The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center incurred a loss of $77,522 in 2010, according to an annual report mailed to its members in September.
The center’s total revenue in 2010 was $841,143, while expenses amounted to $917,808. Revenue came primarily from government and foundation grants, which amounted to 65 percent of the center’s total income. Grant revenue was down about $100,000 from 2009.
Ron Ball. – Photo: Courtesy
Ronald Edward Ball, age 79, died Sept. 25. He was preceded in death by parents Edward and Helen Ball and brother Thomas.
Green Bay Packers' linebacker Clay Matthews. – Photo: AP/Michael Young
For the family of Dan Gordon, a Racine native who died of AIDS-related complications at age 35, AIDS Walk Wisconsin has become an annual milestone event.
Amy Kallas – Photo: Courtesy Ann Lewis
Amy Kallas showed the first symptoms she had a rare form of endometrial cancer shortly after Mother’s Day in May 2008.
Jumping through hoops at Zoom Room.- Photo: Courtesy
How do you keep Fido fit and contented on wintry days when a tossed Frisbee could wind up buried in a snowdrift? The Zoom Room, 1701 N. Humboldt Ave. in Milwaukee, has the answer.
Mrs. and Mrs. Wayd. – Photo: Courtesy
Although same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Wisconsin, many gay couples do celebrate their nuptials the old-fashioned way. Nikki Hartman Wayd and Jenny Wayd, left, held a traditional wedding ceremony on Sept. 23 at the War Memorial Center in Milwaukee to celebrate their registration as domestic partners. Sixty guests attended.
Progressive leaders from state and local government attended Equality Wisconsin’s annual meeting on Sept. 21 to honor the Milwaukee County officials who led efforts earlier this year to extend domestic partner benefits to county workers.
Three new episodes of the British comedy series “Absolutely Fabulous” are on their way to the small screen, according to the show’s producers.
The sitcom, which initially ran from 1992 to 1995 and then again from 2001 to 2003, was a global hit with the gay community. Its main characters – middle-aged BFFs Patsy, a fashion magazine editor, and Edina, a publicist – have provided two decades of camp fodder. Their drugged befuddlement and off-beat adventures were complemented with catty dialogue.
The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center incurred a loss of $77,522 in 2010, according to an annual report mailed to its members in September.
The center, which moved last year to a downtown location at 252 E. Highland Ave., provides several health and social service programs, including an LGBT youth program, an anti-violence program, a breast health program and HIV prevention services.
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Longtime community activist Bea Green died Sept. 24 at West Allis Memorial Hospital. During the last three months, she endured complications from a leg injury she suffered nearly three decades ago. Early in August, while recuperating at Columbia Saint Mary’s Hospital, she suffered a severe stroke.
A Marquette student was dismissed from his leadership roles with a campus student group after informing its staff advisor that he’s gay, despite a university policy that bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Randy Thompson, Shawna Love and Lucinda Holliday performed for an enthusiastic crowd at the “Boys Will Be Girlz Drag Queen Show,” Brady Street Festival’s annual cross-dressing extravaganza on the corner of Cass and Brady. Nearly 50,000 people attended the festival on July 30.
