History of Gay and Lesbian Life in Wisconsin
Media - Print Media; Newspapers, Magazines, BarRags, etc. - Timeline

 
Year   Publication
(link goes to main page of this publication)		   Early Issue
 (link loads cover image or sample pages of issue shown)
Oct. 1971
    - Jan. 1981		 GPU News
Volume 1- Number 4, October 1971
May 1972
    - Feb/Mar. 1984		 Amazon
Volume 7- Number 4, Fall-Winter 1978-79; cover image only
Nov. 1975
    - 1976?		 G Milwaukee
Volume 1- Number 1, November 1975; 3.6MB PDF file
Aug. 1976
    - 1977?		 GLIB
Volume 1- Number 1, August 1976; 1.0MB PDF file
Summer 1977
    - 1977?		 Milwaukee Gay Guide
Volume 1- Number 1, Summer 1977; .8MB PDF file
Feb. 1978
    - May 1981		 Milwaukee Calendar
(later renamed Gay Milwaukee, then Escape)
Volume 1- Number 3, March 1978 Volume 1- Number 3, March 1978
1981
    - 		Midwest Times
Volume 1- Number 3, March 1978
1981
    - Dec. 1996		 Leaping La Crosse News
Volume 7- Number 12, December 1987; 1.6MB PDF file
Sept. 1981
    - Oct. 1981		 Our Horizons
Volume 1- Number 3, early October 1981
Jan. 1982
    - May 1983		 Wisconsin's Escape
(started in 1978 as Milw. Calendar, then Gay Milwaukee, before becoming Escape in 1982)
January 29, 1982: Vol. 5 no. 2
Nov. 1982
    - Aug. 1987		 Out!
Volume 1- Number 6, April 1983; front page image only
May 1983
    - Sept. 1983		 Ragg
Issue dated 9-2-1983; extract pages
Feb. 1984
    - Nov. 2003		 Wisconsin In Step
Volume 1- Issue 1; March-April, 1984 issue
Feb. 1986
    - Sept. 1988		 Among Friends
Issue 3 No. 1-- February 1988 issue; 1.9MB PDF file
Oct. 1987
    - Aug. 1993		 Feminist Voices
Issue 1, October 1987; cover image only
Jan. 1987
    - Sept. 1988		 New Beginnings
Volume 2- Number 3, March 1988; .5MB PDF file
Nov. 1987
    - Mar. 2002		 Wisconsin Light
Volume 1- Number 1, November 1987; cover image only
mid 1993
    - late 1993		 Green Apple
Sept-Oct 1993, issue 3
Spring 1993
    - Mar. 1994?		 Steam
Volume 1- Number 1, Spring 1993; .5MB PDF file
Nov. 1993
    - March 1994		 Uptown Downtown
Issue No. 1- November 12, 1993; 1.5MB PDF file
Jan. 1994
    - 2019		 Quest
Volume 1- Number 1, January 1994; 2.8MB PDF file
Oct. 1995
    - Aug. 1998		 Q•Voice

(Merged into "Wisconsin In Step" in Aug. 1998 as "Q", the entertainment section)

First Issue, October 1995
July 2000
    - late 2001		 G Street
Issue 7, January 2001
Aug. 2002
    - Dec. 2011		 OutBound Wisconsin
Volume 3- Number 10, October 2004
Apr. 2003
    - June 2006		 Edge
Volume 1- Number 10, January 2004
Dec. 2004
    - Dec. 2008		 Queer Life News
Volume 1- Number 1, December 15, 2004
Dec. 2004
    - Nov. 2005		 OutBound News
Premier Issue, December 2004
Oct. 2007
    - (present date)		 Our Lives
Premier Issue, October 2007
Nov. 2009
    - Sept. 2018		 Wisconsin Gazette
Premier Issue, November 2009

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