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Businesses in the History of the LGBT Community in Wisconsin
Bars and Clubs throughout Wisconsin (other than Milwaukee), with ability to filter by date range, business type, etc.
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| 1101 West | =Appleton, 1101 W. Wisconsin Ave. | 1980 | 1988 | ||
| 602 Club | =Madison, 602 University Ave. | 1951 | 1994 | ||
| AJ's on Broadway | =Green Bay, 311 S. Broadway | 2003 | 2005 | ||
| After Dim Lounge | =Oshkosh, 2839 Harrison | 1980 | 1981 | 1 | |
| Allegre | =Madison, 150 S. Blair | 1995 | 1998 | 4 | renamed Manoeuvres |
| Aphrodesia Lounge, Retlaw Hotel | =Fond du Lac, Main & Division | 1973 | 1976 | ||
| Astor Hotel Bar | =Green Bay, 21 N. Adams | 1963 | 1969 | ||
| Back Door | =E View the bar's Facebook page. View the bar's HubBiz page. "Deb's Spare Time Bar & Grill" bar at 1303 Harrison Lane in Oshkosh first appeared in the Bar Guide of Quest magazine vol. 16-issue 19 in November 2009. However, the site 'HubBiz' lists the business as starting in 2000 and a 2007 photo shows the 'Spare Time' name, but it was presumably not openly LGBTQ prior to 2009. Although as of this writing the bar has been openly LGBTQ for at least 14 years, minuscule is known about it as they did no advertising in Wisconsin LGBTQ periodicals, and there are few other print references to it. However the bar has an active Facebook presence which presumably has been its central method of exchange with people in the area and its customer establish. The few mentions we have establish thus far are shown to the right and below. It is known that owner Deb also invested in another bar named 'ReMixx' outside Neenah in 2014 (see photos). Deb's Spare Time Lock & Grill is still open and active on Facebook as of June 2023. (It is described there as "Our friendly neighborhood bar welcomes everyone! Voted best breakfast in Oshkosh on the weekends"). The bar is also on 'HubBiz' where it is described 'Born out of bars': Clubs and bars vital to northeastern Wisconsin LGBTQ community for almost 50 years nowGREEN BAY - Stacy DeSotel and Butch Pendergast decided to mark Aaron Rodgers Date, Dec. 12, 2012, by buying a piece of Green Bay, and Wisconsin, history. On that day, almost eight years ago, the married couple bought Napalese Lounge and Grille on Cedar Street, Wisconsin's second-oldest LGBTQ bar. Pendergast wasn't sure about buying a bar at the time but is now content DeSotel convinced him. "Despite my reservations at the time, I wouldn't change it for anything now," Pendergast said. "Nap's has been a staple in the group for 38 years. I cherish it." Places like Napalese Lounge and Grille and its predecessors, both locally and nationally, were instrumental in helping the LGBTQ community find its voice in its 50-plus year fight for equal rights. The Stonewall riots in New York Metropolis energized the gay rights movement in 1969, and as LGBTQ people searched for shared experiences and safe spaces, they found them at bars and clubs that openly welcomed them. Starting in the 1970s, a handful of bars and clubs in Green Bay, Appleton, Sheboygan and Oshkosh openly welcomed LGBT Map your best Oshkosh, Wisconsin gay and lesbian bedtime out. Up to meet information guide and directory - entertainment, nightclubs, taverns, video, sports bars, disco, nightlife, lounges, clubs, cruise bars, festivals, cocktails, GLBT community celebrations, drag, pubs, karaoke, dance bars, tea-dance, nightspots, bars, parades, party bars, and LGBT self-acceptance events. Oshkosh, Wisconsin vacation? Unattached, dating, married? Whether you call yourself alternative, butch, questioning, lesbian, woman, performative king, drag queen, female, curious, man, gay, gal, daddy, fem, girl, transsexual, boi, gurl, male, non-binary, bear, boy, guy, lgbtq+, leather, cross dresser, fluid, or simply human - where to find a fun place to connect or scene to free your life. Travel from south, downtown, north, west, metropolis, central, east, uptown, territory, or midtown - driving directions from your talk to to the location of the new Oshkosh, Wisconsin gay watering hole. Depending on your device, get turn by change driving directions from Google, Apple, Waze. |