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Lesbian bars predate feminist spaces such as bookstores [1] and coffeehouses, [2] [3] [4] and contemporary LGBT services such as community centers and health care centers. While few lesbian-specific bars exist today, lesbian bars have long been sites of refuge, validation, community, and resistance for women whose sexual orientations are considered "deviant" or non-normative. [5]
"The most famous lesbian bar in all of Tokyo, maybe in one of the most famous in the world" [16] [17] [better source needed] [10] Roxie's: Shanghai China 2014 June 2024 First lesbian bar in Shanghai [18] [10] [19] Virus: Hong Kong China 1997 Hong Kong's first lesbian bar and as of 2020 one of only two remaining from as many as nine in the early ...
The Lesbian Bar Project is a campaign created by Erica Rose and Elina Street to "celebrate, support, and preserve the remaining lesbian bars in the US." The project launched on October 28, 2020 with a PSA video narrated by Lea DeLaria that announced a 30-day fundraising campaign to support what were thought to be the last 15 lesbian bars left in the country, many of which were financially ...
From Brooklyn to Oklahoma City, a dozen new venues owned by queer women have opened their doors since 2020.
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By the 1930s there were at least 35 pansy parlors. These clubs were so busy that some of them, like "Diamond Lil's" had to turn people away. [8] In 1924, the first American gay rights organization, the Society for Human Rights, was established by German immigrant and Chicago resident Henry Gerber. Gerber was inspired by similar institutions ...
Still, despite the importance that these spaces held and still hold for queer people, the number of gay bars has been declining nationwide, especially after being hit hard by the pandemic ...