Queer Wisconsin — A living history of LGBTQ+ life in Wisconsin

A living history of LGBTQ+ life in Wisconsin

Person

James 'Jamie' Taylor

Milwaukee

Biography

Bartender Media: Photographer, Writer Historian 'Jamie' Taylor was born James Taylor, but is known as Jamie to all his friends in Milwaukee. Jamie first became active in the gay community as a bartender: first at C'est la Vie (approx. 1982), and later at Finale.

Images

Photo: bartender Jamie at Finale bar / Hawaiian shirt party, March 1984 / (In Step vol. 1 no. 3, pg. 26) / Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project
Jamie (center) with some of his fans, / inside the bar Mamaroux, mid-1990s / (photo by Jamie Taylor) / Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project