Madison has been ranked third-best (after San Francisco and Bloomington, Indiana) by LGBT media for quality of life, and the gay community is organized and active there. In fact, Madison is actually the place to go for LGBT information. One great website covering everything (clubs to health to accommodations) everywhere is madisongaypride.com. Milwaukee’s LGBT Community Center (www.mkelgbt.org [1]) can also help.
Links:
[1] http://www.mkelgbt.org