“This Is It” is the longt ntually operatg gay bar the Midwt. Founr June Brehm wanted a clean, welg, and affordable place where she and her queer iends uld feel at home.
Contents:
- TRIXIE MATTEL WANTS TO MAKE MILWKEE’S OLST GAY BAR A “NATNAL LANDMARK”
- 'THIS IS IT' IS MILWKEE’S OLST GAY BAR
- THIS IS IT, OUR OLST GAY BAR
- A MEMOIR ABOUT QUEER INTY, TOLD ONE GAY BAR AT A TIME
TRIXIE MATTEL WANTS TO MAKE MILWKEE’S OLST GAY BAR A “NATNAL LANDMARK”
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Read more om the Queer Spac Project Trixie Mattel beme a global drag superstar, she was a 21-year-old llege stunt named Brian Firk stg This Is It!, the longt nng gay bar her hometown of Milwkee, askg for her very first alholic beverage. “Fdg my tribe, fdg other gay men and women of all ag and ethnici, really mak you jt feel like, ‘Wow, I n be myself anywhere. Throughout all, she would always e back to make appearanc at Ts, the home away om home that was tegral to her a part-time rint of Los Angel who also owns property Milwkee, Trixie said wnsg six Hollywood gay bars shut down and other huge venu lnch GoFundM to stay bs has remd her of her “duty” to give back to queer nightlife.
“Not to be sentimental, but the gay muny has afford me a wonrful life, an amazg reer gog on a and a half, ” she said.
“Sometim you wanna go where everybody knows you’re gay, ” Trixie add, puttg a twist on the Cheers theme. “I'm still a bs person, ” she explaed, “and I still believe that this bs is the Cher of gay bars. Opened 1968, “This Is It” has the honor of beg the longt ntually operatg gay bar the Midwt.
'THIS IS IT' IS MILWKEE’S OLST GAY BAR
Happy Pri Month! Milwkee's LGBTQ bar scene is gog strong - primarily on and around Send Street - and ntu to offer fun, safe spac for everyone, gay or straight. * this is it gay bar *
MILWAUKEE — Opened 1968, “This Is It” has the honor of beg the longt ntually operatg gay bar the Midwt. At one time, Milwkee had many gay bars, far fewer now, but “This Is It” has managed to thrive. “Historilly, we were known as a gay bar, but I like to ll a queer space.
There’s a good reason why Walker’s Pot is fondly referred to as "The Gayborhood" – the near South Si neighborhood has been home to many gay people, fai, bars and rtrants for s.
Today, the LGBTQ bar scene is still gog strong – primarily on and around Send Street – and ntu to offer fun, safe spac for everyone, gay or straight. Here are 10 Milwkee gay bars to check out durg Pri Month or whenever:.
THIS IS IT, OUR OLST GAY BAR
In his new memoir, “Gay Bar,” Jeremy Atherton L documents his personal history and the history of queer inty by explorg gay bars around the world. * this is it gay bar *
This Is It opened 1968, makg one of the top 10 longt-nng gay bars the untry, and possibly one of the top five. Referred to by the owner as "The gay 'Cheers' of Milwkee, " Woody's has stood proudly on the south-end of the Gayborhood for 22 years. Loted Riverwt, Art Bar is gay-owned and gay-and-straight iendly, but also serv as a hub for Milwkee's art scene, pool scene and as a neighborhood gatherg place.
A MEMOIR ABOUT QUEER INTY, TOLD ONE GAY BAR AT A TIME
Today the 50-person pacy lounge claims to be the olst ntuoly operatg gay bar the state, and is one of the dwdlg number of such tablishments the cy of Milwkee. When This Is It first opened, the gay bar scene was largely unrground. Insi, the narrow tavern offered solace, fort and pannship, and such is the se today, when the stigma of gayns is unknown to a new generatn of tavern-goers.