1. LGBT milWALKee App Tour
AVAILABLE NOW | MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Take a walk through Milwaukee’s LGBT history with this new app. LGBT milWALKee has created a mobile app that tells the history of local LGBTQ+ people, organizations and events through physical sites mapped into virtual walking tours.
2. Turn Up the Pride Event
JUNE 17 FROM 6-8 P.M. | PUSH FITNESS MKE
Dance for a cause with a class with Turn Up MKE Dance Fitness. The classes are made for everyone and incorporate HIIT, strength, and dance. All proceeds will be donated to Courage MKE, a movement to provide housing, resources and services needed for displaced and homeless LGBTQ+ youth in Milwaukee to thrive. If dancing for fitness is not your thing, donations are accepted.
If someone has inspired you through their service, leadership or dedication, the Unity Awards are your opportunity to recognize them!
3. Moonlight Showing
JUNE 18 AT 7 P.M. | ORIENTAL THEATER
This 2017 Academy award-winning film is the story of a young man’s struggle to find himself. A coming-of-age story told in three chapters, he grapples with his own sexuality and the difficulties that come with growing up.
4. Kenosha Pride Fundraiser
JUNE 18 AT 7 P.M. | INMOXICATED
Have fun while you raise funds to support Kenosha Pride 2022 taking place on July 10. The evening will include a raffle, a drag show, and drink specials.
5. Nationwide Pride Bar Crawl
JUNE 18 FROM 4 P.M.-MIDNIGHT | MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Participate with the LGBTQ+ community in a nationwide Pride Bar Crawl. The hosts, Crawl with US, plan bar crawls in major cities across the country on the same night to celebrate Pride Month. Join the crawl from 4 -10.p.m., and stick around for the afterparty. Tickets waive all cover fees include two drinks, swag, and more. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Trevor Project.
6. Butterfly Collective MKE Presents: La Gayla
JUNE 26 AT 7 P.M. | SUGAR MAPLE
Butterfly Collective MKE is hosting its first-ever “Gayla.” There will be special performances, local vendors, each ticket come with a free drink and a raffle ticket. All ticket proceeds will go directly toward fundraising for Black and Brown trans and gender-nonconforming individuals in the city of Milwaukee.
7. A Staycation With the Rainbow Reign Package
THROUGH JUNE 30 | SAINT KATE – THE ARTS HOTEL
Saint Kate’s is offering a Rainbows Reign package to celebrate Pride Month. The package includes plush overnight accommodations, complimentary self-parking, and a rainbow tote filled with a coffee table book on the history of drag and edible art cookies showcasing work by one of the featured artists.
8. Queer Mythologies: Transabstractions Exhibit
THROUGH JULY 17 | THE GALLERY AT SAINT KATE – THE ARTS HOTEL
This exhibit by Nykoli Koslow, a Milwaukee-based artist, pulls from ancient history, mythology, religion, and mysticism to anchor the feelings of being in a Trans* body into a Queer mythic cosmology. Koslow visualizes Queerness through his own lived experience as well as research-based reinterpretations of his own cultural and religious history.
