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Russ Feingold

Sen. Russ Feingold, pictured, “has been a huge advocate for the LGBT community,” says Fair Wisconsin executive director Katie Belanger.

Anti-gay Republican launches campaign against Feingold

A Madison-area real estate developer took his U.S. Senate campaign to the airwaves Feb. 10, launching a TV attack ad that depicts Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold as out-of-touch with Wisconsin voters.

In “Fed Up,” Republican Terrence Walker accuses…

 

Openly gay candidate loses in tight Dane County race

Marc Gofstein narrowly lost a bid to become the first openly gay supervisor to represent Sun Prairie on the Dane County Board of Supervisors.

Gofstein came in third in a three-way non-partisan primary Feb. 16. He placed just 15 votes behind second-place finisher…

 

CDC to present findings on soaring youth HIV rate in Milwaukee

Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will return to Milwaukee March 2 to present findings from their investigation into the soaring  rate of HIV infection among Wisconsin youth.

The presentation begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Milwaukee…

 
Stephen Schreiber

Stephen Schreiber (center) addresses the Feb. 19 rally at Carthage College. – Photo: Kristyn Taggart

Carthage College students protest anti-gay speaker

Students at Carthage College staged a rally Feb. 19 to protest the appearance of a speaker who condemns homosexuality as in conflict with “God’s…

 
Genderqueers with albino python

Photo: Framing Moments Photography

GENDERQUEER
Beyond the labels of male and female, straight and gay

Pen Bruskin never fit snugly into the contours of male and female genders, but has found a place of belonging beyond. Born in a woman’s body and very much a feminist, he also always felt a strong connection with his masculinities.

During his years at UW – Madison, Bruskin identified as a queer and as a dyke. He became involved with Mad Kings, a local drag performance group, as a way to explore different gender identities, he said. Performing gender opened up his sense of possibilities and helped him to articulate and embrace his trans and genderqueer identity.

He’s part of a growing genderqueer movement – driven by a demographic mostly under 30 – that brings to light the issues, needs and social spaces occupied by those who reject or defy the gender-conformative roles, attributes and identities society ascribes for men and women. Many may not identify on a gender binary at all, but rather on a spectrum of gender expression that challenges hetero- and homo-normativity.

The definition of “genderqueer” is as mutable as the identities of those who embrace it, from those who may cross-identify as transgender to those who appreciate the language to be both or neither man nor woman in either physical presentation or psyche.

 
Ellen Degeneres

Ellen Degeneres replaced Paula Abdul, who had judged “Idol” since it debuted in 2002

DeGeneres boosts ratings

Ellen DeGeneres’ debut as a judge on “American Idol” gave the show a big boost in the ratings, drawing an audience of 28 million viewers. That made the Feb. 10 broadcast the most watched…

 
David Petraeus

Gen. David Petraeus says he is not sure that troops in the field care about the sexual orientation of fellow service members.

Military chiefs testify on ‘don’t ask’

Lawmakers planned to press the military’s top uniformed officers for the first time on whether they think repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces makes sense or would be…

 
Gelatin silvr print by Ted Croner

Gelatin silver print by Ted Croner (1947)

Capturing the zeitgeist

After being riveted by photographs of war atrocities, viewers are jolted by the sudden encounter of a much different kind of image: an energetic cotillion scene from the collection of Sir Elton John. This is just one example of how curator Lisa Hostetler achieves dramatic effect in the exhibit “Street Seen,” which looks at American life from 1940-1959 through the lens of photographers utilizing the new-found freedom of the hand-held camera.

Another interesting presentation…

 
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