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August 6, 1998 • Vol. XV, Issue XVI • $2.95 Outside of Wisconsin 1 LesBiGay Wisconsin's Community Newspaper. Founded in 1984 • , New Book is a Visual Tribute To Black Men and Their Role in Contemporary Style and Culture Boy George 20 Mark Pocan 18 Waving the PFLAG 22 Q • Voice and In Step to Merge S "Life's a Drag" Cartoonist Dies 19 FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 E-MAIL 5pm-Midnight [email protected] SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 WEBSITE 11am-Midnight www.pridefest.com SUNDAY, AUGUST 30 HOTEL/TRAVEL Ilam-11pm Greater Milwaukee Convention & $5 at the Gate Visitor's Burean $12 for 3-day Pass 800/554-1448 Children under 13 FREE with adult P 9( FEST Join us August 28th, 29th and 3Oth, 1998 ENJOY NON-STOP ENTERTAINMENT INCLUDING: MEN OUT LOUD v JOI CARDWELL MUSIQUE v MRS, FUN TICKET/BUTTON LOCATIONS: Afterwords Books Designing Men This is it! 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The publishers and staff of In Step and Q-Voice cordially invite you to a Special Advance Preview unveiling the joining of In Step and 9-Voice into the Midwest's premiere LesBiGay newspaper... Wednesday, August 19, 1998 • 7pm to 9pm MCM Club Banquet Room (upstairs) at 124 N. Water St. Public Welcome • Hors d'oeuvres will be served. s • 't.seciwog et cms41,7*i l In BUD present: the 17th Annual - tots NORTHALSTED conjunction Li0/4/11' 9 Sllsaday; HALSTED Souza & Kohlua, Altte' & BELMONT by August 8 Stage Pre Saturday, les8iGay Radio HALSTED Sala° The Ffee BELMONT & Kahlua, Alize' & SCOtt Chorus presented by 12 - Chicaga GclY Men's Stage 1:20 - 1:40 Ledirsay Radio Pulsation 6ugus 0,81 the 2 - 3 Tom Yore Band 3:40 Ana/ Pride D Dance ParlY 3:20 - 12- 1 Lakes ide , & Jason D. 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Street RAIL EUROPE Two Day .RE Largest 93 PRIMECO ecrtardsaedwards Illinois NAPA Ic food • CROUP & crafts • 3 stages/ fine arts aracwieSeeasies LislitGat beverages • live music onevnisincaaornetsson PEPSI STEVEN BRASCH RADIO ns•asa•scno • MEDICAL CENTER lohicago SUBARU ors\ Iltp inform FOR EYES AM 1240 for ware 51-F 5-7 PM 4 In Step August 6 — August 19, 1998 IN STEP S Milwaukee LGBT Community Center Publishers' Note Leases Space in Walker's Point Q-Voice and In Step to Merge challenge to the LGBT community of lord made this site the obvious choice," by William Attewell e are very proud and pleased to $1,000 per month to estabablish a center Wirth added. of the In Step Staff announce that In Step, Wisconsin's was the impetus which refocused the Before taking occupancy the land- largest and most read LGBT new- Milwaukee — The over two year community's attention on finding a site. lord will ensure that the bathrooms are W search to find an appropriate site for a paper and Q•Voice Magazine, the state's Milwaukee's LGBT Community Center queer arts, interview and lifestyle month- ended late last month when the board of glad that they have found an accept- ly are merging operations to form a single directors of the Milwaukee LGBT Com- "We're publication. munity Center unanimously voted to able site and hope it works for everybody." The combination will join the very best sign a lease for a site in Walker's Point. of Q•Voice and In Step to form one of the The Center will occupy a portion of —ERV DECKER largest and strongest lesbigay newspapers in the first floor in a building located at the Midwest. We are sure you — our read- very pleased with the results 170 South 2nd Street. The Community Uecker and Walker have since "sus- ADA compliant and a chairlift will be ers — will be unique partnership. The publica- Center will take occupancy no later than pended" their monthly donations in installed to make it accessible for persons of this be gay owned and September 30, 1998. response to "communication problems" with disabilities. Additionally, partition tion will continue to Cabal and William The Center will occupy over 4,000 with the center's board. walls will be built to make the space operated by Jorge sq. ft. of the building known as the Attewell and will integrate the writing Lease Terms completely private. Downtown Mini Warehouse. The site is Feyen stated that new carpet will be staff of both operations. within blocks of several popular Milwau- The lease for the space runs for three installed and there may be additional The first issue won't hit the streets kee gay clubs including Ballgame, 219, years at a cost of approximately $2,800 per construction to change the floor plan to until Thursday, August 20, but a Special Dish and C'est La Vie. month. That amount, according to Com- better suit the needs of the Center. Advance Preview will be on display on "This signing brings us wonderfully munity Center spokesperson, Jousha Feyen Barbara Bremmer, director and Vol- Wednesday, August 19 from 7 p.m to close to our dream of having a place for is about a third of the amount that would unteer Committee liaison, said "Now, 9 p.m. in the upstairs banquet room at more than ever, volunteers will be need- The M&M Club at 124 N.