Be Seen

Walker’s Pint owner Betsy Boenning speaks to Milwaukee having one of only 21 women’s bars left in the country. Milwaukee natives Maryann “Flash” Gorski and Diane “Legs” Gregory recount two generations of Milwaukee’s lesbian and bisexual nightlife scene.

Be Seen is hosted by: Nate Imig ([email protected]) and Michail Takach.

Wisconsin drag legends BJ Daniels and Tempest Heat share firsthand experiences entertaining in the 1980s to the present, particularly how the community came together through drag benefits during the AIDS crisis.

Be Seen is hosted by: Nate Imig ([email protected]) and Michail Takach.

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. Michail explains a pair or trailblazing Wisconsin laws that gave LGBTQ people protections for the first time ever in the country in early 1980s.

Be Seen is hosted by: Nate Imig ([email protected]) and Michail Takach.

Eight years before Stonewall, Milwaukee had its own LGBTQ uprising at the Black Nite bar. Featuring audio from the Archives Department, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Libraries, this episode shares the story of Josie Carter, a gender nonconforming “queen” who defended her home bar when it was targeted by sailors in August 1961.

Be Seen is hosted by: Nate Imig ([email protected]) and Michail Takach.