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F Place · Racine Festival Park Festival Park on Racine's lakefront hosts Racine Pride in the Park, an annual full-day Pride festival organized by Racine Pride Corporation. Business · Racine Gus's Bar Gus's Bar advertised briefly in the GPU News from mid-1973 into early 1974, repeating the same ad for all but two issues. But after this brief time, no further mention of the bar can be found in Wisco Business · Racine Jo'Dee's International JoDees was a fixture in Wisconsin's gay/lesbian bar scene for nearly as long as any other LGBT bar, starting at least in 1970. It was a Racine and southeastern Wisconsin tradition as well, continuing Business · Racine Lydia's Bar Very little is known about Lydia's Bar. The first known advertisement, appearing in August 1972 issue of GPU News, says that "Lydia's Bar, formerly in Kenosha, has reopened in Racine". That seems to m Business · Racine Our Place Early in October 1998 the partners split up, and Darren reopened the bar a month later as the single owner. Darren also announced plans to open another bar, "Miss P's", down the street, but we have no Business · Racine Puss 'n' Boots Puss 'n' Boots is largely a mystery. The single reference we have to it are two advertisements and a listing for it in the single issue of a short-lived magazine called 'Milwaukee Gay Guide' issued in Event · Racine Racine Pride in the Park Racine Pride in the Park is an annual festival organized by Racine Pride Corporation, formed after the 2025 closure of the LGBT Center of Southeast Wisconsin. The full-day event at Festival Park bring Business · Racine Stealers They first appeared in media in the April 23, 1982 issue of 'Escape' magazine with the ad "Racine's Newest, Hottest Disco". In the next (May 7, 1982) issue of Escape, the bar listed opening times and T Organization · Racine The People's Center The People's Center formed in 2025 to continue essential LGBTQ+ programming in Racine and Kenosha after the closure of the LGBT Center of Southeast Wisconsin. It focuses on youth services, equity for Person · Racine Thomas Pawzun Thomas Charles Pawzun (widely known as 'Thom') of Racine WI was an artist and worked to create displays for various retail businesses. He did five artwork pieces for covers of 'In Step' magazine (two Person · Racine Tim Bowen Sign language interpreter Tim Bowen Tim attended UW-Parkside as a computer science major, and then attended UW-Milwaukee's Sign Language Interpreting program. Tim also volunteered as a helpline operat W Business · Racine What About Me? What About Me? was a lesbian bar in the near downtown area of Racine for some 14 years. It closed early in 2006.