most “Sailing the Barbarous But that was long ago and with Ethiopia, India, Mongolia sparse. Coast” conjures ideas of voy- far away. What about here – even Jamaica and the UK. “Staying Afloat” is a watery age and exploration, but shot and now? It could happen anywhere, world described by a polyp- through with uncertainty. Conflict, compromise and misguided intrusion moti- tych of nine canvases. Blue It’s like being adrift on the chaos lie close to the surface vated by self-righteousness and purple lines suggest ocean, but no sign of land in this show, and the art and greed. ocean waves as though seen comes into view. This acts isn’t so much personal as it The complications of from an airplane. Floating up as a metaphor for our times, is a societal reflection. New modern life resonate in the from the deep are strange facing struggles of daily life in York-based artist Anthony rhythms of Smith’s canvases. lost bits – a round, candy-like the economy, and conflicts Smith Jr., brings in a series of What serves as underpaint- life preserver, a submerged domestic and foreign. The mixed-media works revolv- ing are the flags of nations, C o u rt e s y o f a rt i s t / Wa l k e r ’ s P oint Center for the A rt s . house, a drowning crane references are historical, but ing around the title “Who is but they are subsumed by Anthony Smith Jr., “Who is Prester John, No. whose metal geometries call the images and meaning are Prester John?” a cacophony of images and 11,” 2009. to mind oil rig architecture. A of our times. Prester John is something lines and paint, jostling as military helicopter flies over This exhibition remains on of a historical mirage. He though searching for answers float like icons over teeming Smith, who has a long exhi- the debris toward a lone view at the Walker’s Point was reputed to be king of a to unformed questions. The figures, animals, shadows, and bition history and a resume person on a round driftwood Center for the Arts, 839 S. fantastically wealthy kingdom, artist’s brother appears in unknown forms. President that includes teaching at disc. There’s little hope it Fifth St., through July 17. first thought located in India, small photos as a charming Barack Obama appears, Princeton, creates with a seems, for those at sea. then over time alleged to be sweet boy, and political lead- haloed and smoking a ciga- sophisticated approach that One of the most star- in North Africa. Apocryphal ers hold court as collaged, rette, a figure simultaneously recalls shades of Jean-Michel tling notes in the show is Get more news at letters circulated in medi- disembodied heads. They divine and mortal. 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while looking at art? In addi- fun to be had at the John across the nation, as well tion, “Inside/Outside: Linda tion to the multiple show- Michael Kohler Arts Center as Chile and Austria. Art of The fun Wervey Vitamvas & Kevin ings of Wisconsin-based in Sheboygan with the new all types abounds, including continues at Giese.” Vitamvas, who is Artwatch visual satirist Warrington exhibition, “A Sense of painting, sculpture, instal- also a participant in the Kat Murrell Colescott around town Humor.” lations, photography, and the JMKAC. 2010 Wisconsin Triennial (see June 18 Artwatch by This show brings togeth- video. This exhibition takes at the Madison Museum of Looking for some laughs Debra Brehmer), there is er a roster of artists from aim at various subjects Contemporary Art, offers an with playful visions and bit- installation of over 350 por- ing satire. Daniel Carr of celain pieces and botanical- Colorado offers a new view inspired art. Geise shows of sometimes-controversial some of his earlier pieces Let your creativity OUT! currency with his “Parody indoors, such as an instal- Families by Design (FbD), a Milwaukee-based group of LGBTQ families and State Quarters.” We here in lation of 80 ash tree strips their allies, is now accepting logo submissions for a competition. Wisconsin, now identified called “Still Living” and pres- Our mission is to provide education and support for families led by same- with the cow sniffing a round 1970s, respectively. There’s ents his outdoor installation gender, transgender, and LGBTQ couples or singles. The logo must relate to of cheese on our real state plenty of visitor participation titled “Immigrant,” which the mission and offer a creative design to appear on brochures, clothing, and quarter, can certainly chuckle in “Mads Lynnerup: Flip-Flop derived from the invasive other items. at this. Ordinary.” Lynnerup, an art- species of tree, the buck- The fun continues at the ist based in New York and thorn. > The winning logo artist will receive a Families by Design t-shirt with the logo JMKAC with a range of other Denmark, exhorts viewers to and acknowledgement on our Facebook page. exhibitions through the sum- don the summer shoes for > Email submissions to [email protected] or mer. “Lynda Barry and Roz playful exploration. posted to our Facebook Page: Families by Design – Milwaukee. Chast: Comic Reflections” Another new exhibition showcases the mind behind trends to the contempla- Deadline is August 2, 2010. Provide name, phone, email and provide logo in “Ernie Pook’s Comeek,” and tive. The Lynden Sculpture Send letters to .jpg or .gif formats. The winning artist will be notified by August 13, 2010. a visual author of The New Garden is hosting their managingeditor@ Yorker cartoons since the late first temporary exhibi- wisconsingazette.com. WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 19 iva The amazing truth about pornography DVD and a lesbian. She smiles Earvin, is also something of her two-month visa permit line, at an unbelievable price. GREGG SHAPIRO proudly when she talks about a disaster. is approaching its expira- William works in the city her “complete family” and But things soon turn tion date. Raquela wants to and Michael is a writer, hard how it is God’s will. around for Raquela when she extend it and expresses her at work on a book about ‘The Amazing While Aubrey wants encounters Johnny (Markus desire for a “passage for a the “history of genre film- Truth About to become an engineer so Kalberer) from Holland. better life.” making,” AKA gay male porn, Queen Raquela that she can help her family, Johnny works for Michael Michael flies to Iceland to and the “nature of desire.” (E1/Regent/here!) Raquela has dropped out of (Stefan Schaefer), who lives see Raquela. He takes her to He spends his day tracking According to filmmaker school. Raquela confesses to in New York and owns and Paris and it soon becomes down and trying to interview Olaf De Fleur, transsexual not liking to use condoms operates a transgender porn clear that his interest in her porn stars and perusing rare women in ancient myths were during sex. There is a sort of website. Talent scout Johnny goes beyond being profes- and vintage movies. Michael feminine but strong, guard- carelessness about her atti- recognizes Raquela’s poten- sional. But they don’t get notices strange holes in the ians of kingdoms. De Fleur tude. When she is hit by a car tial and puts her to work. along at all and he leaves her wall and ceiling, where cam- goes on to say that today while chatting away on her Before she knows it, she alone in Paris and takes off eras were mounted, and he many of them live outside of cell phone, it doesn’t come is a huge success. With an for Amsterdam. By this point also discovers a secret panel society, have little education as much of a surprise. At the income, it looks as though Michael has moved on in his in the wall which contains a and work low-paying jobs or Raquela’s dream of a trip to interests and, back in New “Pornography: A video of Mark Anton being in the sex industry. Paris may become a reality. York, he talks about explor- Thriller” tortured and murdered. Based on actual events, De Raquela also meets Valerie ing the ladyboy community After a series of creepy Fleur’s narrative style docu- (Valerie Grand), a trans in Brazil. events, the movie evolves into mentary tells the fascinat- woman from Iceland, on the Meanwhile, Queen the same way that the David a supernatural psychological ing story of Raquela Rios, Internet. Valerie offers to Raquela is forced to return Lynch thriller reeled us in thriller – and an effective one, the “Queen Raquela” of the help Raquela go abroad and to Cebu City. In spite of her through a story of movie- at that. And just as you get title. Living as a “ladyboy” in get a visa. First Raquela must rich fantasy life, in which she making and some of what swept up in the action, you Cebu City in the Philippines, get an HIV test. When she imagines that she somehow happens behind the scenes find out that you’re watching Raquela, 21, works as a pros- tests negative for the virus, ended up in the wrong family and in the lives of those a movie about an L.A.-based titute. She is a streetwalker website owner Michael also because of a curse that was involved, “Pornography: A porn star writing a “porno during what she calls, in her offers to help by paying for put on her by an evil queen, Thriller” does so with gay thriller in three acts” that falsetto voice, the “low sea- her airline ticket to Iceland. she somehow finds a way to male erotica. Unfortunately, ends like a Greek tragedy son” and on rainy days. She is Michael, who vacillates face the reality of her situa- it also falls apart in the same titled, you guessed it, “The surrounded by danger from between being generous and tion. Reunited with Via and way that “Mulholland Drive” Mark Anton Story.” This is police chases to accidents sleazy, shares his insights into Aubrey, the trio picks up did. exactly where things begin to harassment. Raquela, who “The Amazing Truth the phenomenon of the lady- where they left off, as if no In New York in 1995, to unravel. Unfortunately, by lives at home and has a dog About Queen Raquela” boy. time had passed. retired gay porn actor Mark the third act, the story gets named Tootsie, dreams of Once in Iceland, follow- DVD bonus features Anton (Jared Grey), now muddled and that’s too bad, going to Paris. hospital, with her leg in a cast, ing a two-day stopover in include audio commentary clean and sober and enrolled because up to that point, Out nightclubbing with she jokes about having used Copenhagen, Raquela meets and a “making of” featurette in photography school, is “Pornography: A Thriller,” ladyboy pals Via (Via Galudo) up one of her nine lives. Valerie face-to-face and goes narrated by the director, a offered $40,000 by an anony- was living up to its name. and Aubrey (Brax Villa), the There is a recurring theme about beginning her new life. dozen deleted scenes and a mous fan to make one more DVD bonus features trio commiserates about of disappointment through- On a “very tight” visa, with Queen Raquela music video. video. He shows up, is killed include commentary, delet- guys who aren’t serious out the film. It is exempli- no room for “hanky-panky,” and his murder is videotaped. ed scenes, a featurette and about relationships with lady- fied in the people she makes Raquela goes to work with ‘Pornography: A In Brooklyn, 14 years later, more. boys. In an interview with contact with on the Internet, Valerie in a fish factory. She Thriller’ gay couple Michael (Matthew Raquela’s mother, she refers many of whom promise her also takes a side job as a (Wolfe Video) Montgomery) and William to her son, born Earvin, as things but never deliver. A housecleaner for a little extra In many ways, this is (Walter Delmar) find the “she.” Via’s mother has five nursing school interview, in money. Just as she is set- director David Kittredge’s perfect apartment, with a Join WiG’s Facebook children, including ladyboy which Raquela is dressed as tling in to her new existence, “Mulholland Drive.” In much view of the Manhattan sky- community. Film Reel advice GREGG SHAPIRO (John C. Reilly), who com- (Jonah Hill). At first, neither pares himself to Shrek, has John nor Cyrus sees the been divorced from Jamie other as a threat. It doesn’t “Cyrus” (Catherine Keener) for seven take long before that changes. (Fox Searchlight) years. But John still relies on Part psychological thrill- Mumblecore continues the Jamie for advice, guidance and er/part pitch-black comedy, quest for a mainstream audi- occasional companionship, in “Cyrus” pits the potential ence with the dark romantic spite of her impending mar- love interest and the control- comedy “Cyrus,” co-written/ riage to Tim (Matt Walsh). ling son against each other co-directed by Jay Duplass and However, all of that changes in a war of the wits. The Mark Duplass (who starred when John meets the seem- manipulative Cyrus plays in 2009’s mumblequeer fea- ingly out of his league Molly Molly and John against each ture “Humpday”). Following, (Marisa Tomei). other, although his mad mis- as it does, on the heels of Molly’s life is “compli- sion backfires on him. Even at “Greenberg” (starring Ben cated,” and she moves at a its darkest, “Cyrus” manages Stiller and mumblecore god- cautious pace. But overeager to find humor in the most dess Greta Gerwig), it looks John wants more. Of course unexpected (and uncomfort- like the crossover has offi- he gets more than he bar- able) places and is surpris- cially begun and mumblecore gained for when he meets ingly touching at times. mania is here to stay. Molly’s pampered, 20-some- Join WiG’s Facebook P hoto: Courte s y Socially awkward John thing, live-at-home son Cyrus community. A scene from “Cyrus.” 20 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 Music Summer soul GREGG SHAPIRO may not be that record, but no less timeless, while but it’s every bit as good the cosmic epic “Out My as 2007’s should-have-been- Mind, Just In Time” is in a Toni Braxton bigger “Big” disc. The rau- category unto itself. Once you get past the cous and righteous “Kissed lifted Leona Lewis ener- It,” on which Gray is joined Janelle Monáe gy of “Yesterday” and the by Velvet Revolver (!), sounds Like Badu, the gifted Janelle borrowed Beyoncé spirit like a comeback single if ever Monáe delights in stretch- of “Make My Heart” and there was one. The hand- ing the boundaries of 21st “Lookin’ At Me,” Toni clapping/foot-stomping pseu- century soul music on Braxton’s eagerly anticipated do-spiritual of “Beauty In The her full-length debut “The comeback record “Pulse” World” and the gospel funk Archandroid” (Bad Boy/ (Atlantic) can’t be beat. Not of “Help Me,” the batty tail- Wondaland/Atlantic), an that there’s anything wrong feather shaker “That Man,” ambitious concept album. with the aforementioned the dizzying effect of “On & Whether or not you choose tunes. In fact, they prove that On” and the fittingly titled to indulge in the storyline, Braxton is capable of being a “The Comeback” are also you will nevertheless be musical chameleon. It’s obvi- pleasures. dazzled at every turn. From ous that she hasn’t lost her the retro disco of “Locked touch with soulful ballads, as Erykah Badu Inside” to the Julee Cruise you can hear on “Why Won’t The second in an ongoing vibe of “Sir Greendown” You Love Me,” “If I Have series by Erykah Badu, “New and the enticing funk of Joan Armatrading performs at the Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood, To Wait,” “No Way” and the Amerykah, Part Two: Return “Tightrope,” Monáe makes Madison, July 28, 8 p.m. Call 608-241-2345. title cut. of the Ankh” (Universal an indelible impression, and Motown) is less mind-bend- that isn’t even the half of Leela James most riveting discs of the jazz influence in soul music. Macy Gray ing than its predecessor, it. She’s equally at home in She’s a few years shy of 30 year. With the personal poet- Jarreau’s “The Very Best of: Possessing a voice (and a but no less mind-expanding. the acoustic (“Oh, Maker”), and “My Soul” (Stax) is only ic expression of “On Coming An Excellent Adventure” style) as distinctive as any The retro soul of “Window psychedelic (“Mushrooms & Leela James’ third studio disc, From A Broken Home (Part (Warner Brothers/Reprise/ of her contemporaries, Macy Seat” and “Turn Me Away Roses”), jazz vocal (“Say You’ll but when this rising retro- 1),” Scott-Heron sets the Rhino) includes his theme Gray has spent the last 10 (Get MuNNY)” remind us Go”) and dance (“Make The soul diva sings about paying tone for the revelations to song for the 1980s TV series years trying to make a record of why we first fell so hard Bus”) spheres. An astounding her dues with such convic- follow. A jarring and very “Moonlighting,” as well as that equals her phenomenal for Badu. The thick beat of and unforgettable debut! tion in opener “I Ain’t New modern reading of Robert hits such as “We’re In This 1999 debut “On How Life “Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long” To This,” it’s hard to dispute Johnson’s “Me and the Devil” Love Together” and “After Is.” “The Sellout” (Concord) sounds a little more modern, her claim. To her credit, that precedes the title track, on All,” as well as the new same passion infiltrates every which Scott-Heron conjures track “Excellent Adventure,” number, including “The Fact Leonard Cohen. The sincer- among others. Wilson’s Is,” “I Want It All,” “Tell Me ity of “I’ll Take Care of You” is “Closer To You: The Pop You Love Me,” “If It’s Wrong” one of the warmest moments Side” (Blue Note) compiles and “It’s Over,” despite the on the album, while the chill 11 selections from six of fact that James worked of “New York Is Killing Me” is her albums on which she with an array of producers. a case of cold hard blues. applies her distinctive inter- Fortunately, James is enough pretive skills to songs by U2 of a grounding force that the Bobby McFerrin (“Love Is Blindness”), Cyndi At no cost to you, we provide: whole thing comes together The timing of Bobby Lauper (“Time After Time”), in a solidly soulful way. McFerrin’s new album The Monkees (“Last Train • STD testing and treatment “VocaBuLarieS” (Emarcy) To Clarksville”), The Band for men. Joan couldn’t be better, consider- (“The Weight”), Ann Peebles Armatrading ing the popularity of choral (“I Can’t Stand The Rain”) • Hepatitis A & B Vaccinations As her sizable GLBT fol- sitcom “Glee” and a cap- and Neil Young (“Harvest for gay or bisexual men. lowing can attest, Joan pella music in general. On Moon”), to mention a few. Armatrading has been blend- “VocaBuLarieS,” McFerrin is • Hepatitis B Vaccinations for ing soul, folk and island- joined by “50 amazing sing- ‘Soul Revival’ straight men and women. inflected music for nearly ers,” including Janis Siegel The NPR Discover Songs • Anonymous or name 40 years. Her latest, “This (of Manhattan Transfer), Lisa comp “Soul Revival” (Shout Charming Life”( 429), is a Fischer (who can also be Factory) draws our ears to associated HIV testing massive improvement over heard on the Rolling Stones’ the new class of soul stirrers, and counseling. the misstep of her previous “Exile On Main Street” reis- including The Revelations, all-blues disc and serves as a sue), out lesbian Rhiannon Sharon Jones & The Dap- Hours: Mondays & Tuesdays reminder of the best aspects and Brazilian jazz vocalist Kings, Eli “Paperboy” Reed of her highly regarded mid- Luciana Souza, among many and Raphael Saadiq. The set 6:00pm - 8:30pm 1970s to mid-1980s output. others. Although there’s also respectfully includes Utterly charming tracks nothing as commercial as his selections by old school include the title tune, “Two 1988 smash hit “Don’t Worry, soul legends who have made Tears,” “Goddess of Change,” Be Happy,” the seven tracks recent well-received returns “Cry” and “Love Love Love.” will nevertheless delight lis- to the fold, including Bettye teners. LaVette, Chaka Khan (with Gil Scott-Heron Mary J. Blige) and Candi On “I’m New Here” (XL), Al Jarreau and Staton, among others. his first studio recording in Cassandra more than 15 years, soulful Wilson sage Gil Scott-Heron merges Collections by Al Jarreau soul-stirring blues and spo- and Cassandra Wilson, Join WiG’s Facebook 1240 East Brady St • Milw., • 414-272-2144 • [email protected] ken word into one of the respectively, focus on the community.

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July 2, Friday July 3, Saturday Dar Williams July 1, Thursday Today’s performers Today’s performers at Summerfest include favorite Today’s Summerfest performers include at Summerfest include of the GLBT community Dar Williams and newcomers the B-52s and Joan Jett among others, at out acts The Che Arthur Malea McGuinness and Katzenjammer, among Henry W. Maier Festival Park, 200 N. Harbor Three and Martha Berner, others, at Henry W. Maier Festival Park (Summerfest Drive. Visit summerfest.com for schedule. among others, at Henry grounds), 200 N. Harbor Drive. Visit summerfest.com W. Maier Festival Park for the complete schedule. (Summerfest grounds), Tropical Night Club, 626 S. Fifth, hosts Noche De 200 N. Harbor Drive. Visit Divas, with a show beginning at 11 p.m. Call 414-630- Devo summerfest.com for the 6055 or 414- 460-6277. complete schedule. Tropical Night Club, 626 S. Fifth, hosts Divas Night, with a show beginning at 11 p.m. Call John McGivern 414-630-6055 or 414- 460-6277.

July 4, Sunday July 6, Tuesday July 8, Thursday Today’s performers at John McGivern performs “The Tropical Night Club, 626 S. Fifth, Summerfest include favorites Wonder Bread Years” through hosts Noche De Divas, with a show of the GLBT community such as July 31 at Fox Cities Performing beginning at 11 p.m. Call 414-630- Devo and Carrie Underwood, Arts Center, 400 W. College Ave. 6055 or 414- 460-6277. among others, at Henry W. in Appleton. Call 920-730-3760. Harbor Room, 117 E. Greenfield, Maier Festival Park (Summerfest The Northern Lights Theater at has The Historical Mystery Band grounds), 200 N. Harbor Drive. Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 1721 with Jerry Grillo at 8 p.m. Call 414- Visit summerfest.com for the W. Canal, presents an evening 672-7988. complete schedule. with Mary Chapin Carpenter at 8 Alterra Cafe at the Lake, 1701 Tropical Night Club, 626 S. p.m. Call 414-847-7922. N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, hosts Fifth, hosts Divas Night, with a Florentine at the Lake featuring show beginning at 11 p.m. Call Florentine Opera Chorus members 414- 630-6055 or 414- 460-6277. at 7 p.m. Club 5 Bar, 5 Applegate Court in Madison, presents a live female impersonator show, at 10 p.m. Call 608-277-9700. Listings also online at wisconsingazette.com July 10, Saturday July 11, Sunday Liars Danceworks, 1661 N. Water St., presents Art Bar, 722 E. Burleigh St., presents “open canvas artist” Mike “Screen Dance,” at 9:15 p.m. Call 414-277-8480. Kasun at 6 p.m. Call 414-372-7880. Bristol Renaissance Faire opens in Kenosha. Club 5 Bar, 5 Applegate Court in Madison, hosts a live female Call 847-395-7773. impersonator show at10 p.m. Call 608- 277-9700.

July 14, Wednesday July 15, Thursday Tropical Night Club, 626 S. Fifth, hosts Noche De Divas, with a show Led by Rhett Miller, Old 97’s performs at 8 p.m. beginning at 11 p.m. Call 414-630-6055 or 414-460-6277. at The Pabst, 144 E. Wells. Call 414-286-3663. Defy gravity and see the beloved musical “Wicked,” running through Turner Hall Ballroom, 103 N. Fourth, welcomes Aug. 8 at the Marcus Center For the Performing Arts, at the corner of Liars at 8 p.m. Call 414-286-3663. Water and State. Call 414-273-2787. WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 23 Real estate Summer events add to the allure of East Town living

By Kerrie Kennedy Contributing writer Can’t make it to Paris for Bastille Day? No problem – head over to Cathedral Square in Milwaukee’s East Town. You won’t find all that je ne sais quoi Parisian atti- tude, but you will find an abundance of champagne, crepes, croissants, pommes frites – and even a replica of the Eiffel Tower. The 43-foot lighted tower, constructed by a crew of volunteer students from the Milwaukee School of Engineering, is one of the highlights of the annual July celebration, which is the larg- est French-themed outdoor festival in North America and one of Milwaukee’s most popular events with LGBT P h oto : c o u rt e s y E a s t Tow n a S S o c i at i o n people. Bastille Days, July 8 to 11, features a landmark 43-foot lighted replica of People who associate the Eiffel Tower that recognizes East Town’s French heritage. Milwaukee with beer and brats – as opposed to cham- borhood tours, French in East Town contributes ly popular Jazz in the Park pagne and crepes – may games (Petanque, a French to Bastille Day’s ambiance, in Cathedral Square every be surprised to learn that game similar to Bocce ball), Herrison-Leplae says: “The Thursday evening from 6-9 Milwaukee’s French roots go French wines and cheeses, cafes on the sidewalks, the p.m., June 3 through Sept. back much further than its French music, French lan- French restaurants and the 23. This event is also a great German heritage. According guage lessons and French cultural institutions give East favorite with local gays, many to Anne Herisson-Leplae, mass at the historic St. John Town a French feel right in of whom head over to This Is executive director of the the Evangelist Cathedral at the heart of Milwaukee.” It, 418 E. Wells St., to continue P h oto : K at e B r e n n e r Alliance Francaise Milwaukee, Cathedral Square. The area's newest attrac- partying after the music dies East Town boasts more than 200 businesses, they go back even further One of the most popular tion is the Milwaukee LGBT down. Tempt, Milwaukee’s including some of Milwaukee’s most popular than the city itself. events is the waiter/waitress Community Center, which is newest gay bar at 324 E. entertainment and dining venues. “If you look at the very race, which has local restau- in the process of opening in Mason St., is another East first maps of Wisconsin, they rant servers competing on the Blatz Boiler House, 252 E. Town gay magnet. foot Gold’s Gym is set to one square mile, you can do were all written in French, an obstacle course carry- Highland Ave. – only a stone's East Town boasts more open at 735 N. Water St. in just about anything.” because the first explorers ing trays of full wine glasses, throw from such East Town than 200 businesses, including late fall. That might be why Money were French,” Herrison- which are inevitably spilled. attractions as the Marcus such gay-friendly hangouts as “It’s a pretty big mix here, magazine recently named East Leplae says. “Wisconsin was The event is a great way to Center for Performing Arts, Elsa’s on the Park, 833 N. just like the neighborhood Town one of the best places actually spelled ‘Ouisconsin’” bring together some of East The Pabst, the Milwaukee Jefferson St. White Star, a itself,” Borders says. “We to retire in the United States. Many of Milwaukee’s Town’s businesses, says Kate Repertory Theater and gay-owned men’s “clothing have law firms, account- “It’s such a walkable neigh- French roots can be traced Borders, executive director Cathedral Square. lounge” opened at 524 N. ing firms, restaurants, spas, borhood,” says Shorewest directly to East Town, a of the East Town Association. In addition to Bastille Days, Water St. in late spring, and salons, hotels, a post office Realtors agent and longtime neighborhood once called The business district East Town hosts the huge- a five-story, 55,000-square- and two grocery stores. In East Town next page Juneau Town in honor of the city’s first mayor, Frenchman Solomon Juneau. Located east of the Milwaukee River and bordered by Brady Street, the Third Ward and Lake Michigan, East Town became the site for Bastille Days after a local French chef and an art gallery owner decided to celebrate the neighborhood’s French roots with an event that would attract more peo- ple downtown. More than 200,000 people will head to East Town July 8-11 for Bastille Days, a Francophile’s para- dise complete with French food, French history neigh- 24 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 New condos are selling briskly

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215 E. Maple St. #202 Milwaukee East Town resident Dennis Miller. Great open concept loft with exposed “There are many fine restaurants in the neighborhood and you Chicago brick and multi-level floor can walk to almost any service plan. #58894 you might need.” According to Miller, the Web site Walkscore. com, which rates neighborhoods on their walkability, gives East Town a score of 95, or “walker’s paradise.” East Town’s location is also 210 S. Water St. #416 Milwaukee somewhat of a paradise, Miller Tranquil river views from this 2 BR says. “There’s easy access to the 2 BA unit. Close to nightlife, great lakefront for people who like to restaurants, and the lakefront. #62432 bike and run, and at the same time it’s a great downtown loca- tion for people who want to walk to work.” Unlike many other down- town areas, East Town has always been a residential neighborhood, 130 S. Water St. #316 Milwaukee which means it has numerous East Town Market hosts a popular farmer’s market in Cathedral Square Park, cor- Amazing southern exposure 1 BR unit housing options. There are old, ner of Kilbourn Avenue and Jefferson, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturdays, June 5-Oct. 30. beautifully restored mansions at The Waterfront. and vintage hotels and build- housing stock. At the top of the um buildings. Studio units in the – are selling briskly, Miller says. #61649 ings that have been converted to price range are newly construct- Knickerbocker on the Lake, for He attributes the success to the condos, as well as new construc- ed condominiums in luxury build- example, start as low as $50,000. neighborhood’s inherent charm, Tom Riley tion condominiums, buildings and ings along the lakefront. These Despite the housing slowdown, its vibrant history, arts, entertain- tomriley.firstweber.com townhomes, many overlooking units can run up to several mil- new projects in the neighbor- ment, parks and festivals. [email protected] the lake or the river. lion dollars. At the bottom of hood, such as the Breakwater – a According to Miller, prices in the price range are efficiency new construction condo build- Join WiG’s Facebook (414) 755-1640 East Town are as diverse as its units in converted condomini- ing overlooking Lake Michigan community. t t 1s ugus ! g - A ow nin ve N Ope er Res

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KENOSHA/RACINE Woody’s, 1579 S. Second St., 414-672-0806 FOX VALLEY Club ICON, 6305 120th St. (off I-94), Rascals Bar & Grill, 702 E. Wisconsin, Appleton, Kenosha, 262-857-3240 MADISON 920-954-9262 JoDee’s, 2139 Racine St., Racine, 262-634-9804 Club 5, 5 Applegate Court, 608-277-9700 Ravens, 215 E. College Ave., Appleton, 920-364-9599 Plan B, 924 Williamson St., 608-257-5262 Napalese, 1351 Cedar St., Green Bay, 920-432-9646 MILWAUKEE Shamrock, 117 W. Main St., 608-255-5029 SASS, 840 S. Broadway, Green Bay, 920-437-7277 Art Bar, 722 Burleigh, 414-372-7880 WOOF’S, 114 King St., 608-204-6222 The Shelter, 730 N. Quincy St., Green Bay, 920-432- Ballgame, 196 S. Second St., 414-273-7474 2662 Boom & The Room, 625 S. Second St., 414-277-5040 BELOIT/JANESVILLE XS Niteclub, 1106 Main St., Green Bay, 920-430- Boot Camp, 209 E. National Ave., 414-643-6900 Impulse, 132 W. Grand Ave., Beloit, 608- 1301 City Lights Chill & Grill, 111 W. Howard Ave., 414- 361-0000 Debs Spare Time, 1303 Harrison St., Oshkosh, 481-1441 Off The Wagon, 18-24 S. River St., 920-235-6577 Fluid, 819 S. Second St., 414-643-5843 Janesville, 608-359-3209 PJS, 1601 Oregon St., Oshkosh Harbor Room, 117 E. Greenfield, 414-672-7988 Hybrid, 707 E. Brady St., 414-810-1809 LACROSSE JACK, 200 E. Washington St., 414-389-3596 My Place, 3201 South Ave., 608-788-9073 NORTHERN Kruz, 354 E. National Ave., 414-272-KRUZ Players, 300 Fourth St., 608-784-4200 Scooters, 411 Galloway Street, Eau Claire, 715-835- LaCage, 801 S. Second St., 414-383-8330 Chances R, 417 Jay St., 608-782-5105 9959 Mona’s, 1407 S. First St., 414-643-0377 JT’s Bar and Grill, 1506 N. Third St., Superior, 715-- Nut Hut, 1500 W. Scott, 414-647-2673 WISCONSIN DELLS 394-2580 Pump, (Sundays at Decibel), 1905 E. North Ave., Captain Dix Rainbow Valley Resort, 4124 River The Flame, 1612 Tower Ave., Superior, 715-395-0101 414-272-3337 Road, 866-553-1818 The Main 1217 Tower Ave., Superior, 715-392-1756 This Is It, 418 E. Wells St., 414-278-9192 OZ, 320 Washington St., Wausau, 715-842-3225 Triangle, 135 E. National Ave., 414-383-9412 SHEBOYGAN Tropical Niteclub, 626 S. Fifth St., 414-460-6277 Blue Lite, 1029 N. Eighth St., 920-457-1636 To get considered for a listing on Out & About, e-mail Walker’s Pint, 818 S. Second St., 414-643-7468 [email protected]. 26 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010

Calendarwhat’s going on? THURSDAY Bears, Michelangelo’s Coffee Anonymous, 315 W. Court Light meeting; 7:30 p.m., PFLAG Milwaukee, Martin 414-276-6936, galanoclub. 2:30 p.m., first and third Shop, 114 State St., Madison. St., Second floor, Milwaukee. Spiritual Light, The Galano Luther Church, 9235 org. Thursdays, LGBT senior Info: 608-251-5299. Info: 414-276-6936. Club, 315 W. Court St., No. W. Bluemound Road, 6 p.m., third Tuesday, Fair adults discussion, Madison 7 p.m., Drop-in night, 201, Milwaukee. Info: 414- Wauwatosa. Wisconsin Action Network Senior Center, 330 W. Mifflin FRIDAY LGBT Community Center 276-6936, galanoclub.org. 7 p.m., second Sundays, of the Chippewa Valley, St., Madison. Info: fering- of the Chippewa Valley, 510 6 p.m., Rotating Activity Gay and Straight in LGBT Community Center [email protected]. 4-7 p.m., fourth Friday, S. Farwell St., Eau Claire, Night each week, LGBT Christ, Good Shepherd of the Chippewa Valley, 510 6 p.m., third Thursdays, Happy Hour with Planned 54702, Info: 715-552-LGBT, Community Center of Catholic Church, N88 S. Farwell St., Eau Claire, same-sex partners group, Parenthood Advocates of www.thecentercv.org. the Chippewa Valley, 510 W17658 Christman Road, 54701. Info: 715- 552-LGBT. OutReach, 600 Williamson Wisconsin, rotating location 8:30 p.m., second and S. Farwell St., Eau Claire, Menomonee Falls, 262-502- 7 p.m., Spectrum GLBT St., Suite P-1, Madison. Info: in Milwaukee/Madison. Info: fourth Fridays, Shoreline 54702. Info: 715-552-LGBT, 0437. and Allied social group for 608-255-8582, www.lgb- www.ppawi.org. Milwaukee line dancing and www.thecentercv.org. MONDAY adults, Harmony Cafe, 1660 toutreach.org. 5:30 p.m., second and lessons, Hot Water, 818 S. 7-8:30 p.m., third W. Mason St., Appleton. 6 p.m., Qgrads, UW fourth Fridays, Pozitive Lite Water St., Milwaukee. Info: Saturdays, BWMT (Black 7 p.m., Spectrum-Social Memorial Union Rathskeller, HIV/AIDS group, OutReach, 414-383-75936. and White Men Together), and networking LGBT WEDNESDAY 800 Langdon St., Madison. 600 Williamson St., Suite general meeting. group, Harmony Cafe, 233 E. 7 p.m., AA 12 Steps and 12 7 p.m., third Thursdays, P-1, Madison. Info: 608-255- SATURDAY College Ave. Info: ericksoc@ Traditions, The Galano Club, Lesbian Alliance movie night, 8582. SUNDAY gmail.com, 917-669-7529. 315 W. Court St., No. 201, LGBT Community Center, 6 p.m., second Fridays, 9 a.m., Frontrunners/ 7:30 p.m., AA Came to Milwaukee. Info: 414-276- 315 W. Court St., Milwaukee. Lesbian Alliance game Walkers Milwaukee Run 1 p.m., Cream City Believe, The Galano Club, 6936, galanoclub.org. Info: 414-272-9442. night and potluck, LGBT Walk, starting at the Water Squares dances, Lake Park 315 W. Court St., No. 201, 7 p.m., first Wednesday, 7 p.m., AA Living Sober; Community Center, 315 W. Tower at the East end of Lutheran Church, 2647 N. Milwaukee. Info: 414-276- Bear Club 4 Men monthly 7 p.m., Crystal Meth Court St., Milwaukee. Info: North Avenue, Milwaukee. Stowell, Milwaukee. 6936, galanoclub.org. meeting, Napalese Lounge, Anonymous, The Galano 414-272-9442. Info: 262-285-7645. 7 p.m., AA The Big Book 1351 Cedar St., Green Bay, Club, 315 W. Court St., No. 6:30 p.m., Open Mic 9 a.m., Frontrunners/ meeting, The Galano Club, TUESDAY Info: bearclub4men@gmail. 201, Milwaukee. Info: 414- night, Harmony Cafe, 1660 Frontwalkers Madison, 315 W. Court St., No. 201, com. 276-6936, galanoclub.org. W. Mason St., Green Bay, Wingra Park off Monroe St., Milwaukee. Info: 414-276- 12:30 p.m., third Tuesday, 7 p.m., Q2-LGBTQ Youth 54303. Info: 920-268-3911 Madison. Info: 608-469-4882. 6936, galanoclub.org. Retired Old/Older Lesbians Group, LGBT Community or [email protected]. 3 p.m., second and fourth 5 p.m., OutThere LGBT (ROLLers), Madison. Info: Center of the Chippewa 7 p.m., AA, The Galano Saturdays, Women4Women, youth group meeting, 608-219-7751. Valley, 510 S. Farwell St., Eau Club, 315 W. Court St., OutReach, 600 Williamson OutReach, 600 Williamson 5 p.m., AA Over 40; 7 p.m. Claire, 54702, Info: 715-552- Milwaukee. Info: 414-276- St., Suite P-1, Madison. Info: St., Suite P-1, Madison. Info: AA The Blue Group, The LGBT, www.thecentercv.org. 6936, galanoclub.org. 608-255-8582. 608-255-8582. Galano Club, 315 W. Court Send listings to ltomaszek@ 7:30 p.m., Four Lakes 7 p.m., Gay Narcotics 6 p.m., AA The Women’s 5 p.m., third Sundays, St., No. 201, Milwaukee. Info: wisconsingazette.com. The next two weeks FRIDAY July Fourth Picnic, the SUNDAY support group, LGBT Center home of G. Gussick, 6066 of S.E. Wisconsin, 1456 July 2 N. Appleblossom Lane, save the date July 11 Junction Ave., Racine, www. 6 p.m., Queer Zine Archive Glendale, 414-224-0517. Milwaukee GAMMA is hosting a camping trip to the 3-7 p.m., Beer/soda bust, lgbtsewisc.org. Art and Film Show, Jackpot Lost Lake campground in Nicolet National Forest Castaway’s M.C. Leather 7:30-8:30 p.m., Gender Gallery, 825 E. Center St., MONDAY near Crandon July 15-18. Campsites are $12 (shared). Club, at KRUZ, 354 E. identity support group, LGBT 53213, www.qzap.org. Reservations by July 7. More information is available at National Ave., castawaysrd- Center of S.E. Wisconsin, 6 p.m., Global healing med- July 5 www.milwaukeegamma.com. [email protected]. 1456 Junction Ave., Racine, itation, Harmony Cafe, 124 4 p.m., Smoke-free bar hop www.lgbtsewisc.org. N. Oneida St., Appleton, 920- with GAMMA, Walker’s Point 722-6438, www.harmony- area, 414-530-1886, milwau- MONDAY cafe.org. keegamma.com. tion with the artist Nancy Seven Rivers Region LGBT July 12 TUESDAY Greenbaum, LGBT Center of Community Center, 303 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Anit- July 13 SATURDAY WEDNESDAY S.E. Wisconsin, 1456 Junction Pearl St., LaCrosse, 608-784- Violence Project’s City Hall 7-9 p.m., Insurance for the Ave., Racine, www.lgbtsewisc. 0542, 222.7riverslgbt.org. art show installation, help is LGBT Community: Domestic July 3 July 7 org. 3:45-5 p.m. LGBT writer’s needed to hang the Postcard Partner Benefits, forum dis- 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Tour de 12 p.m., Blue plate special group, Mo’s Cafe, 5537 Sixth Project at City Hall. RSVP is cussion, LGBT Community Fat: New Belgium Brewing’s with GAMMA, Cafe Centraal, SATURDAY Ave., Kenosha, asstdirector@ requested to 414-292-3072 Center of the Chippewa traveling bicycle celebra- 2306 Kinnickinnic Ave, Bay lgbtsewisc.org. or [email protected]. Valley, 510 S. Farwell St., Eau tion, Humbolt Park, 3000 S. View, 53207, 414-530-1886, July 10 6-7:30 p.m., LaCrosse Claire, 715-522-LGBT, www. Howell Ave, 53207, www. milwaukeegamma.com. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Pride Alive Pride planning committee thecentercv.org. newbelgium.com/tour-de-fat. festival, Joannes Park, 1430 meeting, Seven Rivers Region FRIDAY Walnut St., Green Bay, www. LGBT Community Center, SUNDAY newpride.org. 303 Pearl St., LaCrosse, 608- July 9 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Christmas in 784-0542, 222.7riverslgbt. July 4 6-9 p.m., “Visions of People July One Stop Shop, GALAXY org. Send listings to ltomaszek@ 2-4 p.m., SAGE Milwaukee and Places,” opening recep- youth group fundraiser, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Transgender wisconsingazette.com. WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010 27 community EVENTS Sapphic Adventures Milwaukee, www.meetup. milwaukeequakers.org. 54305, 920-983-7452, www.aohmcc.org, MILWAUKEE com/sapphic-MKE, calamityjane321@gmail. Plymouth Church, 2717 E. Hampshire Ave., 53211, [email protected]. com. 414-964-1513, www.plymouth-church.org. SHEBA/Sisters Helping Each other Battle AIDS, St. James Episcopal Church, 833 W. Wisconsin Arts/Entertainment 2349 N Holton St., 53212, 414-390-0444. Ave., 53233, 414-964-1513, www. MADISON Cream City Chorus, 315 W. Court St., 53212, 414- WanderWomyn Outdoors Group, debydoo2@ stjamesmilwaukee.org. 276-8787, www.creamcitychorus.org, info@ yahoo.com. creamcitychorus.org. Washington Heights Rainbow Association, 414- Arts/entertainment Cream City Squares, 414-445-8080, www.iagsdc. 258-8834 www.washingtonheightsrainbow. Sports Dairyland Cowboys and Cowgirls, Club 5, 5 org/creamcity. org. Front Runners/Front Walkers, 414-443-0379, Applegate Court, Madison, 53713, 608-277- Men’s Voices Milwaukee, 2717 E. Hampshire St., Wauwatosa Rainbow Association, 414-218-9277, ullrwolf.com/frontrunnersmke, thbolt@milwpc. 9700, www.dcandc.org 53211, 414-964-1513 www. [email protected]. com. mensvoicesmilwaukee.com. Wisconsin Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, P.O. Box Metro Milwaukee Tennis Club, 3957 81st St., Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, 703 S. Second 353, Hartland, 53029, www.wiscrad.org. 53222, 414-616-3716, [email protected]. Community St., 53204, 414-383-3727, www. Wisconsin Rainbow Families, 315 W. Court St., Milwaukee Gay Soccer League, 1012 E. OutReach, 600 Williamson St., Suite P1, Madison, milwaukeegayartscenter.org. 53212, www.wirainbowfamilies.com, info@ Clark St., 53212, 414-405-5878, www. 53703, 608-255-8582, www.lgbtoutreach.org, Milwaukee/LGBT Film/Video Festival, www4. wirainbowfamilies.com. milwaukeegaysoccer.org. [email protected]. uwm.edu/psoa/programs/film/lgbtfilm. Milwaukee Gay Volleyball League, www. PFLAG-Madison, 4221 Venetian Ln., Madison Queer Zine Archive Project, 2935 N. Fratney St., milwaukeegayvolleyball.com. 53718, 608-848-2333, pflagmadison@yahoo. 53202, www.qzap.org. Health Saturday Softball Beer League, 2333 N. 56th St., com. Shoreline Country Dancers, 2809 E. Oklahoma AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 53210, www.ssblmilwaukee.com. Ave., 53207, www.shoreline-milw.org, info@ 510498, 53202, 414-273-1991, www.arcw.org, shoreline-milw.org. [email protected]. Politics Women’s Voices Milwaukee, 315 W. Court St., Brady East STD (BESTD) Clinic, 1240 E. Brady St, Youth/Education Fair Wisconsin, 112 State St., Suite 309, 53212, 414-534-5645, womensvoicesmke.viviti. 53202, 414-272-2144, www.bestd.org, bestd@ Alliance School, 850 W. Walnut St., 53205, 414- Madison, 53703, 608-441-0143, www. com, [email protected]. execpc.com. 267-5400, www.allianceschool.org. fairwisconsin.org, [email protected]. Galano Club, 315 Court St., Suite 201, 53213, Alliance for LGBTQ Youth, 1212 S. 70th St., 414-276-6936, www.galanoclub.org, mail@ 53214, 414-453-1400, www.cssw.org. Community galanoclub.org. Gay Youth Milwaukee, P.O. Box 090441, 53209, Sports Bay View Gays, 414-482-3796, www.bvgays.com. Health Institute of Milwaukee, 1817 N. Martin 414-265-8500, http://gayyouthmilwaukee. Madison Gay Hockey Association, www. Brew City Bears, P.O. Box 1035, 53201, 414-331- Luther King Drive, Suite 3, 53212, 414-263- tripod.com. madisongayhockey.org. 3744, www.bcb4men.info. 9999. Marquette Gay/Straight Alliance, 1442 W. Madison Gay Volleyball, 608-347-8907, www. BWMT, 414-463-5359, www.nabwmt.org/ Milwaukee Women’s Center, 611 N. Broadway, Wisconsin Ave., 53233. madisonlbtvolleyball.com. milwaukee. Suite 230, 53202, www.mwcinc.org. Marquette U G/L Alumni, P.O. Box 92722, 53202. Castaways, P.O. Box 1697, 53202, castawaysmc@ Pathfinders, 1614 E. Kane Pl., 53202, 414-271- Project Q, 315 W. Court St., 53212, 414-223-3220. yahoo.com. 1560, www.pathfinders.org, [email protected]. UWM LGBT Resource Center, UWM Union WG Youth/education CONNEXUS, 2439 N. Holton St., 53212, 414-390- STD Specialties, Inc., 3251 N. Holton St., 53212, 89, P.O. Box 413, 53201, 414-229-4116, www. GSA for Safe Schools, 301 S. Bedford St., 0444, www.diverseandresilient.org/connexus. 414-264-8800, www.stdspecialties.org. uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/LGBT. Madison, 53703, 608-661-1360, www. Diverse and Resilient, 2439 N. Holton St., 53212, gsaforsafeschools.org. 414-390-0444, www.diverseandresilient.org. Firebirds, P.O. Box 159, 53201. Politics FOX VALLEY FORGE, P.O. Box 1272, 53201, 414-559-2123, Center Advocates, 315 W. Court St., 53212, 414- RACINE/KENOSHA www.forge-forward.org. 271-2656, www.centeradvocates.org. GAMMA Milwaukee, P.O. Box 1900, 53201, 414- Equality Wisconsin, 2717 E. Hampshire Ave., Community 530-1886, www.milwaukeegamma.com. 53211, 414-431-1306, www.equalitywi.org. Harmony Café, 233 E. College Ave., Appleton, Community Gemini Gender Group, P.O. Box 44211, 53214, Human Rights League, P.O. Box 510407, 53203, 54915, 920-734-2233, www.harmonycafe.org, PFLAG-Racine/Kenosha, P.O. Box 580058, 414-297-9328, gggwi.tripod.com. 414-319-9863, www.hrl-pac.org, hrlpac@ [email protected]. Pleasant Prairie, 53158, 262-694-2729, Lesbian Alliance, 315 W. Court St., 53212, yahoo.com. PFLAG-Appleton/Fox Cities, 740 Kensington Road, [email protected]. 414-272-9442, www.lesbianalliance. Vets Do Ask Do Tell, 315 W. Court St., Neenah, 54956, 920-722-7145. Rainbow Over org. 53212, www.vetsdoaskdotell.org. Wisconsin, 702 E. Wisconsin Ave., Appleton, Lesbian Fund of the Women’s Fund WI 54911, www.rainbowoverwisconsin.org. Religion/Spirituality of Milwaukee, 414-290-7350, Religion/Spirituality Bradford Community Church-Unitarian www.womensfund.com/who_ Central United Methodist Church, Universalist, 5810 8th Ave., 53140, 262-656- we_are/lesbian_fund. 639 N. 25th St., 53233, 414-344- GREEN BAY 0544, www.bradforduu.org. LOC/Women of Color, P.O. Box 1600, www.centralumcmilw.org. 93594, 53203, 414-263-1631. Congregation Shir Hadash, 414- Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, 297-9159, www.cshmilw.org. Community Sports 315 W. Court St., 53212, 414-271- Cross Lutheran Church, 1821 N. Argonauts of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 22096, Green Wisconsin Warriors, P.O. Box 334, Somers, 53171, 265, www.mkelgbt.org. 16th St., 53205, 414-344-1746, www. Bay, 54305, www.argonautsll.org, info@ 414-759-8823, wiwarriors.com, wiwarriors@ Milwaukee LGBT History Project, 414-224- crosslutheranmilwaukee.org. argonautsll.org. yahoo.com. 0517, www.mkelgbthist.org. Divine Word Lutheran Church, 5505 Lloyd St., Bear Club 4 Men, P.O. Box 13463, Green Bay, Milwaukee Pride Parade, P.O. Box 070177, 53207, 53208, 414-476-3189, divinewordlutheran.org. 54307, www.bc4m.com. www.prideparademke.org. First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, 1342 Harmony Café, 1660 W. Mason St., Green Bay, Youth/Education Out to Brunch, [email protected]. N. Astor St., 53202, 414-273-5257, www. 54303, 920-569-1593, www.harmonycafe.org. Rainbow Alliance, UW-Parkside, Student Center, PFLAG-Milwaukee, 315 W. Court St., 53212, 414- uumilwaukee.org. Positive Voice, P.O. Box 1381, Green Bay, 54305, L108D, 262-595-2685, http://www.uwp.edu/ 299-9198, [email protected]. Lake Park Lutheran Church, 2647 N. Stowell Ave., 920-435-4404, pvinc.org, [email protected]. clubs/clubtemp.cfm?clubID=38. PrideFest, 414-272-3378, www.pridefest.com. 53211, 414-962-9190, lakeparklutheran.com. Pride Alive, 920-471-3260, www.newpride.org, Queer Program, P.O. Box 090441, 53209, 414-265- Metropolitan Community Church, 1239 W. [email protected]. 8500, [email protected]. Mineral St., 53204, 414-383-1100, www. SAGE Milwaukee, 1845 N. Farwell, Suite 220, milmcc.org. 53202, 414-224-0517, www.sagemilwaukee. Milwaukee Friends Meeting (Quakers), 3224 Religion/spirituality Send changes or addition suggestions to org. N. Gordon Pl., 53212, 414-263-2111, www. Angels of Hope MCC, P.O. Box 672, Green Bay, [email protected]. 28 WI s c o n s I n g AZETTE. c o m | July 1, 2010

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