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Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar |
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Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar |
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Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar was formed in July 2007, with its first takeover on August 3, 2007. This movement has taken the city by storm, and generated a surprising amount of media interest in the entire community. Even typically "straight" media have written positive articles about this movement. Here is a sampling of some of the media coverage MGGB has received, with links to the original articles. |
Excerpt from the article, "The Scene is Massive": "I make my way through the ravenous mob of homosexuals invading Steny’s Tavern, all of us trying to make some sort of sense of the monthly Milwaukee Guerilla Gay Bar... Like the raves of yesteryear, part of MGGB’s appeal is the element of surprise – the group’s organizers reveal the location of each month’s infiltration less than 24 hours beforehand... I’m accompanied on this night of gay revelry by the lovely Amy Elliott. Doing our worst to fit in, we spend most of the evening talking about the least gay things imaginable (marriage, babies, movies not starring Kevin Spacey). Further proof of our naiveté lies in our unspoken expectations of unbridled flamboyance: flocks of hot pink boas, crotchless leather chaps, Bette Midler karaoke. Instead, we find ourselves surrounded by a fairly normal cross-section of the gay/lesbian/bi/trans-fat scene. In fact, if not for the three drag queens holding court near the bathrooms and one fellow’s insistence that Amy and I are actually a gay brother/sister duo, the scene could easily pass for any normal weekend bar crowd, albeit one with slightly more hair gel and collared shirts." View the full article |
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The article "Viva la Revolution" first talks about the general history of gay bars (a fairly good summary too!), and then says: "And we now have Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar." The article then interviews various bar owners, bartenders, patrons and MGGB revolutionaries members at one of the takeovers. View the full article: part 1 part 2 part 3 |
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Excerpt from the article "Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar makes its move" in the Bars & Clubs section: "The Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar is not a new local LGBT bar. That would be way too obvious. In fact, it's not a bar at all; it's more like a movement. Inspired by similar groups in Los Angeles and San Francisco, MGGB is a collective of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Milwaukeeans -- and their friends and supporters -- who stage friendly takeovers of traditionally straight bars throughout the city. "Our goal is to shatter the status quo," says MGGB's Citizen X." View the full article |
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Excerpt from the article in the A.V. Milwaukee Club section, under Agenda: "'08 is the year you finally start hanging out with people with different sexual orientations. Milwaukee Guerrilla Gay Bar is fighting the good fight of mixing us up at local taverns, encouraging hundreds of gays and lesbians to "invade" a straight bar once a month and make it a little less heterosexual... MGGB's Citizen X talked (to A.V. Club) about the difference between gay bars and straight bars. (Gay bars are a lot more fun.)" View the full article |
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We were inspired by other Guerrilla Gay Bar(GGB) (or Guerrilla Queer Bar (GQB)) movements around the country. Here are links to articles written about GGBs in DC and San Francisco.