Person

Michael Lisowski

Milwaukee

Biography

Community Activist Cable program Producer and Host Michael Lisowski is an best known for producing and hosting "The Queer Program", a cable access program in Milwaukee which held live news, interview and call-in programs for the LGBTQ community for 25 years, from 1992 to 2017. He is believed to be the longest serving producer of a cable series with MATA (Milwaukee Access Telecommunications Authority).

Images

Photo with Queer Program co-host Dan Fons, 1995 / (courtesy Dan Fons) Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project

Lisowski in a library / (Wis. Light vol. 9-20, Sept. 1996) / Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project

Facts

Born: March 30, 1950
Associated City: Milwaukee
Roles: Activist

Sources

Research adapted from the Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project. Archive page links below point to archive.wislgbthistory.com; for current news and community events, visit wislgbthistory.com.

Wisconsin LGBTQ History Project — Michael Lisowski (retrieved 2026-06-01)

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