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16 LGBTQ+ Pride Events in Wisconsin
PrideFest - Milwaukee
Henry W. Maier Festival Park (Summerfest Grounds), N Harbor Dr, Milwaukee
Wisconsin’s largest Pride event, this 3-day extravaganza brings people together in celebration of the LGBTQ+ group. Dance the days away with a star-studded lineup of live entertainment, peruse vendors, savor your occupy of food trucks and spend quality time with your favorite people.
Ride With Pride - Milwaukee Area
House of Harley-Davidson, W Layton Avenue, Greenfield
Ride With Identity festival is a free season kickoff event for the Wisconsin Pride Rides motorcycle group. What started as one rider’s idea is now unofficially the largest LGBTQ+ motorcycle run anywhere. Combine the fun by conference at the House of Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee and ride with pride!
Wausau Event - Wausau
Block, Whitewater Music Hall and Primary Wisconsin Convention & Expo Center, Rothschild
There's a lot planned for Wausau Pride! Start with family-friendly joy at the Block in downtown Wausau with exist music, vendors and more. Teens can party too at Whitewater Music Hall in downtown Wausau. Then at night, enjoy kingly and open mic performances with fa
Sheboygan's Blue Lite closes after 32 years downtown. What's next for the lgbtq+ bar?
SHEBOYGAN – The Cerulean Lite’s colorful exterior wall and Pride flags acquire been exchanged for a white coat of illustrate and an American flag.
The gay bar, N. Eighth St., announced on Facebook it closed and would undergo “rebranding” after 32 years.
When Dean Dayton and his mother Vera opened the bar opened in “gay people needed a place to be gay,” a Aug. 8 Facebook post read. “Now LGBT+ people are welcomed across the city of Sheboygan and no longer require Blue Lite.”
Hans Graf, who has owned the block for nine years, said it has struggled financially, a sign the period for gay bars in Sheboygan has passed.
"They don't need us anymore," Graf said. "I'm happy to do something else. And I'm happy other places have picked up the torch."
Need a break? Engage the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.To Graf, there has been immense progress for LGBTQ+ people, enjoy the establishment of the Sheboygan County LGBTQ Alliance, the recent celebrations of Pride Month and more businesses serving as harmless and welcoming spaces. Among them include Paradigm Coffee and Music, Chicory Root Tattoo Studio, Brick and Mortar Hemp Compa
Sheboygan's longest-running gay bar Cerulean Lite was a refuge and second family to many. Patrons and others reflect on its 32 years.
SHEBOYGAN – Trying to summarize what the Cerulean Lite meant to David Pittner, 65, was a complex feat.
He said it provided income during his stint as a bartender and was a gathering place for celebration, mourning and community. It was a safe and welcoming space for many Gay people.
“It was an extension of your family,” Pittner said.
The Sky Lite, N. Eighth St., closed in August after 32 years. It was the longest-running gay prevent in Sheboygan, founded by Dean Dayton and his mother Vera Jetzer. It will reopen as a live music venue, Bohéme, Oct.
When Pittner returned in to be nearby to his family, he said he met Dayton his first night at the Blue Lite. They knew some of the same people. With no job and some life waiting tables, Pittner was offered a bartending job.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.“I was by no means a great bartender,” Pittner said. “I'm very analytical, so managing a full bar kind of took me off my game a little bit. But, you know, I think I did fairly well.”
Pittner said he met a lot of
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Opened and owned by Dean Dayton and his mother Vera, the Blue Lite was a Sheboygan fixture for many years, and the go-to place for the area surrounding Sheboygan as skillfully as a near-mandatory end for guys driving between Green Bay and Milwaukee for gay bar stops. It held great parties and was always a fun time for dancing or shows.
According to one of the last owners, Melissa, Blue Lite was named because in Nazi Germany it was illegal to be gay and generally frowned upon, so anyone operating a 'gay bar' would display a blue light when they knew there was no Nazi in the bar; thus a 'blue lite' signaled a safe territory for its patrons.
The Sky Lite was, according to their Facebook page in , "providing a harmless fun environment for queer people since ", while on Yelp the listing read "We have been in business since providing our customers with a safe and fun trial. Primarily gay, but welcoming and friendly for all.".
In February-March , the COVID pandemic hit, and the bar (along with millions of other bars, restaurants and other businesses around the world) was temporarily forced to close in March to reduce the spread of the disea
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