Herbiery founder Nicholas Ryan and business partner Maddy McKeown share their path to and vision for Madison’s newest trans-owned, herb-focused, hops-free brewery.
Miller Brewing Company’s Beers & Queer History book feels like a corporate diversity & inclusion pamphlet with not nearly enough space to tell the rich and colorful stories of these queer gay bar spaces.
Bobby Rivers was Milwaukee’s Black, queer media pioneer, finding a niche in radio, then TV as a beloved and reviled host and producer despite relentless intersectional discrimination.
Princeton-raised Matthew Trotter is building a purposefully curated ecosystem that both lifts up his home town’s history and celebrates a queerer version of up-north culture.
Bicontinental Madisonian Gregg Potter unpacks his evolving sense of home, from the open door policies of his childhood, to the LGBTQ+ interchange he’s hosting in South Africa.
Bill Beaudreau’s path to interior designing and small business ownership was paved with a clear sense of calling and an opaque professional persona. Gradually, he has begun to share more of his whole self.
Holy Wisdom Monastery is known for its care of both the Earth and its ecumenical community. Its restored prairie offers a healing space for contemplation and quiet recreation. CEO Charles McLimans shares the journey that brought him there.
Blessed and beholden by his family’s surname, Joseph Pabst reflects on witnessing more suffering “than a person should,” and the fortress he’s built as his own artful sanctuary.
The Madison Area Transgender Association welcomes the declarations and acknowledges both the symbolism in them and the real barriers that are still present in Dane County to overall trans health.
Emmett Lockwood holds the distinction of being the first openly transgender player on University of Wisconsin-Madison men’s water polo team. He is also a Disability Justice Activist with an advocacy that originates from coming to know he had no one else to be but himself.