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Business · Madison Back Door Its opening was advertised in the April 1973 issue of GPU News, which promoted "three levels of entertainment" and named proprietors Rodney and Jack. Over its run the venue served variously as a bar, Event · Eau Claire Chippewa Valley Pride in the Park Chippewa Valley Pride in the Park is the annual Pride festival of the Chippewa Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center. Held at Phoenix Park in downtown Eau Claire, the event draws vendors, performers, and com D Business · Eau Claire Downtown Express Downtown Express at 101 Graham Street in Eau Claire was a combined bar and restaurant that opened in January 1988 after a sale in late 1987. The venue drew LGBTQ patrons until the building owner lost Publication / Media · Eau Claire G-Street A high quality color photo cover, with a smattering of color pages within, the magazine focused on both advertising for, and extensive coverage of, gay and lesbian events, organizations, and businesse Person · Eau Claire John A. Klinger John A. Klinger was well known in the Eau Claire region's LGBT community for his service as a founding member of the Chippewa Valley LGBT Center and as a member of both the Wisconsin HIV/AIDS Preventi Business · Eau Claire Maggie's Maggie's at 505 West Barstow Street in Eau Claire operated as a restaurant by day and gay bar by night from roughly the mid-1980s until December 1988, when competition from Downtown Express contribute P Place · Eau Claire Phoenix Park Phoenix Park is a riverfront public park in downtown Eau Claire and the home of Chippewa Valley Pride in the Park, the annual Pride festival of the Chippewa Valley LGBTQ+ Community Center. Business · Eau Claire Scooters Scooters opened at 411 Galloway Street in Eau Claire on January 3, 1997 under owner Wayne Marek, who also operated venues elsewhere in the state. Early ads sometimes shared space with the Trading Comp Business · Eau Claire Scruples Scruples opened at 411 Galloway Street in Eau Claire in August 1992, continuing LGBTQ nightlife in the same building as the earlier Back Door. Listings in Wisconsin LGBTQ media sometimes lagged addres Business · Eau Claire Trading Company The Trading Company at 304 Eau Claire Street opened in September 1995 from a concept by Vern Knox and grew to three floors of bar space by 1996. It operated alongside other Marek-owned nightlife in th W Business · Eau Claire Wildwood Club Jodi's Wildwood Club at 2112 Esmond Road in Eau Claire was a primarily lesbian bar open briefly around 1990–1991 during an early-1990s wave of Chippewa Valley LGBTQ venues. Business · Eau Claire Wolfe's Den Wolfe's Den (also Wolfie's) at 302 East Madison Street in Eau Claire was a neighborhood bar from the early 1980s or before, known to LGBTQ regulars. Owner John Wolfe died in 2005 and the space was lat