This Is It!, one of the country's oldest LGBTQ+ bars and a Milwaukee institution, closed its doors permanently Sunday. The Covid-19 pandemic and an eight-month closure of East Wells Street last ...

The gay bar, one of the oldest in the country, shut its doors for good on March 9, leaving a hole in Milwaukee's LGBTQ+ community.

Milwaukee's oldest gay bar, This Is It!, will not receive historic landmark status after its closure earlier this year. The bar's nomination for the designation was withdrawn at the request of the ...

Wisconsin’s oldest continually operating gay bar wasn’t always easy to spot. When June Brehm opened This Is It! at 418 E. Wells St. in 1968, Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ scene operated under the radar ...

MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar, and one of the oldest in the country, is permanently closed. What we know: This Is It! announced its permanent closure on social media on Sunday, March 9.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Wisconsin's oldest continually operating gay bar has closed. This Is It! was founded in 1968 in downtown Milwaukee. It has since been a popular gathering space for the city ...

At 55 years old and counting, Milwaukee’s This Is It! is the oldest queer bar in Wisconsin. Affectionately referred to as “Tits,” it’s like the bar from Cheers for the working-class LGBTQ ...

Milwaukee bars, event spaces to host This Is It! drag queen shows, fundraisers after bar closure. Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Thu, March 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM UTC.

Milwaukee LBGTQ bars ban customers from wearing Jeffrey Dahmer costumes By . Matthew Sedacca. Published Oct. 29, 2022, 1:54 p.m. ET. There’s one creepy character who isn’t welcome at this ...