Be Seen
Radio Milwaukee has partnered with the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project on this podcast series documenting the state’s LGBTQ history. Hosted by Radio Milwaukee's Nate Imig and Michail Takach, curator for the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project, the podcast explores significant queer milestones, events or people in Wisconsin's LGBTQ history.
Latest Episodes
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Hosts Nate Imig and Michail Takach address the often repeated rumor that the Mafia was involved in financing Wisconsin's earliest gay bars. -
We hear from Sue Dietz, the original co-founder of AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, and Mark Behar, the co-founder of Milwaukee’s first LGBTQ clinic, BESTD.
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This is It co-owner George Schneider talks about creating an intentionally inclusive community at Wisconsin's longest running LGBTQ bar.
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Walker’s Pint owner Betsy Boenning speaks to Milwaukee having one of only 21 women’s bars left in the country.
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Wisconsin drag legends BJ Daniels and Tempest Heat share firsthand experiences entertaining in the 1980s to the present.
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Bob Schmidt, owner of the M&M Club, speaks about opening the now-closed bar when it was illegal to be gay and being among the few establishments to have open windows.
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The story of Josie Carter, a gender nonconforming “queen” who defended the Black Nite bar when it was targeted by sailors in August 1961.