Milwaukee gay district
Gay Milwaukee
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Wisconsin's largest city is the conference place of three rivers: the Milwaukee, the Kinnickinnic, and the Juneau. There are things to undertake all day long as well as through the night in this eclectic city. Spend a night on the beaches of Lake Michigan or an evening on the town.
Milwaukee is an incredibly diverse city. It celebrates its cultural heritage throughout the year with a procession of festivals. The International Arts Festival, the Asian Moon Festival, Cajun Fest, Polish Fest, Bastille Days, Festa Italiana, Mexican Fest, and Oktoberfest are just a few of these tributes. And then, of course, Pridefest Milwaukee rolls around every June.
Getting here
General Mitchell International Airport is about 6 miles south of downtown. Shuttle buses, taxis or the GreenLine bus by Milwaukee County Transit will get you to the center. Amtrak also has daily train service into Milwaukee.
Getting around
Like most cities in the region, you’ll appreciate having your own car to get to all the sights. Milwaukee lays claim to having one of America’s best, and most reliable transit systems, w
Milwaukee has been fortunate to have a diverse collection of Gay and Queer woman bars in the city both before and since Stonewall. The Maps of LGBT Bars and Clubs in Milwaukee were first compiled for the exhibit titled "Stonewall 40" at PrideFest 2009 to document the bars known to have existed in the city since the mid 1960s. Using data calm for this website, Don Schwamb compiled the information on bar names, addresses, and dates in business, and Tom Brittnacher of the American Geographic World Library at UWM then created maps showing those locations for each decade.
Each decade (the 1960s, 1970s, etc.) is represented by a separate map, and each map shows the location of every bar established to have existed during that decade (by bar number). Some bars are shown on several maps (for example, This Is It bar opened in 1968 and appears on all 5 maps), while other bars appear in only one decade map.
Look for your favorite bars on the maps and lists, and relive �the good times�.
All bars represented on the lists and maps are on the following list: List of Milw Bars on Decade Maps
(Shown below is just a segment of each decade's map, showing the major concentration of bars during th Owner Chuck Cicirello (also going by the name 'Chuck Balestreri') opened this lock shortly after closing his previous initiative, the Neptune Club. An Advertisement for The Factory first appeared in the April 1973 issue of GPU News. The Factory is THE Legendary Milwaukee Bar- it is remembered for its massive size and lofty ceilings, innovative decorations and schemes, and was one of the first in the Midwest with a DJ and light show (this was pre-disco!). Thus The Factory was perfectly positioned to be a smash hit when the age of disco came. It opened with 2,400 square feet of common space, and about doubled over day. Its advertising originally read "If you want to construct it, make it at The Factory". During virtually its entire run, the main room of the bar featured a huge island exclude with service on all four sides. To the right of the boogie floor was a small section (behind the entrance lobby and stairs) with a small beer-bar tap (for exceptional events) and the restrooms. At various stages of decoration, some of the legendary designs of the Factory included: Situated on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, Milwaukee is Wisconsin’s largest municipality, and one of its most diverse. In fact, in 2016, Milwaukee was ranked as one of the top 10 “Under the Gaydar” cities in the country, for its wide variety of gay nightlife options, hospitality, and for holding one of the nation’s largest and longest-running pride events each year. Truly it is a city of midwestern hospitality that celebrates all of its wonderful diversity and the wide variety of people that make it wonderful. A Petite Milwaukee History The area that is now Milwaukee was the residence of many Native American tribes prior to its modern history, which began in 1795 when fur trader Jacques Vieau established a post along a bluff on the east side, overlooking the Milwaukee and Menomonee rivers. That post eventually became the city of Milwaukee, which is a derivative of the Algonquian word Millioke, meaning "Good", "Beautiful" and "Pleasant Land". Today, Milwaukee is a thriving city occupied of many industries and ample opportunity, with plenty to view and do. It’s also well-known for its breweries, its co
LGBTQ Milwaukee: A City with a Warm Midwestern Welcome