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LA Lesbian Bar Ruby Fruit Is Fighting For Its Survival. We Really Need It To Win.

“The thing about having a community hub, a place you return to again and again, is that it makes the city feel smaller. You start to run into the same…

Gabrielle Korn —

Jan 17, 2025

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lesbian bar culture

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All 37 Surviving Lesbian Bars In the U.S.

Building on the work of so many queer archivists, writers, and historians, we have created this list, meant to be an ongoing record, of lesbian bars operating in the U.S.…

Riese —

Mar 13, 2024

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The Lesbian Bar Project Raises Over $100,000 to Protect 15 of Our Last Lesbian Bars

Lesbian bars across the country are closing at an alarming rate. The filmmakers and activists of the Lesbian Bar Project teamed up with Jägermeister to save the fifteen that remain.

Lindsay Lee Wallace —

Dec 23, 2020

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Dykes Rule the Night

Lesbian bars may be dying, but lesbian nightlife is more alive than ever

Clare Hand —

Dec 30, 2019

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Day in the Life: Lisa Cannistraci, Activist and Lesbian Bar Owner

“When I opened the bar in 1991, we had a jukebox. Yeah that’s about it. Back then folks were not so intent on being in fabulous spaces. They just wanted…

Molly —

Jun 23, 2017

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Lesbian Bar Names of the Past, Ranked

RIP sweet girls.

Erin —

Jun 15, 2017

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Lesbian Bars I Definitely Made Up But Probably Exist

“Yearn is honestly a little too much. Yearn is the bar equivalent of Marina’s voice on Jenny’s voicemail that one time when she’s like, “Jenny. I was just… thinking about…

Erin —

Feb 10, 2016

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lesbian history

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Last Call: Stories from New Orleans’ Disappearing Dyke Bar Scene

A new podcast dives deep into New Orleans’ dyke bars of the 1970s and ’80s. Here are a few of the funny, sweet and powerful stories from Last Call.

Rachel Lee —

Mar 24, 2015

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Gay, Interrupted: On Navigating Gaybourhoods As A Queer Brown Woman

Gay districts are safer, more open and more profitable than ever before, but for whom?

Fikri —

Feb 18, 2015

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lesbian nightlife

the scene

State of the Lesbian Bar: Were DC’s Legendary Lesbian Bars Just a Phase?

Phase 1, both the oldest standing lesbian bar in America and the last to remain in the nation’s capital, closed abruptly this month. Meanwhile, venues for gay men are booming.…

Carmen —

Jan 29, 2015

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lesbian history

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The State of the Lesbian Bar: Portland Sees Popups Replace the E Room

A rich LGBT watering hole history, the last lesbian bar’s betrayal, and thoughts on the current landscape of queer women’s parties and spaces — a dramatic tale of Portland, Oregon…

Alley Hector —

Dec 18, 2014

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Let’s Hash It Out: How Do You Feel About Men and Straight People Going To Lesbian Bars?

We’re not sure that there’s a right answer to this question, but we’ve laid out some arguments for and against and now it’s time to dig in.

Riese —

Dec 4, 2014