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From The Publisher
Keeping Pride Alive
It's Pride! Time to dig your rainbow gear out from the closet, throw up some rainbow lights and celebrate your queerness. But as news from America's problem child, Florida, seems to get worse and worse. We should remember that there are those that will not be able to celebrate this year. That those freedoms fought so hard for have been striped or restricted by those who hate. But history has shown that we 'Alphabet People,' have always fought against oppression despite what laws or restrictions they try to place on us.
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On a lighter note we have quite an issue for you this year. For the first time ever we present our "Officially Unofficial Guide to Pride!" (page 12), which also has the complete line-up for Milwaukee's 2023 Pridefest (page 13-14). For this year's pride special we are especially lucky to have Milwaukee's legendary grand dame of drag, Karen Valentine. With all the attention on drag this year, she is sharing her unique perspective with us in our Pride Life Features section (page 6). And speaking of legends our Spotlight On section looks at Zoe Dunning, a Milwaukee native who has been and force of change for LGBTQ rights in the U.S. military (page 10).
As usual we have In The News section, which is spotlighting the return of MPOX with Chicago being a epicenter of the rise of new cases (page 3) and we also look at corporate America's commitment to inclusive marketing in light of the Bud Light/ Dylan Mulvaney fiasco (page 5). We also have our own Michael Johnston's Cordially Yours, Again! section giving you the low down on all that is happening in the arts and entertainment scene in Milwaukee.
So no matter how you celebrte it, I hope everyone has a happy and safe Pride this year.
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Your's Truly, William S. Gooden, Publisher
