u/ExplanationWeary4979

The local art and queer art community will be facing a devestating loss at the end of july. Soul purpose, a place where lots of local artists have been selling their art, making a stable income, and been using as a safe space to meet with eachother is being permanently shut down. Over 100 artists are going to be left with no art income, no publicity, and one less safe space.

I am working on making an association of artists that can share resources, safe events with vendor applications and other mutal aid and I am looking for local north east wisconsin businesses, venues, organizations or parks that are LGBTQAI+ friendly (and not unfriendly towards any minorties in general) that are willing to do any of the following:

- Advertise art markets by displaying fliers or posting on social media
- Allow some artist to sell their work (Stickers, pins, jewelry, postcards ect) that fits the theme of the business with at least 50% of the profit going to the artist
- Sponser markets and events
- Allow markets and events to be held on the property

If you are a part of a business or organization that would be interested in working with us or know of one that we may have luck with if we reach out please let me know. Also if you are an artist and wanna know more about us let me know that too :]

The local art and queer art community will be facing a devestating loss at the end of july. Soul purpose, a place where lots of local artists have been selling their art, making a stable income, and been using as a safe space to meet with eachother is being permanently shut down. Over 100 artists are going to be left with no art income, no publicity, and one less safe space.

I am working on making an association of artists that can share resources, safe events with vendor applications and other mutal aid and I am looking for local appleton/green bay area businesses, venues, organizations or parks that are 2SLGBTQAI+ friendly (and not unfriendly towards any minorties in general) that are willing to do any of the following:

- Advertise art markets by displaying fliers or posting on social media
- Allow some artist to sell their work (Stickers, pins, jewelry, postcards ect) that fits the theme of the business with at least 50% of the profit going to the artist
- Sponser markets and events
- Allow markets and events to be held on the property

If you are a part of a business or organization that would be interested in working with us or know of one that we may have luck with if we reach out please let me know. Also if you are an artist and wanna know more about us let me know that too :]

The local art and queer art community will be facing a devestating loss at the end of july. Soul purpose, a place where lots of local artists have been selling their art, making a stable income, and been using as a safe space to meet with eachother is being permanently shut down. Over 100 artists are going to be left with no art income, no publicity, and one less safe space.

I am working on making an association of artists that can share resources, safe events with vendor applications and other mutal aid and I am looking for local green bay area businesses, venues, organizations or parks that are LGBTQAI+ friendly (and not unfriendly towards any minorties in general) that are willing to do any of the following:

- Advertise art markets by displaying fliers or posting on social media
- Allow some artist to sell their work (Stickers, pins, jewelry, postcards ect) that fits the theme of the business with at least 50% of the profit going to the artist
- Sponser markets and events
- Allow markets and events to be held on the property

If you are a part of a business or organization that would be interested in working with us or know of one that we may have luck with if we reach out please let me know. Also if you are an artist and wanna know more about us let me know that too :]

I'm from WI but will be traveling to north/central IL with my friends to see the pokemon exhibit at the field muesum but we are making a little roadtrip out of it. I'm looking for lgbtq+ safe/friendly places or events between chicago and WI that are worth checking out. Our hotel will likely be in the gurnee area also so we are primarily looking for stuff around gurnee but we are totally down to check places out on the way!

Here are the places we are primarily looking for as well as our interests in case you have any suggestions based on them :]

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Places: Queer friendly dance clubs/bars (Preferably not crowded or known for people trying too hard to hook up), Arcades, Malls, pools/waterparks/beaches, weird/nerdy small businesses, japanese gardens and shops, weird empty/liminal places (That are LEGAL to enter, no urban exploring spots we'd rather not get arrested)

Interests: Furry stuff (Not the sexual stuff tho, just the playing around as fursonas and cute characters stuff), Liminal photography/liminal spaces, Videogames, anime, Y2k stuff, scene/emo/alt stuff, frutiger aero/metro stuff, Retro toys and fashion.

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(Also if you know of any cool places within WI feel free to let me know too, we love to check places out around our state!)

I'm from WI but will be traveling to north/central IL with my friends to see the pokemon exhibit at the field muesum but we are making a little roadtrip out of it. I'm looking for lgbtq+ safe/friendly places or events between chicago and WI that are worth checking out. Our hotel will likely be in the gurnee area also so we are primarily looking for stuff around gurnee but we are totally down to check places out on the way!

Here are the places we are primarily looking for as well as our interests in case you have any suggestions based on them :]

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Places: Queer friendly dance clubs/bars (Preferably not crowded or known for people trying too hard to hook up), Arcades, Malls, pools/waterparks/beaches, weird/nerdy small businesses, japanese gardens and shops, weird empty/liminal places (That are LEGAL to enter, no urban exploring spots we'd rather not get arrested)

Interests: Furry stuff (Not the sexual stuff tho, just the playing around as fursonas and cute characters stuff), Liminal photography/liminal spaces, Videogames, anime, Y2k stuff, scene/emo/alt stuff, frutiger aero/metro stuff, Retro toys and fashion.

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(Also if you know of any cool places within WI feel free to let me know too, we love to check places out around our state!)

Anyone know of any events looking for vendors? Im trying to find events that are in the greenbay/appleton/oshkosh area that are queer friendly, not overrun with AI slop or selling MAGA merch, and affordable.

Anyone know of any events looking for vendors? Im trying to find events that are in the greenbay/appleton/oshkosh area that are queer friendly, not overrun with AI slop or selling MAGA merch, and affordable.

Recently the U.S government has stated it will "Find and kill" trans people soon.

I have a boyfriend in ireland and plan to get married to him but would that be enough? How would I go about that and can I see refuge based on this threat?

( Source: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/2026-USCT-Strategy-1.pdf )

The east mason walmart's pharmacy is primarily run by two very transphobic employees who go out of there way to be rude and make you uncomfortable if you are getting HRT, TRT or any other hormone therapy medications. It doesn't matter if you aren't even trans either. Here is both my personal experiences as a trans man and an experience I had with my cis friend.

I want to clarify this isn't an attempt to slander the pharmacy as a whole, and this is not an issue with every single member of staff there. I have not really intteracted with the other staff working there or I at least don't really remember times I did. This is mostly concerning two staff members who are there almost all the time. I wont give any names cause even if they are really biggoted I dont want them to get any harassment or be in any danger, especially since they are older woman and likely someone's mom/grandma. They will be called Lady A and Lady B just so its not too confusing.

My personal experiences:

The first time I had to deal with this I was picking up my medication and lady A gave me a mean look when I gave my name and name of the medication. It was rude but not a big deal. I waited for the other person there to get it and once she checked out my meds she said something along the lines of "Have fun with that." in a catty way. I just left, and decided I'd just wait next time to pick them up when she wasnt working. It was shitty but I wasn't going to make a fuss.

The second time I went lady B was there and since I had no previous experience with her I went up and asked for my meds like I normally would. She asked for the name on the percription and when I gave my name and she looked it up, she scowled, and squinted at me. She quite loudly asked "Testosterone?" (Not like a shout just a rather intentionally loud speaking voice) and I just nodded, looking around and thankfully the other people in line weren't looking at me. After I nodded she looked at the computer, still with this disgusted look on her face and mumbled some things I didn't really heard, then said something along the lines of "Well I don't know about that now..." and walked off. I was confused and worried, and just stoof there for two or so minutes until she came back. She asked if I gave my real name, and I said I did and it was my legal name and on my ID. I offered to show my ID and she glared at me and walked off again. She came back with another lady who seemed to be a manager or her boss in some way. This lady, her boss, was very nice and not weird about anything and apologized for the wait. She got me my meds and while she was checking me out lady B was just glaring at me the whole time.

My experience with my friend:

My other friends told me they got judgement when picking up their meds and I believe them, but I figure I'd only really go into this experience cause I was there and it shows how this behavior is a serious problem for cis people too.

My friend, a cis girl who gets HRT just for her low bone density went to pick up her meds while we were shopping there together. I figured she'd be fine since she was a cis girl, but we sadly live in a time where even cis girls who look "Masculine" or just not distinctly feminine (Flat chest, no curves, short hair, broad shoulders, deeper voice ect) are treated badly because they are suspected to be trans women. My friend has a pretty androgynous face, and when she goes up with me and giver her name and all that, Lady A, gives her the same nasty look she gave me, if not worse. She asks my friend for her ID and she hands it over, and she was squinting and glaring at it for an uncomfortable amount of time. We looked at eachother and my friend was clearly very uneasy.

She eventually stopped inspecting it like crime scene evidence and asked if she had any "Other names". My friend said no, that was her only name and Lady A, not even a second after my friend finished speaking went "Legal name? Birth name?". My friend asserted it was her legal name and asked if there was just no meds under her name, and thats when Lady A huffed and went to get her meds that were indeed there. She checks them out for her, not looking at or or speaking and we quickly just get out of there. She told me how invasive that felt and how she was never picking meds up from there again.

None of us are gonna go there anymore, not even for meds that are not hormone related and I suggest you don't either if you do not wanna deal with this kind of shit.