June 6, 2018 In This Issue:  Open Door Pride Week Proclamation Events Leading Up to the Festival Food and Fun on the Day OPEN DOOR PRIDE FESTIVAL is June 23rd in Martin Park Open Door Pride Week Proclamation We are thrilled to have the City of Sturgeon Bay recognize the LGBTQ+ community by proclaiming June 18th through 24th… Continue reading Open Door Pride Newsletter: June 6, 2018

Help us fund our Open Door Pride events. June is nationally known as Pride mont., As we prepare for our 2nd annual Open Door Pride Festival and our 1st Open Door Pride Week, please consider making a donation to help fund these community events. It’s as easy as clicking a button and going to PayPal.… Continue reading Help Us Fund Our Open Door Pride Events

As you may recall, at last year’s Open Door Pride Festival, we gave away a cigar box guitar, made and donated by Bruce Lee Rose. This year, Bruce has created another masterpiece for our Open Door Prize: This stunning rainbow cigar box guitar!!! Your donations will not only support Open Door Pride but give you a… Continue reading Open Door Prize 2018

June 19th – Special film event (Film TBA). Margaret Lockwood Gallery, corner of 2nd Avenue and Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay June 20th – What’s My Pride photos and t-shirt screening, Maker’s Space, 26 N. 3rd Avenue, Sturgeon Bay June 23rd – OPEN DOOR PRIDE FESTIVAL, 11 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Martin Park, Sturgeon Bay

“My base level expectation of human existence is that we all deserve inclusion,” says Josh Puetz as he and his partner, Sean Grorich, share how welcomed they have felt since moving here with their daughter, Evelyn, in May of 2017.    Sean and Josh have been together 21 years, having met at the University of Wisconsin… Continue reading Family Finds New Opportunities in Door County

LGBTQ Nation reports that Tammy Baldwin, having made history in 2012 when elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012 as the first out lesbian, is facing a fight as the Republican party singles her out as one of its main targets.   The GOP makes no bones for wanting to make an example of Baldwin and… Continue reading Tammy Baldwin Up for a Good Fight

Milwaukee natives Lex Allen and Taj Raiden, known for their alternative R&B sound and artistry celebrating diversity will headline at this year’s Open Door Pride Festival.  Allen and Raiden will share the stage with Gender Confetti, a punk trans band hailing from Madison.  Also joining the Festival fun is HellMuff from  Madison and the well-traveled Queer Pressure… Continue reading Amazing Entertainment at This Year’s Festival