To my knowledge, there is no place for the old black gay folks to play cards all day or go shoot pool, unless they go to Kruz or The Harbor Room."Īnderson says the now-defunct Club 219, which was located on Second Street in Walker’s Point, was very welcoming to African-American LGBTQ community as was La Cage. "A lack of Sunday barbecues and Saturday night crowds. "There has since been a vacancy in the black gay community," says Anderson. The Ring and Richards location closed in 2001 due to lack of adequate parking, management issues and the patrons were concerned about crime. The final home of Art & Tony's on the corner of Richards and Ring Streets. Tina opened a new bar on 7th Street and North Avenue which became home to primarily African-American lesbians and Art and Tony’s moved to 2nd Street and Keefe Avenue and then Richards and Ring Streets. Sisters later became Art and Tony’s, a black gay bar that drew people from Racine and Chicago as well as locally. Sisters was located in this space on 17th and Fond du Lac. Tina – bless her heart – everyone was welcomed at her bar," says Anderson. "But now, the black gay community in Milwaukee is null and void."Īnderson remembers numerous North Side African-American gay bars, including Sisters on the corner of 17th Street and Fond du Lac Avenue.
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"Milwaukee was once a place where the LGBTQ community had a little ‘sumpin sumpin' – as far as nightlife and the club scene goes – to offer to every group within the spectrum of race, age, gender and sexual orientation," says Anderson. There were no longer any black gay bars or clubs. The Third Ward was booming with bustle and business but something less energizing had changed about the North Side, too. When Michael Anderson moved back to Milwaukee from Atlanta last year, he was blown away by the changes here. For the entire month of March, we're serving up fun articles on bars, clubs and beverages – including guides, the latest trends, bar reviews, the results of our Best of Bars poll and more.
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