LGB T. Center panics

Just a note for curiosity sake the swine flu scare has not only affected Milwaukee public schools but also our LGB T. Community Center. On May 2 apparently somebody got sick and they all panicked, the police and paramedics were called and the center was closed for the evening just in case it might be the flu. So for all those of you who had some sort of meeting at the community center I guess you would say it was just a false alarm.
In case you don't know or haven't seen the news Cdc has issued a statement concerning the swine flu indicating that the current strain is a mild one similar to the flu strains that we normally see during flu season. They still are however studying the current strain and preparing vaccines for the fall just in case it comes back with a vengeance. Just remember frequently wash your hands and if all possible use a hand sanitizer just to be on the safe side. Try to stay away from anyone who may be coughing or exhibits any type of flu like symptoms. Cover your mouth if you must cough and if you don't have many tissue instead of coughing into your hand you should use the inside of your elbow instead. And of course if you don't have to go out or be in large crowds don't. Instead of going to the movies or to a show rent a flick, pop some popcorn and enjoy.
Y'all keep healthy, you hear?

I'm back Silent no longer

It has been rather silent around here mainly because I have been recuperating from spinal surgery on my neck which you can learn more about about on my blog Garysdish. Well I'm back and I'll be covering whatever is happening here in Milwaukee and elsewhere. Because I know about the cost of print publication, combined with the added expense of putting the same publication on the Internet I decided to devote my time and energies strictly to the Internet. I no longer have to type it out because it is much easier to put things in print thanks to a program called NaturallySpeaking by nuance, a program that transcribes speech into the printed word. This makes it much easier and faster to get news into print and onto the Internet. No more two finger typing, and no more Karpel tunnel to deal with. No more finicky printing presses to try to keep going when the deadline is quickly approaching. No more paper and no more printers ink to get on your hands and no more vicious paper cuts (That's a little inside Joke) if you know what I mean.

And yes I do believe that several publications can coexist together. Just as there is more than one television station in the area and most of them have happily coexisted for years without any problems. It is my personal opinion that it is not good to have only one viewpoint when it comes to the news. The truth be told there is always two different sides to every news story and I feel it is my obligation to provide a different viewpoint. Some might interpret this as competition, but I don't, I consider it good reporting. After all what one person sees may not be the same as what another sees and enabling our readers to see two different viewpoints is good. Anyway that's the way I see it and some may disagree and that's their choice, but that's what makes life interesting.

Sometimes there are news stories that one of us does not catch and I believe it is our obligation to get those stories out to you the public as quickly as possible. I see the Internet as the wave of the future because there are so many different ways to get the news out to people and that's what it's all about. So keep tuned because this isn't the only place you're going to find the news it is my plan to take advantage of all the other resources on the Internet to get the word out.

News flash QLife magazine ceases publication

http://www.myspace.com/queerlifenews

On QLife's MySpace website on the right-hand side you will notice that QLife as of December 1 has ceased publication. This is unfortunate because this is one of our communities LGBTQ monthly publications giving us news in the southeastern Wisconsin area. This is unfortunate because earlier this year our glorious Catalyst Committee wanted to place advertising in the Shepherd Express magazine instead of supporting our gay publications. Fortunately through my intervention this did not happen. I realize that this is a bad time of year that jobs are scarce and businesses especially gay ones are probably having trouble trying to keep afloat. It is at this time that we need to support them as much as possible through our financial purchases especially this time of year the Christmas season.

The only publications that are still published in Wisconsin are Quest and Outbound magazine. Quest covers news in both southern and northern Wisconsin. Outbound Magazine is a glossy bar rag which has several gossip columns concentrating mainly on what is happening in the bars and various entertainment venues. As an adjunct to Quest I have decided to resurrect the Wisconsin Light Online as a source of news as it happens. Anyone who has any type of an event that might be happening should contact me through this blog and I will contact you and we will make arrangements to post articles here on this blog.

Give the people the light and they will find their own way

Welcome to the new Wisconsin Light your new online newspaper

I'm sure many of you know that Queer Life Magazine has ceased publication and now there is only one print publication namely the Quest Magazine published out of the Green Bay area and covers the southeastern and northern Wisconsin area. It is my hope to cover local events within the gay and lesbian community here in Milwaukee and surrounding suburbs. I will be looking for people who can contribute to this blog. I'm also looking for people who can take pictures of events that will be happening around our area so that we can include them here. So if anyone is interested please contact me and perhaps we can set something up. Anyone deciding to write articles will be required to use Microsoft Word or OpenOffice (which by the way is free). These articles will be sent to me for editing if necessary. Please leave your contact information in the comment section below these blogs and an e-mail address or telephone number so that I can contact you.

This blog is being dedicated to Jerry Johnson and Terry Boughner the original publishers of the Wisconsin light newspaper. As you may or may not be aware the print publication is very very difficult to do and the costs for print publication can be extremely high and without adequate money coming in longevity of a print newspaper can be rather short. It is my belief that entering the area of cyberspace is the way to go to publish news articles on a timely basis. Many of us don't even get the newspaper because we watch the news on TV where coverage is almost instantaneous. After all why read day-old news when you get it right here and now. And that my dear friends is a motivation for starting the Wisconsin Light Online. Because when I get the news it will be published right away and you get to read it here as it is unfolding, as with all of my other blogs I do not claim to be unbiased but I will try my best to be as accurate as possible keeping my own biases and check. And for those of you who love to get my very biased opinions you can check my blog. Garysdish here on blogspot.

As a side note I was paid a complement by a close friend who mentioned that people read my blogs because I'm just as crazy as Ozzy Osbourne and not afraid to say who I think. I guess you might ask, do I like to rock the boat and my answer to that is yes indeed. It forces people to think about things they don't want to think about and it gets them to do things that they probably wouldn't do otherwise. That is the whole point, don't you agree? I guess you can take that for whatever it's worth. I don't promise anything on Gary's dish because that's the way I am, however here I will try to be as unbiased as possible. Stay tuned, there's more to come. Y'all have a nice day now.