:Lesbian bar

{{Short description|Drinking establishment catering to lesbians}}

A lesbian bar (sometimes called a "women's bar") is a drinking establishment that caters exclusively or predominantly to lesbian women. While often conflated, the lesbian bar has a history distinct from that of the gay bar.

Significance

Lesbian bars predate feminist spaces such as bookstores{{cite web|title=Feminist Bookstores |url=https://oloc.org/feminist-bookstores/ |website=Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) |date=2017 |access-date=24 September 2021}} and coffeehouses,{{cite book|editor1-last=Richardson |editor1-first=Diane |editor2-last=Seidman |editor2-first=Steven |title=Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies |date=2002 |edition=1st |page=107 |publisher=SAGE Publications |location=London, England |lccn=2002727096 |isbn=0-76196511-4}}{{cite web|title=Women's Coffeehouse |url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/womens-coffeehouse/ |website=NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project |publisher=Fund for the City of New York |date=2017 |access-date=24 September 2021}}{{cite magazine|last1=Mitchell |first1=Schuyler |title=How Did L.A. Become a City Without Lesbian Bars? |url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/lesbian-bars-los-angeles/ |magazine=Los Angeles |date=June 30, 2020 |access-date=24 September 2021}} 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.{{Cite book|editor-last1=Ingram|editor-first1=Gordon Brent|editor-last2=Bouthillette|editor-first2=Anne-Marie|editor-last3=Retter |editor-first3=Yolanda|title=Queers in Space: Communities, Public Places, Sites of Resistance|year=1997|publisher=Bay Press|location=Seattle, WA|chapter=Invisible Women in Invisible Spaces: The Production of Social Space in Lesbian Bars by Maxine Wolfe|pages=301–323|isbn=978-0941920445}} They have been spaces for intergenerational community building, where women had the opportunity to come out without being "outed", which can result in the loss of jobs, family, and social status.{{Cite web|last1=Samson|first1=JD|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/the-last-lesbian-bars-apvideo-178|title=The Last Lesbian Bars|website=Vice|date=27 August 2015|accessdate=21 March 2017|archive-date=25 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225075124/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/the-last-lesbian-bars-apvideo-178|url-status=dead}} They could, however, also be sites of intense isolation.

History

While women in the United States have historically been barred from public spaces promoting alcohol consumption, women's saloon presence rose in the 1920s. Prohibition's speakeasies allowed women to drink publicly more freely.{{Cite web|last1=Burns|first1=Ken|last2=Novick|first2=Lynn|url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/popup/S4613/|title=Women at a speakeasy bar (Culver Pictures)|website=PBS|date=2011|accessdate=23 March 2017|archive-date=24 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324084440/http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/popup/S4613/|url-status=dead}}

Meanwhile, in Weimar Germany, lesbian bars and night clubs were numerous, especially in Berlin. Entrepreneur Elsa Conrad ran several venues which catered to a lesbian intellectual elite. Her bar Mali und Igel hosted guests such as Marlene Dietrich.{{cite book |editor1-last=Kraß |editor1-first=Andreas |editor2-last=Sluhovsky |editor2-first=Moshe |editor3-last=Yonay |editor3-first=Yuval |title=Queer Jewish Lives Between Central Europe and Mandatory Palestine: Biographies and Geographies |date=2021 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rMpSEAAAQBAJ&dq=elsa+conrad&pg=PA81 |publisher=transcript Verlag |location=Bielefeld, Germany |isbn=978-3839453322}}{{cite book|editor1-last=Eschebach |editor1-first=Insa |title=Homophobie und Devianz. Weibliche und männliche Homosexualität im Nationalsozialismus |date=2012 |pages=97–111 |chapter=Elsa Conrad – Margarete Rosenberg – Mary Pünjer – Henny Schermann: Vier Porträts, by Claudia Schoppmann |url=https://sexualityandholocaust.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/claudia-pc3bcnjer.pdf |publisher=Metropol Verlag |location=Berlin, Germany |language=German |isbn=978-3863310660}} Lotte Hahm was another lesbian activist of that era who created the popular bar Violetta and other events.{{cite web|last1=Boxhammer |first1=Ingeborg |last2=Leidinger |first2=Christiane |title=Lotte (Charlotte) Hahm (1890-1967) |url=https://lesbengeschichte.org/Englisch/bio_hahm_e.html |website=Lesbengeschichte |date=July 2021 |access-date=May 29, 2023}} In Paris during the 1920s, photographer Brassai brought attention to the underground lesbian bar scene with his photographs of customers at Le Monocle.{{cite web|last1=Ross |first1=Stew |title=A Pre-War Lesbian Nightclub |url=https://stewross.com/violette-morris/ |website=Stew Ross Discovers |date=June 24, 2017 |access-date=May 26, 2023}}{{cite web |title=Fat Claude and her Girlfriend at Le Monocle |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/283310 |website=Metropolitan Museum of Art |date= |access-date=May 26, 2023}} Parisian bars and brasseries for lesbians were numerous in Montmartre as far back as the late 1800s and early 1900s; among them were Le Rat Mort, La Souris and the Hanneton.{{cite journal |last1=Albert |first1=Nicole G. |title=De la topographie Invisible a la espace publique et littéraire: les lieux de plaisir lesbien dans le Paris de la Belle Epoque |journal=Revue d'Historie Moderne et Contemporaine |date=2006 |volume=53-4 |issue=4 |pages=87–205 |doi=10.3917/rhmc.534.0087 |doi-access=free }}{{cite news |last1=Caulcutt |first1=Clea |title=Lifting the veil on Paris's lesbian cafe society |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/visiting-france/20110113-lifting-veil-pariss-lesbian-cafe-society |access-date=June 1, 2023 |publisher=rfi |date=January 13, 2011}}

San Francisco's Mona's 440 Club, opened in 1936, is widely cited as the first lesbian bar in the United States.{{Cite web|title=Mona's 440 Club|url=http://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2011/03/monas-440-club.html|website=Lost Womyn's Space|date=March 21, 2011|accessdate=27 April 2017}} In the 1950s, bars began to emerge for working-class lesbians, white and black.{{Cite book|last=Miller|first=Neil|title=Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present|year=2006|publisher=Alyson Books|location=New York, New York|pages=1–100|isbn=1-55583-870-7}} Very characteristic of these (often referred to as "Old Gay"{{Cite book|last=Boyd|first=Nan Alamilla|title=Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965|year=2003|publisher=University of California Press|location=California|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wideopentownhist00boyd/page/68 68–158]|isbn=0-520-20415-8|url=https://archive.org/details/wideopentownhist00boyd/page/68}}) bars was binary heterosexist models of coupling and an enforcement of a (white) butch/femme or (black) stud/femme binary.{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Bonnie J.|title=The Disappearing L: Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture|date=2016|publisher=SUNY Press|location=Albany, NY|pages=189–190|isbn=978-1438461779|quote="Because the bar's clientele seemed to reproduce a heterosexist model of coupling, disinterested in analyzing their own oppression and just out for a good time, the Gateways was subject to a political 'Zap' action in 1970-70."}} Because of a lack of economic capital and segregation, house parties were popular among black lesbians.{{cite book|last1=Kennedy|first1=Elizabeth Lapovsky|last2=Davis|first2=Madeline D.|title=Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community|date=1993|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bootsofleathersl00kenn_0/page/113 113–123]|isbn=0-415-90293-2|url=https://archive.org/details/bootsofleathersl00kenn_0/page/113}} Lesbians who changed roles were looked down upon and sometimes referred to as "KiKi" or "AC/DC".{{Cite book|last=Wolf|first=Deborah Goleman|title=The Lesbian Community|year=1979|publisher=University of California Press|location=California|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lesbiancommunity00wolf/page/7 7–44]|isbn=0-520-03657-3|url=https://archive.org/details/lesbiancommunity00wolf/page/7}} Out of this early organizing of lesbians came the homophile movement and the Daughters of Bilitis.

Lesbian and gay identification and bar culture expanded exponentially with the migration and passing through of people in big cities during and after World War II.{{Cite web|last=Newton|first=Esther|url=http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/lesbians-20th-century/1950s|title=Lesbians in the Twentieth Century, 1900-1999|website=OutHistory|date=2008|accessdate=26 April 2017}}{{Cite book|last=Shaw|first=Randy|title=The Tenderloin: Sex, Crime, and Resistance in the Heart of San Francisco|year=2015|publisher=Urban Reality Press|location=San Francisco, CA|pages=1–100|isbn=9780692327234}}

In the 1960s, with the rise of the gay liberation movement and an increasing identification with the term and identity "lesbian", women's bars increased in popularity. The 1970s saw the rise of lesbian feminism, and bars became important community activist spaces. Some lesbian bars in the U.S. also supported women's softball teams.{{cite book|last1=Myers |first1=JoAnne |title=Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements |date=2013 |page=74 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn= 978-0810872264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Rz9AAAAQBAJ&q=lesbian+bars+softball&pg=PA74}}

Policing and backlash

Homosexual acts were illegal in the United States until gradual decriminalization from 1962 to 2003, and police raids were a risk at places where lesbianism was considered criminal indecency.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} Undercover and off-duty police officers have terrorized lesbian bars since their inception. Lesbians could be harassed and detained by the police for publicly gathering in a place where alcohol was being served, dancing with someone of the same gender, or failure to present identification. Some San Francisco bar owners banded together in the Tavern Guild to fight back against this, collecting funds to defend patrons who had been arrested in raids.

Men were often the landlords of lesbian bars, in order to secure liquor licenses and navigate relationships with the police and the Mafia.{{Cite book|editor-last1=Stein|editor-first1=Arlene|title=Sisters, Sexperts, Queers: Beyond the Lesbian Nation|url=https://archive.org/details/sisterssexpertsq00stei|url-access=limited|year=1993|publisher=Plume|location=New York, NY|pages=[https://archive.org/details/sisterssexpertsq00stei/page/39 39]–40|isbn=978-0452268876}}{{cite web |last1=Boyd |first1=Dick |title=Before the Castro: North Beach, a Gay Mecca |url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Before_the_Castro:_North_Beach,_a_Gay_Mecca |website=Foundsf.com |date=2010|access-date=28 May 2021}} Bar owners often bribed police to warn them just prior to raids, upon which they would turn on the lights in the bar and lesbians would separate.

As a form of protection, some bars covered their windows, did not have identifying signage, or could only be entered through a back door. Some bar owners tried membership-based models, which heightened security but was also exclusionary.

Decline

In addition to drinking, lesbian bar culture has also revolved around community building, dancing, and pool playing. This targeted but not lucrative patronage was not always profitable and caused many bars to shut their doors.

These pieces of history are being lost as the "neighborhood lesbian bar" is increasingly unable to make rent payments, and as gentrification contributes to declining patronage. Gay male bars persist as gay men have more economic capital, and the rise of internet dating culture is displacing the cultivation of intergenerational lesbian communities historically created in lesbian bars. Because lesbian women are more likely to be primary caretakers of children than gay men, lesbian neighborhoods take on a different shape than gay neighborhoods, and as a result, lesbian night life decreases.{{cite journal|last1=Adler|first1=Sy|last2=Brenner|first2=Johanna|title=Gender and Space: Lesbians and Gay Men in the City|journal=International Journal of Urban and Regional Research|date=March 1992|volume=16|issue=1|pages=24–34|doi=10.1111/j.1468-2427.1992.tb00463.x|issn=0309-1317}}

Along with the increased mainstreaming of LGBTQ culture, use of the term "queer" for self-identification, instead of "lesbian", has grown among many younger members of the lesbian community;{{cite web|author=Miriam|title=What's the Difference Between Lesbian and Queer|url=http://feministing.com/2010/06/16/whats-the-difference-between-lesbian-and-queer/|website=Feministing|date=June 16, 2010|accessdate=26 June 2019}}{{cite web|last1=Obinwanneon|first1=Ashley|title=Why I'm a Lesbian (Not Queer)|url=https://www.afterellen.com/columns/545781-im-lesbian-not-queer|website=AfterEllen|date=April 26, 2018|accessdate=26 June 2019}}{{Cite magazine|last1=Marloff |first1=Sarah |title=The Rise and Fall of America's Lesbian Bars |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/rise-and-fall-americas-lesbian-bars-180976801/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |date=January 21, 2021}} and with the rise in internet dating culture, lesbian-specific bars became less common. By 2023 there were only around two dozen in the country, according to The New York Times.{{Cite news|last1=Rao |first1=Tejal |title=The Lesbian Bar Isn't Dead. It's Pouring Orange Wine in Los Angeles |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/01/dining/drinks/lesbian-bars-los-angeles.html |date=April 1, 2023 |access-date=April 10, 2023}} In the United States' largest city, New York City, only three remained.

Some documentaries about the decline include:

The Death of Lesbian Bars (focus on Australia).{{Cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1197585987757/the-death-of-lesbian-bars|title=The Death of Lesbian Bars|website=SBS On Demand|date=2018|accessdate=15 June 2019}}
The Last Lesbian Bars (2015) (focus on the United States).{{cite web|last1=Bendix|first1=Trish|title=Broadly goes to "The Last Lesbian Bars"|url=https://www.afterellen.com/people/448465-broadly-goes-last-lesbian-bars|website=AfterEllen|date=August 18, 2015|accessdate=26 June 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818195441/https://www.afterellen.com/people/448465-broadly-goes-last-lesbian-bars|archivedate=August 18, 2015}}
Lesbian Bar Project (2022) (focus on the United States).{{Citation |title=The Lesbian Bar Project |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21057224/ |type=Documentary |publisher=Mast-Jägermeister, Roku, The Katz Company |access-date=2022-12-02}}

Evolution

Some lesbian bars have evolved into "queer" bars, welcoming not only lesbians but other members of the LGBTQ+ community.{{Cite news|last1=Hauck |first1=Grace |last2=Fernando |first2=Christine |title=Where are the lesbian bars? Owners say they haven't died out – they're evolving into queer spaces. |url=https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2022/06/29/lesbian-bars-evolving-queer-spaces/9808735002/ |work=USA Today |date=June 29, 2022|access-date=April 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220629143126/https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2022/06/29/lesbian-bars-evolving-queer-spaces/9808735002/ |archive-date=29 June 2022 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |last1=Parks |first1=Casey |date=10 December 2021 |title=The number of gay bars has dwindled. A new generation plans to bring them back. |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/10/lesbia-gay-queer-bars-return/ |access-date=April 15, 2023}} In 2021 Henrietta Hudson, which had opened in 1991 as a lesbian bar, evolved into "queer human bar built by lesbians."{{Cite web|last1=McDonnell |first1=Kelly |title=Queer Bar Henrietta Hudson Reopens With New Look and Some Pushback |url=https://taggmagazine.com/henrietta-hudson-queer-human-bar/ |date=May 25, 2021 |access-date=April 17, 2023 |website=Tagg Magazine}} Mobile, Alabama, bar Herz opened in 2019 as a lesbian bar{{Cite web |last1=DeMasi |first1=Liana |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Meet The Owners of Herz, a Lesbian-Owned Bar in Alabama |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/meet-the-owners-of-herz-a-lesbian-owned-bar-in-alabama/ |access-date=April 17, 2023 |website=Autostraddle}} but by 2022 was welcoming customers with "a range of identities, including lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and more." This rebrand appears to have had little impact on the number of attendees, as Herz closed in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Specker |first=Lawrence |date=2023-04-05 |title=Mobile's Herz, one of nation's last lesbian bars, has closed |url=https://www.al.com/life/2023/04/mobiles-herz-one-of-nations-last-lesbian-bars-has-closed.html |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=al |language=en}} In Paris, the lesbian bar Unity rebranded itself as a more inclusive "queer feminist" bar called La Mutinerie.{{cite web |last1=Arana |first1=Lourdes |title=La Mutinerie |url=https://omeka.wlu.edu/wluparis/items/show/74 |website=W&L Paris |publisher=Washington and Lee University |access-date=May 26, 2023}}

Some new bars have opened with this business model. In 2023, bars Ruby Fruit and Honey's at Star Love opened in Los Angeles, California; the new bars describe themselves as a "queer bar" that caters to a more diverse group than the typical lesbian bar, and gay bars.{{cite web|last1=Holmes |first1=Mona |title=Silver Lake's New Ruby Fruit Is LA's First Lesbian-Owned Queer Bar in Years |url=https://la.eater.com/2023/2/23/23612144/ruby-fruit-natural-wine-bar-lesbian-woman-owned-eszett-employees-silver-lake-los-angeles |website=Eater |date=February 23, 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}{{cite web|last1=Holmes |first1=Mona |title=A New Lesbian Lounge Brings More Color to East Hollywood |url=https://la.eater.com/2023/2/24/23581576/honeys-at-star-love-queer-lesbian-bar-nonbinary-nightlife-opening-east-hollywood-los-angeles |website=Eater |date=February 24, 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}} As You Are Bar opened with this model in Washington DC in 2022, describing themselves as "a lesbian-slash-queer bar."{{Cite web|last1=Webster |first1=Abby |title=Lesbian bars are adapting to survive. In D.C., As You Are Bar is leading that charge. |url=https://georgetownvoice.com/2022/08/13/lesbian-bars-are-adapting-to-survive-in-d-c-as-you-are-bar-is-leading-that-charge/ |website=The Georgetown Voice |date=August 14, 2022 |access-date=April 17, 2023}} They said that framing themselves this way (as well as many of their business practices, such as a dedication to anti-racist practices and inclusion of activities and beverages that do not contain alcohol) was the result of long conversations with the Washington D.C. queer community. News outlets like Eater reported on both Ruby Fruit and Honey's as lesbian bars as did the Georgetown Voice for As You Are Bar and that the clientele and ownership of all bars mentioned in these sections appears to not have shifted too far astray from their original attendees or owners.

The repositioning into queer spaces is, according to the Washington Post, sometimes viewed negatively, "particularly [by] older women who identify as lesbian, [who] bristle at that expansion". According to Tagg Magazine, Henrietta Hudson's rebranding "proved to be controversial" on social media as to some it felt the bar was no longer lesbian-centered. However, this controversy did not appear to prevent patrons in 2021 from filling reservations for their new space that served charcuterie and cocktails. Henrietta Hudson's digital manager stated that, "It's not that we aren't lesbian-centric, we are built by lesbians. It's a more truthful renaming. We are a queer-centric bar, we are welcoming to the entire community. We want to acknowledge our history that we are built by lesbians and have been a lesbian bar, so we're centered in that way."

There continues to be an interest in creating unique spaces that center around women loving women. For example, popups in the 2020s like Dave's Lesbian Bar in Queens, New York have fundraised for "a queer-centric mutual aid hub by day, and lesbian bar by night."{{Cite web |last=Hoeffner |first=Melissa Kravitz |title=Dave's Lesbian Bar is opening a pop-up in Astoria |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/daves-lesbian-bar-is-opening-a-pop-up-in-astoria-071421 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Time Out New York |date=14 July 2021 |language=en-US}} According to Autostraddle's Queer Girl City Guide, bookstores, cafes, and roving parties are also popular for lesbians and other queer women all around the world.{{Cite web |last=Guides |first=Queer Girl City |date=2017-05-09 |title=We're Looking for More Queer Girl City Guides and to Update Our Current Ones! |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/were-looking-for-more-queer-girl-city-guides-and-to-update-our-current-ones-371758/ |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Autostraddle |language=en-US}}

List of lesbian bars

Lesbian bars have become rare in Western culture nations, and there are signs of decline in parts of Asia as well.{{cite news|last1=Mok |first1=Maisy |title=Hong Kong's lesbian bars are vanishing, but for LGBT people it's actually a good sign in the traditionally conservative city |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-relationships/article/3046509/hong-kongs-lesbian-bars-are-vanishing-lgbt-people |access-date=May 28, 2021 |work=South China Morning Post |date=January 19, 2020}} However, there are some lesbian-friendly and gay-owned bars today that host "lesbian nights" or "queer women" nights. Some current and past lesbian bars include:

= Asia =

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;Hong Kong (China)

Virus and L'Paradis are two lesbian bars left in Hong Kong, down from nine in previous years.

;Seoul (South Korea)

LES BOS, located in the Sinchon area of Seoul, opened in 1996 and is the first lesbian bar in South Korea.{{cite news|author1=김수진 |title=Spread Of Homosexual Cafes And Bars On The Rise In Modern Korean Society |url=https://evoice.ewha.ac.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=218 |work=Ewha Voice |publisher=Ewha Womans University |date=June 4, 2003 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite news|title=Out of the Closet and Glad of It |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2003/01/05/features/Out-of-the-Closet-and-Glad-of-It/1894273.html |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |date=January 5, 2003 |access-date=3 June 2023}}{{cite web|last1=Kim |first1=Sarah |title=Lesbian Clubs in Hongdae |url=https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/92f80dc83211418eb1aeae3864d5e95c |website=ArcGIS StoryMaps |date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=3 June 2023}}

;Shanghai (China)

Roxie's, the first lesbian bar in Shanghai, opened in 2014.{{cite web |title=Meet the Queer Women Organizers of Shanghai's LGBT Community |url=https://nuvoices.com/2019/03/17/meet-the-queer-women-organizers-of-shanghais-lgbtq-community/ |website=Nuvoices |date=17 March 2019 |publisher=NuStories Magazine |access-date=May 28, 2021}}

;Tokyo (Japan)

Goldfinger started as a lesbian bar in the Shinjuku Ni-chōme neighborhood in the early 2000s and is now mixed, but allows only women on Saturdays.{{cite web |title=Lesbian Bar Hopping in Japan |url=https://www.modernfamilytravels.com/blog/lesbian-bar-hopping-japan-tokyo-osaka |website=Modern Family Travels |date=5 January 2020 |access-date=May 29, 2021}}{{cite web |title=5 Shinjuku Ni-Chrome Night Spots LGBT Women Will Love |url=https://travel.gaijinpot.com/5-shinjuku-ni-chome-nightlife-spots-lgbt-women-will-love/ |website=Gaijin Pot Travel |date=30 January 2019 |access-date=May 28, 2021}}{{BSN|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS). Bloggy sources, but there's a claim to notability so maybe worth finding RS|date=April 2023}}

=Australia and New Zealand=

;Sydney (Australia)

Various nights occur regularly in Sydney catering to LGBTQ women.

Unicorns, created by Delsi the Cat, is a semi-regular party, generally with a warehouse vibe. It also occurs at other locations, such as Melbourne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicornsparty.com/hello|title=Hello|website=Unicorns|accessdate=15 June 2019}}
GiRLTHING, described as a 'femme-queer' party, is run by Snatch&Grab monthly, generally at the Imperial Hotel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Arts---Entertainment/GiRLTHINGPARTY|title=GiRLTHING|website=Facebook|accessdate=15 June 2019}}
Birdcage was launched in 2012 and generally occurs weekly. It describes itself as, 'Enmore's Queerest Shin-Dig'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Arts---Entertainment/birdcageparty/about/|title=Birdcage|website=Facebook|accessdate=15 June 2019}}

;Melbourne (Australia)

Sundaylicious, a monthly Sunday session event held at various different venues across Melbourne.{{Cite web|title=Sundaylicious|url=https://www.facebook.com/sundayliciousAU/|website=Facebook|access-date=9 October 2020}}
Friyay, a bi-monthly event held on every second and fourth Friday of the month, at Francseca's Bar in Northcote, Melbourne.{{Cite web|title=Friyay@Francesca's|url=https://www.friyayparty.com/|website=Friyayparty.com/|access-date=9 October 2020|archive-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112131346/https://www.friyayparty.com/|url-status=dead}}
Mother, a regular club night held at Attik.{{Cite web|title=Mother|url=https://www.attik.com.au/mother/|website=Attik|access-date=9 October 2020}}

=Canada=

;Montreal (Quebec)

Baby Face Disco, established in the late 1960s by Denise Cassidy (aka Babyface), was the first lesbian-only bar in Montreal.{{cite journal|last1=Chamberland |first1=Line |title=Remembering Lesian Bars:: Montreal, 1955-1975 |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |date=February 1993 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=231–69 |doi=10.1300/J082v25n03_02 |pmid=8301088 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14898387 |issn=0091-8369}}{{cite web|last1=Burnett |first1=Richard |title=Historic Montréal LGBTQ+ milestones |url=https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/historic-montreal-lgbtq-milestones |website=Tourisme Montréal |date=July 20, 2022 |access-date=October 2, 2023 }} It was followed by Chez Madame Arthur and Chez Jilly.
Labyris, Lilith, and L'Exit were popular in the 1980s "Golden Age" of Montreal lesbian bars when a lesbian neighborhood in the Plateau Mont Royal flourished, with bookstores, community organizations and cafes.
Tabou, Klytz, G-Spot and Magnolia were among a dozen bars for women that opened in the 1990s, though many of them were short-lived.

By 2019, there were no lesbian bars left in Montreal, though events for queer women continued to be held.{{cite news|last1=Kirwin |first1=Meara Bernadette |title=All Lez'd Up and Nowhere To Go |url=https://www.mcgilldaily.com/2018/02/all-lezd-up-and-nowhere-to-go/ |work=The McGill Daily |date=February 26, 2018 |access-date=May 30, 2021}}

=Europe=

;Barcelona (Spain)

Daniel's, opened in late 1975, was one of the first lesbian bars in Spain and one of the first LGBT bars in Barcelona.{{Cite news|last=Pérez|first=Beatriz|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20181226/las-lesbianas-tan-invisibles-que-se-libraron-de-la-ley-de-peligrosidad-social-7215514|title=Las lesbianas: tan invisibles, que se libraron de la ley de peligrosidad social|work=El Periódico de Catalunya|date=26 December 2018|language=es|access-date=April 22, 2019}}{{Cite news|last=Cia|first=Blanca|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2019/02/19/catalunya/1550595321_278960.html|title=Pioneras y emprendedoras de la reivindicación de género|work=El País|date=20 February 2019|accessdate=22 April 2019|language=Spanish}} Opened by María del Carmen Tobar, it originally was a bar and billiards room but expanded to have a dance hall. In the early years of the Spanish democratic transition, the police would occasionally raid the bar. Tobar played an active role in making Daniel's the center of lesbian life in Barcelona, sponsoring sports teams and a theater group.{{Cite web|url=https://inoutradio.com/desconocidas-y-fascinantes-poema-de-daniela-por-lola-majoral/|title=Desconocidas y Fascinantes: 'Poema de Daniela por Lola Majoral'|website=InOutRadio|date=20 April 2015|accessdate=22 April 2019|language=Spanish}} The bar later closed, but would be remembered in books and exhibits for its importance in the lesbian history of Spain.{{Cite news|last1=Gimferrer|first1=Pere Solà|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/lgtb/20170626/423704466682/cuarenta-anos-primera-manifestacion-orgullo-gay-espana-1977-entrevista-maria-giralt.html|title=Cuarenta años de Orgullo Gay: lo que ha cambiado y lo que no desde 1977|work=La Vanguardia|date=26 June 2017|access-date=22 April 2019|language=Spanish}}{{Cite magazine|last1=Serrano|first1=Marta|url=http://www.mirales.es/maria-roson-el-pasado-afecta-al-presente-como-si-de-un-fantasma-se-tratase/|title=María Rosón: "El pasado afecta al presente como si de un fantasma se tratase"|magazine=MíraLES|date=24 January 2013|accessdate=22 April 2019|language=Spanish}}

;Berlin (Germany)

Violetta, owned by Lotte Hahm, was one of the largest of the many lesbian bars and dance halls that flourished during the Weimar Republic (1918-1930), when a guidebook was published for women that included 14 different lesbian establishments. This bar featured the "calling card ladies ball", "fashion shows for masculine women and transvestites", and lesbian singalongs of "The Lavender Song."{{cite web|title=The lost lesbian bars of Weimar Berlin |url=http://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2011/06/lost-lesbian-bars-of-weimar-berlin.html |website=Lost Womyn's Space |date=June 5, 2011 |access-date=May 27, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Berlins Lesbische Frauen |url=https://cabaret.berlin/places/berlins-lesbische-frauen/ |website=Cabaret Berlin |access-date=May 26, 2023}}{{cite journal|last1=Espinaco-Virseda |first1=Angeles |title="I feel that I belong to you": Subculture, Die Freundin and Lesbian Identities in Weimar Germany |journal=Spaces of Identity |date=2004 |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=86 |doi=10.25071/1496-6778.8015 |s2cid=142943624 |doi-access=free }}{{cite web|last1=Koblitz |first1=Katja |title=Schöneberg was so Lesbian in the Weimar Republic! |url=https://www.place2be.berlin/en/discover-berlin/schöneberg-was-so-lesbian-in-the-weimar-republic/ |website=Place2Be.Berlin |publisher=Siegessäule |access-date=May 26, 2023}}

;Copenhagen (Denmark)

Vela Gay Club, all-girls bar in Vesterbro district.{{cite web|title=Vela Club|url=https://www.travelgay.com/venue/vela/|website=Travel Gay|date=2021|access-date=17 February 2021}}{{cite web|title=Vela Gay Club|url=http://velagayclub.dk/|date=2017|access-date=17 February 2021}}{{BSN|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS). Sources appear to be a blog and the club itself|date=April 2023}}

;Frankfurt (Germany)

La Gata, the only lesbian bar in Frankfurt, opened in 1971. According to owner Erika "Ricky" Wild, it "is the world's oldest surviving lesbian bar."{{cite news|last1=Rosendorff |first1=Kathrin |title=La Gata: Die einzige Lesbenbar in Frankfurt feiert 50. Geburtstag |url=https://www.fr.de/frankfurt/die-einzige-lesbenbar-in-frankfurt-feiert-50-geburtstag-90960378.html |newspaper=Frankfurter Rundschau |date=4 September 2021 |access-date=1 July 2022 |language=German |trans-title=La Gata: The only lesbian bar in Frankfurt celebrates 50th birthday}}

;London (England)

Candy Bar in Soho, opened in 1996 and closed in 2014. Men were allowed if gay and accompanied by women.{{cite book|last1=Gervat|first1=Claire|last2=Gavin|first2=Francesca|title=Night + Day London|date=2006|page=112|publisher=Pulse Guides|isbn=978-0976601371}}
The Gateways Club in Chelsea was one of the longest-surviving lesbian bars in the world. It opened in 1943 and closed in 1985. The bar was the setting for a scene in the 1968 film The Killing of Sister George, with real clientele dancing alongside its lead actresses.{{cite book|last1=Gardiner |first1=Jill |title=From the Closet to the Screen: Women at the Gateways Club 1945-85 |date=2002 |edition=1st |publisher=Pandora Press |location=London, United Kingdom |oclc=59463101 |isbn=978-0863584282}}{{cite web|last1=Lytton |first1=Charlotte |title=Secrets of the Gateways, the Most Famous Lesbian Club in the World |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-gateways-became-the-most-famous-lesbian-club-in-the-world |website=The Daily Beast |date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=11 July 2022}}

;Paris (France)

Le Monocle (1920s-World War II) was one of Paris' first and most famous lesbian bars; some of its clientele were photographed by George Brassai.{{cite news|last1=Van Dyke |first1=Isobel |title=The Intimate London Exhibition Paying Homage to a Legendary Lesbian Nightclub |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/le-monocle-nightclub-london-exhibition-paris-lesbian-zara-toppin-b1067239.html |work=Evening Standard |date=March 14, 2023 |access-date=May 26, 2023}}

Chez Moune, a lesbian cabaret opened by Monique Carton in Place Pigalle in 1936, has been described as the first lesbian cabaret with dancing in Europe. It converted to a mixed music club in the 21st century.{{cite web|title=A lire: Chez Moune, chic lesbien et lutte des classes |url=http://www.barbieturix.com/2019/11/06/a-lire-chez-moune-chic-lesbien-et-lutte-des-classes/ |website=Barbieturix |date=6 November 2019 |access-date=28 February 2021 |trans-title=To read: Chez Moune, lesbian chic and class struggle}}{{cite web|title=L'adresse lesbienne mythique de Pigalle |url=https://www.pariszigzag.fr/insolite/lieux-insolites/ladresse-lesbienne-mythique-de-pigalle |website=Paris ZigZag |date=25 May 2017 |access-date=May 25, 2023}}{{cite magazine|last1=Dasinières |first1=Laure |title=Chez Moune, l'âme lesbienne de Pigalle |url=https://360.ch/culture/relecture/66737-chez-moune-lame-lesbienne-de-pigalle/ |magazine=360 |date=5 March 2022 |access-date=May 25, 2023}}{{cite web|title=Chez Moune |url=https://www.visitparisregion.com/fr/chez-moune |website=Visit Paris Region |publisher=Comité Régional du Tourisme Paris Ile-de-France |access-date=May 25, 2023}}

New Moon, also in Place Pigalle, began in the late 1800s and had been a jazz club and Impressionist hangout as well as a lesbian cabaret before it converted to a mixed music club in the 21st century.{{cite magazine|title=New Moon : comment un cabaret de Pigalle est devenu le QG du rock alternatif |url=https://www.telerama.fr/sortir/new-moon-comment-un-cabaret-de-pigalle-est-devenu-le-qg-du-rock-alternatif,132223.php |magazine=Télérama |date=5 October 2015 |access-date=2 February 2021 |trans-title=New Moon: how a Pigalle cabaret became the headquarters of alternative rock}}{{cite book|last1=Dufresne |first1=David |title=New Moon: Café de nuit joyeux |date=2017 |publisher=Seuil |location=Paris, France |page=368 |url=https://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/new-moon-david-dufresne/9782021362954 |language=French |isbn=978-2021362954}}{{cite news|last1=Dufresne |first1=David |title=David Dufresne : "En 120 ans, le «New Moon» a eu énormément de vies : QG des impressionnistes, club de jazz, cabaret lesbien…" |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/le-reveil-culturel/david-dufresne-en-120-ans-le-new-moon-a-eu-enormement-de-vies-qg-des-impressionnistes-club-de-jazz-cabaret-lesbien-8911288 |publisher=Radio France |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=17 April 2023 |language=French}}

Pulp was a popular Pulp Fiction movie style bar from 1997 to 2007.{{cite magazine|last1=Sarratia |first1=Géraldine |title=Les clubs mythiques (3/7) : le Pulp, une nouvelle identité lesbienne |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2011/07/17/actualite/actualite/les-clubs-mythiques-37-le-pulp-une-nouvelle-identite-lesbienne/ |magazine=Les Inrockuptibles |date=17 July 2011 |access-date=28 February 2021 |trans-title=Mythical clubs (3/7): the Pulp, a new lesbian identity}}

Other Parisian lesbian bars include La Mutinerie, Le Bar'Ouf, Le 3W Kafé, Ici Bar de Filles, and So What.{{cite magazine|last1=Pereira |first1=Elsa |title=Pourquoi y a-t-il si peu de bars lesbiens à Paris ? |url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/2019/08/09/actualite/societe/pourquoi-y-a-t-il-si-peu-de-bars-lesbiens-a-paris/ |magazine=Les Inrockuptibles |date=9 August 2019 |access-date=28 February 2021 |trans-title=Why are there so few lesbian bars in Paris?}}

=Mexico, Central, and South America=

;Mexico City (Mexico)

Babiana Club Less is a lesbian nightclub that opened in the Zona Rosa neighborhood in 2013.{{cite magazine|last1=Aldaco |first1=Verónica Chávez |title=Top 5: Antros y bares gay en el DF |url=https://www.chilango.com/tragos/top-5-antros-gay-en-el-df/ |magazine=Chilango |date=12 February 2015 |trans-title=Top 5: Gay clubs and bars in Mexico City}}{{cite web|last1=Silva |first1=Juliana |title=Los 4 lugares en la Ciudad de México para lesbianas, aliad@s y afines |url=https://local.mx/musica/clubs-y-bares/lesbianas-lugares/ |website=Local.mx |date=7 March 2019 |trans-title=The 4 places in Mexico City for lesbians, allies and related}}

;Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Bach Bar, the oldest gay bar in Buenos Aires, started as a lesbian bar and still draws a lesbian crowd.{{cite book|last1=Mills |first1=Nicholas |title=Moon Buenos Aires |date=2017 |edition=1st |page=134 |publisher=Avalon Travel |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=978-1631212864 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wRSDQAAQBAJ&q=%22Bach+bar%22&pg=PT202}}

=Middle East=

;Beirut (Lebanon)

Coup d'Etat, opened in 2006 during a ceasefire in Lebanon, claimed to be the Middle East's first openly lesbian bar. It did not attract enough business from either local gay women or tourists, and closed in 2007. By 2018, it had opened again.{{cite news |last1=Zoepf |first1=Katharine |title=What happened to Gay Beirut? |url=https://observer.com/2007/08/what-happened-to-gay-beirut/ |access-date=May 28, 2021 |publisher=The Observer |date=August 17, 2007}}{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Tim |title=Being LGBTQ in Beirut |url=https://medium.com/airbnbmag/being-lgbtq-in-beirut-e8d854a857ed |access-date=May 28, 2021 |publisher=AirBnBMagazine |date=August 16, 2018}}

;Istanbul (Turkey)

Bigudi was the first lesbian bar to open in Istanbul, and now attracts gay men as well.{{cite web |last1=Griot |first1=Paz |title=15 LGBT Friendly Spaces in Istanbul |url=https://yabangee.com/15-lgbt-friendly-spaces/ |website=Yabangee |date=21 January 2017 |access-date=May 28, 2021}}

;Tel Aviv (Israel)

Amazona, located at Lilienblum St 23, was the only lesbian bar operating in Tel Aviv. It closed in 2020.{{cite magazine|title=Amazona Bar |url=https://www.timeout.com/israel/nightlife/amazona-bar |magazine=Time Out |date=November 3, 2016 |access-date=15 April 2023}}{{cite web|title=Best Gay Bars in Tel Aviv |url=https://www.touristisrael.com/best-gay-bars-in-tel-aviv/26326/ |website=Tourist Israel |date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=15 April 2023}}{{cite web|title=Gay Tel Aviv, Israel |url=https://queerintheworld.com/gay-tel-aviv-travel-guide/ |website=Queer In The World |date=February 16, 2023 |access-date=15 April 2023}}

=South Africa=

Beaulah in Cape Town was originally a lesbian bar until it became mixed.{{cite web|title=Beaulah |url=https://www.gayout.com/10-bars-clubs/121-beaulah-bar?town=cape-town |website=GayOut |access-date=May 8, 2021}}

=United States=

According to a June 2021 article on PBS NewsHour, there were more than 200 lesbian bars across the United States in the late 1980s and that number has dropped to 21 due to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the availability of dating apps, gentrification, and assimilation of queer people.{{cite news |last1=Hastings |first1=Dorothy |last2=Barajas |first2=Joshua |last3=Jones |first3=Chloe |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/21-lesbian-bars-remain-in-the-america-owners-share-why-they-must-be-protected |title=21 lesbian bars remain in America. Owners share why they must be protected |work=PBS NewsHour |date=2021-06-10 |accessdate=2021-06-28 }}

;Asbury Park, New Jersey

{{See also|Asbury Park, New_Jersey#LGBTQ+ community|label 1=History of the lesbian community in Asbury Park, New Jersey}}

The Bond Street Bar operated in the 1970s and 1980s.
Chez-Elle (also known as the Chez-L Lounge){{cite web|title=Bulletin 1721 |url=https://dspace.njstatelib.org/bitstream/handle/10929/52649/Bulletin%201721.pdf |website=Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control |publisher=State of New Jersey |page=2 |date=March 27, 1967}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.njstatelib.org/spotlight_items/new-jersey-lgbt-bars-1930s-1960s-in-abc-bulletins/|title=New Jersey LGBT Bars 1930s-1960s in ABC Bulletins|first=H.|last=Husted|date=June 2, 2021|website=New Jersey State Library|access-date=June 17, 2023|archive-date=June 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616075446/https://www.njstatelib.org/spotlight_items/new-jersey-lgbt-bars-1930s-1960s-in-abc-bulletins/|url-status=dead}} was founded in 1965 at 429 Cookman Avenue by former nun Margaret Hogan.{{cite web|last1=McDonald |first1=Mark |title=Asbury Park: A Gay History |url=https://mag.gayasburyguide.com/post/63960306261/asbury-park-a-gay-history-a-brief-chronology-of |website=Gay Asbury Guide |date=October 13, 2013}}{{cite book|last1=Pike |first1=Helen-Chantal |title=Asbury Park's Glory Days: The Story of an American Resort |date=2005 |edition=1st |pages=105–106 |chapter=4: The Entertainment Circuits |publisher=Rutgers University Press |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |isbn=0813535476 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RaT7Ip9RXZ8C&q=maggie+hogan}}{{cite news|last1=Gladden |first1=Michelle |title=Asbury Angels To Honor Iconic Music Scene Contributors |url=http://asburyparksun.com/asbury-angels-to-honor-iconic-music-scene-contributors/ |work=Asbury Park Sun |date=September 12, 2017}} The bar "was part of a landmark court case in the 1960s...."{{cite web|title=A 'Monumental' Campaign to Preserve & Protect |url=https://www.aphistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/APHS-Newsletter-Fall-17.pdf |website=Asbury Park Historical Society |date=Fall 2017}}
The Key West Hotel was a lesbian resort with four bars, a restaurant, and pool.[Slideshow|https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n2NeFK0AhYc] It opened in 1981 and closed in 1990.{{cite web|last1=Post |first1=Patricia A. |title=Jersey Girls |url=http://www.carolandmickey.com/keywesthotelarticle.html |website=carolandmickey.com |date=June 2011}} (originally published in Curve magazine){{cite magazine|last1=Staff |title=A Reunion Of The Heart, Asbury Park Style |url=https://www.curvemag.com/blog/social/a-reunion-of-the-heart-asbury-park-style/ |magazine=Curve |date=June 6, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Maffucci |first1=Phyllis |title=The Rainbow Room |url=https://asburyinsider.com/the-rainbow-room/ |website=Asbury Insider |date=April 5, 2017}}
The Owl and Pussycat, established in 1979 at 162 Main Street, was relocated to the Key West Hotel.

In the late 1930s, 208 Bond Street was the location of a women's bar.{{cite news|last1=Biese |first1=Alex |title=How the LGBT community saved Asbury Park |url=https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/nightlife/2017/09/24/lgbt-community-always-heart-asbury-park/690173001/ |work=Asbury Park Press |date=September 24, 2017}} In the 1970s, the third floor of the M&K nightclub, a gay disco on Cookman Avenue, was for lesbians.{{cite news|last1=Walter |first1=Kate |title=Back to my roots: Queer Asbury Park, then and now |url=https://www.amny.com/news/back-to-my-roots-queer-asbury-park-then-and-now/ |work=amNY |date=June 17, 2008}}{{cite web|last1=Cook |first1=Michael |title=We're Coming Out-The LGBT Community Of Asbury Park N.J. Prepares For A Pride Season Reopening |url=https://instinctmagazine.com/were-coming-out-the-lgbt-community-of-asbury-park-n-j-prepares-for-a-pride-season-reopening/ |website=Instinct |date=June 1, 2020}}

;Atlanta, Georgia

My Sister's Room, founded in 1996, is the longest running lesbian-centric establishment in the Southeast.{{cite web|title=My Sister's Room|url=http://www.mysistersroom.com/|website=mysistersroom.com|date=2019|accessdate=27 December 2019}}{{BSN|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=April 2023}}
Phase One was founded in the 2010s. The now-closed bar catered primarily to African-American lesbians.{{Cite web|title=Phase One |url=https://www.ellgeebe.com/en/destinations/north-america/united-states/atlanta/nightlife/phase-one |website=ellgeeBE |date=2017 |access-date=9 October 2020}}{{cite web|title=Phase One (Closed Permanently) |url=https://atlanta.gaycities.com/bars/3157-phase-one |website=GayCities |access-date=16 January 2023}}

;Boston, Massachusetts

Dani's Queer Bar, established in 2024 on Boylston Street in Boston's Back Bay, serves lesbians, non-binary, and queer-identifying women.{{Cite web|title=Dani's Queer Bar opens in former Pour House location in Boston's Back Bay |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/danis-queer-bar-opens-in-former-pour-house-location-in-bostons-back-bay/3486530/ |access-date=April 15, 2025 |website=NBC Boston |date=September 12, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Tanya |title=Boston’s First Femme Bar in Decades, Dani’s Queer Bar, Has Opened |url=https://boston.eater.com/2024/9/19/24249001/danis-queer-bar-boston-opening |access-date=April 15, 2025 |website=Eater Boston |date=September 19, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Cifarelli |first=David |title=Boston queer bar dedicated to non-binary LGBTQ+ members makes debut |url=https://www.masslive.com/boston/2024/09/boston-queer-bar-dedicated-to-non-binary-lgbtq-members-makes-debut.html |access-date=April 15, 2025 |website=MassLive |date=September 12, 2024}}

;Chicago, Illinois

Dorothy, located in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood, opened in February 2020 but was forced to close temporarily for two years due to COVID restrictions, and reopened in July 2022. It describes itself as "a neighborhood lesbian cocktail lounge for every friend of Dorothy".{{cite web|title=About |url=https://www.dorothydownstairs.com/about |website=Dorothy |date=2022 |accessdate=14 July 2024}}{{cite web|last1=Myers |first1=Quinn |title=Lesbian Cocktail Bar Dorothy Re-Opens This Weekend Under Split-Rail In Ukrainian Village |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/07/22/lesbian-cocktail-bar-dorothy-re-opens-this-weekend-under-split-rail-in-ukrainian-village/ |website=Block Club Chicago |date=July 22, 2022 |accessdate=16 July 2024}}

;Columbus, Ohio

Slammers, founded in 1993, is the only remaining lesbian bar in Ohio.{{cite news|last1=Thompson |first1=Erica |title=Slammers, one of 15 lesbian bars left in U.S., weathers pandemic, cultural shifts in Columbus |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/04/12/columbus-slammers-among-few-remaining-lesbian-bars-u-s/7114853002/ |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=20 September 2021}}

;Dallas, Texas

Sue Ellen's, founded in 1989, is the second longest running lesbian bar in the nation.{{cite web|last1=Khuu|first1=Lily|title=Sue Ellen's: One of the last lesbian bars standing|url=https://www.afterellen.com/people/545901-sue-ellens-one-last-lesbian-bars-standing|website=AfterEllen|date=May 24, 2019|accessdate=27 December 2019}}{{cite news|last1=Freedman|first1=Pete|title=Sue Ellen's Is Closing...So It Can Move|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/sue-ellens-is-closingso-it-can-move-7072225|work=Dallas Observer|date=March 27, 2008}}

;Houston, Texas

Chances Bar operated as a predominantly lesbian bar for 16 years until closure in November 2010.{{cite web|title=Chances Bar Tribute Site|url=http://www.chancesbar.com/|website=chancesbar.com|date=2011|accessdate=27 December 2019}}{{BSN|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=April 2023}}
The Pearl Bar became the city's only lesbian bar in 2013.{{Cite news|last1=Dellinger|first1=Hannah|title=Pearl Bar gets preservation grant during pandemic|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Pearl-Bar-gets-preservation-grant-during-pandemic-15569523.php|work=Houston Chronicle|date=September 15, 2020|access-date=8 October 2020}}

;Los Angeles, California

Honey's at Star Love, a live music venue and bar founded by Mo Faulk, Kate Greenberg, and Charlotte Gordon, opened in East Hollywood in February 2023.{{Cite magazine|last1=Smith |first1=Rowan Ashley |title=LA's New Lesbian Bars For All |url=https://gomag.com/article/las-new-lesbian-bars-for-all/ |magazine=GO |date=June 21, 2023 |access-date=July 3, 2024}}{{Cite magazine|last1=Vargas |first1=Alani |title='Lesbian Bars Near Me': Where the 32 Remaining Lesbian Bars Are in America |url=https://parade.com/living/lesbian-bars |magazine=Parade |date=April 23, 2024 |access-date=July 3, 2024}}
The Ruby Fruit, a wine bar and restaurant founded by Mara Herbkersman and Emily Bielagus, opened in the Silver Lake neighborhood in February 2023. Its self-description states that it also caters to "non-binary, gender-nonconforming and trans people".{{Cite web|title=The Ruby Fruit |url=https://www.therubyfruit.com/about |website=The Ruby Fruit |access-date=July 3, 2024 }}{{Cite web|title=The Ruby Fruit |url=https://goop.com/place/california/los-angeles/silver-lake-bars-and-nightlife/the-ruby-fruit/ |website=Goop |access-date=July 3, 2024 }}

;Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Walker's Pint, which opened in 2001, is the only surviving lesbian bar in Milwaukee.{{Cite web|title=Walker's Pint|url=https://walkerspint.com/|website=Walker's Pint|date=2021|access-date=2 September 2021}}{{cite web|last1=Horne |first1=Michael |title=Walker's Pint Is City's Oldest Lesbian Bar |url=https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/05/11/bar-exam-walkers-pint-is-citys-oldest-lesbian-bar/ |website=Urban Milwaukee |date=May 11, 2018 |access-date=3 September 2021}}

;New York City, New York

New York city comprises five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

Bum Bum Bar in Queens opened in the early 1990s and closed in 2018.{{cite magazine|last1=Swan|first1=Shea Carmen|title=Bum Bum Bar ReBorn|url=http://gomag.com/article/bum_bum_bar_reborn1457982/|magazine=GO|date=March 15, 2016|accessdate=12 October 2019}}{{cite news|last1=Sackman|first1=Meghan|title=Bum Bum Bar, Roosevelt Avenue Lesbian Bar, Closes After More Than 2 Decades|url=https://jacksonheightspost.com/bum-bum-bar-roosevelt-avenue-lesbian-bar-closes-after-more-than-2-decades|work=Jackson Heights Post|date=March 1, 2019|accessdate=12 October 2019}}
Cubbyhole in Manhattan opened in 1994 and is a predominantly lesbian bar.{{cite web|title=Cubbyhole|url=http://www.cubbyholebar.com/|website=cubbyholebar.com|accessdate=12 October 2019}}{{cite web|last1=Kravitz|first1=Melissa|title=The World's 9 Best Lesbian Bars|url=https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/the-worlds-9-best-lesbian-bars|website=Fodor's Travel|date=March 22, 2018|accessdate=12 October 2019}}
Eve's Hangout, also known as Eve Adams's Tearoom, was one of the first lesbian restaurant/bars in the United States. It was opened in 1925 by Eva Kotchever and located at 129 MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. The venue displayed a sign greeting visitors that read: "Men are admitted but not welcome." Eve's Hangout closed in 1926 after Kotchever was arrested and deported for obscenity. Following her deportation she was sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz where she was killed in 1943.{{cite web|last1=Wallace|first1=Kreg|title=Eve's Hangout|url=http://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2011/05/eves-hangout.html|website=Lost Womyn's Space|date=May 28, 2011|accessdate=5 March 2020}}{{cite web|title=Eve Adams' Tearoom|url=https://www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/eve-addams-tearoom/|website=NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project|date=2016|accessdate=5 March 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Gattuso|first1=Reina|title=The Founder of America's Earliest Lesbian Bar Was Deported for Obscenity|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-was-first-gay-bar|website=Atlas Obscura|date=September 3, 2019|accessdate=5 March 2020 }}
Ginger's Bar (aka "The G-Spot") in Brooklyn opened in 2000.{{cite web|title=Ginger's|url=http://nymag.com/listings/bar/gingers/|website=New York|accessdate=12 October 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009113834/http://nymag.com/listings/bar/gingers/|archivedate=October 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Chee|first1=Alexander|title=Everything Felt Cursed After Carrie Nation Closed|url=https://punchdrink.com/articles/carrie-nation-gingers-brooklyn-gay-bar-alexander-chee/|website=PUNCH|date=November 2, 2018|accessdate=12 October 2019}}
Henrietta Hudson in Manhattan opened in 1991 and was formerly the longest-running lesbian bar in the New York City area.{{cite web|title=Henrietta Hudson|url=http://henriettahudson.com/|website=henriettahudson.com|accessdate=12 October 2019}} In 2021 it was rebranded as a "queer human space built by Lesbians [sic]."{{cite web |title=About Us: History |url=https://henriettahudson.com/history |website=Henrietta Hudson |date=2021 |access-date=10 May 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Bellamy-Walker |first1=Tat |title=Henrietta Hudson Is Returning With a New Look |url=https://www.gaycitynews.com/henrietta-hudson-is-returning-with-a-new-look/ |work=Gay City News |date=April 29, 2021 |access-date=11 May 2021}}
Page 3, at Charles Street and Seventh Avenue in Greenwich Village, was lesbian-run and open from the mid-1950s until mid-1960s.{{cite web|last1=Ryan |first1=Hugh |title=Back in the Day, Lesbian Drag Kings Worked for the Mafia |url=https://www.vice.com/read/when-drag-kings-ruled-alongside-the-mafia-235 |website=Vice |date=July 4, 2015 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706213338/https://www.vice.com/read/when-drag-kings-ruled-alongside-the-mafia-235 |archive-date=6 July 2015 |url-status=live}}

; Oregon

Doc Marie's, Portland.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

;Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sisters was a lesbian bar that closed after 17 years of operation in 2013.{{cite news |last1=Webb |first1=Molly |title=Philly Loses Another Nightlife Staple as Sisters Shuts its Doors |url=https://philly.curbed.com/2013/8/13/10208828/philly-loses-another-nightlife-staple-as-sisters-shuts-its-doors |work=Curbed Philadelphia |date=August 13, 2013 |accessdate=29 December 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Eichel |first1=Molly |title=Sisters Nightclub closes |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/entertainment/music_nightlife/Sisters-Nightclub-closes.html |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=August 12, 2013 |accessdate=29 December 2019}}
Toasted Walnut Bar & Kitchen opened its doors in 2015 and closed in 2021. The bar was opened to cater to those who felt a void after the loss of Sisters bar. Although Toasted Walnut focused primarily on gay women, the establishment was not explicitly a lesbian bar.{{cite news |last1=Baker | first1=Brandon |title=Former Sisters Nightclub manager to open Toasted Walnut Bar & Kitchen on Walnut Street |url=https://www.phillyvoice.com/former-sisters-nightclub-toasted-walnut/ |work=PhillyVoice |date=August 12, 2015 |accessdate=4 May 2020}}{{cite news |last1=Andrews-Spicer |first1=Taylor |title=LGBTQ: Toasted Walnut Brings the 'L' Back to LGBTQ |url=https://philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2017/03/30/lgbtq-toasted-walnut-brings-the-l-back-to-lgbtq/ |work=Philadelphia Neighborhoods|publisher=Klein College of Media and Communication|date=March 30, 2017 |accessdate=4 May 2020}}{{cite web|last1=Winberg |first1=Michaela |title=Philly's only lesbian bar is shutting down, adding to a somber nationwide trend |url=https://billypenn.com/2021/02/18/lesbian-bar-philadelphia-closing-toasted-walnut-gayborhood-gofundme-denise-cohen/ |website=Billy Penn |publisher=WHYY |date=February 18, 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021}}

;Richmond, Virginia

Babe's of Carytown opened in 1979 and is one of the oldest lesbian bars in the country.{{Cite web |last=Frank |first=Annalise |title=Lesbian bars are disappearing, but Babe's of Carytown is going strong |url=https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2023/07/07/babes-of-carytown-lesbian-bar-lgbtq |website=Axios |date=July 7, 2023 }}

;San Francisco and the San Francisco Bay Area, California

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A Little More was a 1980s lesbian dance club.{{cite book |title=Lesbian Herstory Archives Newsletter, Vol. 5-7 |date=1979 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tNIcAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Scott%27s%22++lesbian+bar+San+Francisco}}{{cite web|title=A Little More, a Lesbian bar, on the northwest corner of Potrero Avenue and 15th Street - 1982 |url=https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/kirkeberg/bundles/236409 |website=Max Kirkeberg Collection |publisher=San Francisco State University |date=July 8, 1982}}{{cite web|last1=Graves |first1=Donna J. |last2=Watson |first2=Shayne E. |title=Citywide Historic Context Statement for LGBTQ History in San Francisco |url=https://default.sfplanning.org/Preservation/lgbt_HCS/LGBTQ_HCS_October2015.pdf |publisher=City and County of San Francisco |date=October 2015 |access-date=May 30, 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Jones |first1=Cleve |title=When We Rise: My Life in the Movement |date=2016 |publisher=Hachette Books |isbn=978-0316315418 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ONRNCwAAQBAJ&q=Scott%27s+Pit++lesbian+San+Francisco |access-date=May 30, 2021}}
Amelia's, at 647 Valencia Street in the Mission district, was owned by Rikki Streicher. It opened in 1978 and closed in 1991.Morse, Rob (November 12, 1991). "As San Francisco goes, so what?" San Francisco Examiner. pg. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2021.{{cite news|last1=Lipsky |first1=Bill |title=Rikki Streicher: Champion of Individual Freedoms and LGBT Rights |url=http://sfbaytimes.com/rikki-streicher-champion-individual-freedoms-lgbt-rights/ |work=San Francisco Bay Times |date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=10 October 2021}}{{cite web|last1=Goldthorpe |first1=Jeff |title=Valencia Street, circa 1981, Bohemian Roots of Gentrification |url=https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Valencia_Street,_circa_1981,_Bohemian_Roots_of_Gentrification |website=FoundSF |publisher=Shaping San Francisco |date=1981 |access-date=10 October 2021}}
Clementina's Baybrick Inn (a.k.a. "The Brick"), at 1190 Folsom Street in SoMa, was a hostel, dance club, and nightclub for lesbians. It opened in 1982 and closed in 1987.{{cite web|title=The Baybrick Inn, Nine Flyers (1985-7) |url=https://www.campbooks.biz/shop/the-baybrick-inn-nine-flyers-1985-7 |website=Camp Books |date=2020 |access-date=11 October 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Cockrell |first1=Cathy |title=Baybrick Era Ends |url=https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/sfbagals/Sentinal/1987_SFS__Vol15_No40_Oct_02.pdf |page=1 |work=San Francisco Sentinel |date=October 2, 1987 |access-date=11 October 2021}}
The Lexington Club, at 3464 19th Street in the Mission district, opened in 1997 and closed in 2015. It was the last lesbian bar in the city.{{cite web|last1=Bieschke |first1=Marke |title=Why SF's iconic dyke bar, the Lexington Club, is closing |url=https://48hills.org/2014/10/lexington-club-closing-owner-says-higher-rent-gentrification-gender-inequality-hurt-iconic-lesbian-bar/ |website=48 Hills |date=October 23, 2014 |access-date=10 October 2021}}
Maud's, at 937 Cole Street in the Haight-Ashbury district, also owned by Rikki Streicher, opened in 1966 and closed in 1989.{{cite web|title=Last Call at Maud's (documentary)|url=http://lastcallatmauds.com/|website=Last Call at Maud's|date=1994|access-date=10 October 2021}}{{cite web|last1=Block|first1=Jenny|title='Last Call At Maud's' – The Documentary That Preserved the Last Drop of Our Lesbian History|url=https://www.afterellen.com/general-news/566275-last-call-at-mauds-the-documentary-that-preserved-the-last-drop-of-our-lesbian-history|website=AfterEllen|date=November 9, 2018|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110031348/https://www.afterellen.com/general-news/566275-last-call-at-mauds-the-documentary-that-preserved-the-last-drop-of-our-lesbian-history|archive-date=November 10, 2018|url-status=dead}}
Mona's 440 Club (original name Mona's Club), at 440 Broadway in the North Beach area, was the first lesbian bar in San Francisco. Owned by Mona Sargent, it opened in 1936 and ran for 26 years.{{cite book|last1=Smith |first1=James R. |title=San Francisco's Lost Landmarks |date=2005 |edition=1st |pages=84–85 |publisher=Word Dancer Press |location=Sanger, California |isbn=1-884995-44-6}}{{cite book|editor1-last=Springate |editor1-first=Megan E. |title=LGBTQ America: A Theme Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer History |date=2016 |pages=16-5–16-7 |publisher=National Park Foundation |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lgbtqheritage/upload/lgbtqtheme-commerce.pdf}}{{cite news|last1=Bajko |first1=Matthew S. |title=North Beach CBD to unveil LGBT historic plaques |url=https://www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=news&sc=history&id=255467 |work=Bay Area Reporter |date=February 1, 2018 |access-date=7 June 2023}}{{cite web|title=LGBTQ Histories From the WWII Home Front: Gathering Spots in San Francisco |url=https://www.nps.gov/rori/learn/historyculture/lgbtq-histories-from-the-wwii-home-front.htm |publisher=National Park Service |date=May 2, 2023 |access-date=7 June 2023}}{{cite news|last1=Zigoris |first1=Julie |title=The Little-Known Queer History of San Francisco's North Beach Neighborhood: Mona Sargeant |url=https://sfstandard.com/arts-culture/san-franciscos-first-queer-neighborhood/ |work=The San Francisco Standard |date=June 4, 2023 |access-date=7 June 2023}}
Peg's Place, at 4737 Geary Boulevard in the Richmond district, opened in the 1950s and closed in 1988. In March 1979, it was the site of a lesbophobic attack by off-duty members of the S.F.P.D.{{cite web|title=Peg's Place |url=https://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2014/08/pegs-place.html |website=Lost Womyn's Space |date=August 9, 2014 |access-date=10 October 2021}}{{cite web|last1=Palmieri |first1=Brooke |title=Homophobia/Resistance at Peg's Place |url=https://www.campbooks.biz/archive/2019/8/30/homophobiaresistance-at-pegs-place |website=Camp Books |date=August 30, 2019 |access-date=10 October 2021}}
Scott's Pit, at 10 Sanchez Street in the Duboce Triangle neighborhood, was owned by Charlene Scott and was the first lesbian biker bar in the city. It was open from 1970 until 1984.{{cite news|title=Obituary for Charlene Scott |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-obituary-for/123007125/ |work=San Francisco Examiner |page=10 |date=December 27, 1988 |access-date=7 June 2023}}{{cite web|title=Scott's Pit |url=http://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2014/04/scotts-pit.html |website=Lost Womyn's Space |date=April 30, 2014 |access-date=7 June 2023}}{{cite magazine|last1=Bowling |first1=Mary Jo |title=The Gayest Buildings in America most important to LGBT History |url=https://www.californiahomedesign.com/house-tours/gayest-buildings-america/slide/5728 |magazine=California Home + Design |date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314045448/https://www.californiahomedesign.com/house-tours/gayest-buildings-america/slide/5728 |archive-date=March 14, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Wild Side West, at 424 Cortland Avenue in Bernal Heights, defines itself as "a blend of lesbians, locals, eclectic art and neighborhood sports bar." It opened in 1962.{{cite web|title=Wild Side West |url=https://www.wildsidewest.com |website=Wildsidewest.com |date=2021 |access-date=May 28, 2021}}{{cite news|title=Taking a walk in SF's Wild Side West bar |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/features/taking-a-walk-in-sfs-wild-side-west-bar/ |work=San Francisco Examiner |date=April 20, 2014 |access-date=10 October 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Jaffie |first1=Karin |title=The History and the Mystery of San Francisco's Wild Side West |url=http://sfbaytimes.com/history-mystery-san-franciscos-wild-side-west/ |work=San Francisco Bay Times |date=August 24, 2017 |access-date=10 October 2021}}

Many lesbian bars in the 1940s and 1950s were in North Beach and included Tommy's Place/12 Adler Place, Anxious Asp, Artist's Club, Beaded Bag, The Beige Room, Blanco's, Chi-Chi Club, Copper Lantern, Front, Miss Smith's Tea Room, Tin Angel, Tommy 299, Our Club, and Paper Doll. The police raid of Kelly's Alamo Club in 1956https://commissions.sfplanning.org/hpcpackets/2014.0266U.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}https://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/CA_San%20Francisco_Glide%20Memorial%20Church_DRAFT.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}{{cite book|last1=Faderman |first1=Lillian |title=Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth-Century America |date=1991 |edition=1st |page=165 |publisher=Columbia University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0231074889}} and the arrest of 36 women on charges of "frequenting a house of ill repute" led the Daughters of Bilitis to publish a guide, "What To Do In Case of Arrest."{{cite web |title=Bar Raid in San Francisco |url=https://outhistory.org/items/show/2606 |access-date=May 30, 2021 |website=Outhistory.org |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213546/https://outhistory.org/items/show/2606 |url-status=live }}

In the East Bay, Mary's First and Last Chance Bar, in Oakland, was closed in 1958 for "catering to lesbians", but the bar challenged the ruling and won.{{cite news |last1=Flanagan |first1=Michael |title=Barchive: Once Upon a Time in Oaktown |url=https://www.ebar.com/entertainment/culture/173481 |publisher=Bay Area Reporter |date=March 15, 2015}}{{cite news |title=Court's Sex Edict Fought |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/458617007/?terms=lesbian&match=1 |access-date=May 30, 2021 |publisher=San Francisco Examiner |date=January 12, 1960}} In the 1970s and 1980s, other lesbian bars in the East Bay included Jubilee, Driftwood, Bachanal, and Ollie's.{{cite web |last1=Hoke |first1=Barbara |title=Lesbian Bars in the San Francisco East Bay|url=http://soulstudioarts.com/tellherstory/Bars.htm |website=Soul Studio Arts |access-date=May 28, 2021}}

;Seattle, Washington

The Grand Union, entered through an unmarked door under an overpass, and Sappho's Tavern were lesbian bars of the 1950s.{{cite web |title=Queen City Comes Out: Exploring Seattle's Lesbian and Gay History (Women's Bars-Oral Histories) |url=https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/queen-city-comes-out/pioneer-square/womens-bars |website=Out History It's About Time! |access-date=May 30, 2021}}
The Silver Slipper was a popular lesbian bar of the 1970s, when women's spaces proliferated.{{cite web |title=Queen City Comes Out: Exploring Seattle's Lesbian and Gay History (1970s) |url=https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/queen-city-comes-out/pioneer-square/1970s |website=Outhistory.org |access-date=May 30, 2021}} In an oral history, a former customer spoke of the importance of being personally introduced and wearing the unofficial "jeans and flannel shirt" dress code inside the bar.
The Wildrose was started in the early 1980s by a lesbian collective, and is the longest running lesbian bar on the West Coast.{{Cite news|last1=Brownstone|first1=Sydney|url= https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2017/2017/06/21/25227858/my-first-time-at-the-wildrose|title=My First Time at the Wildrose |work=The Stranger|date=June 21, 2017|accessdate=23 August 2018}}

;Washington, D.C.

A League of Her Own occupies the basement floor of gay bar Pitchers and is frequented by lesbians, despite resisting the "lesbian bar" label.{{cite web |last1=Riley |first1=John |title=A League Of Her Own's Jo McDaniel on DC's Newest Queer-Friendly Bar |url=https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/08/a-league-of-her-owns-jo-mcdaniel-on-d-c-s-newest-queer-friendly-bar/ |website=Metro Weekly |date=23 August 2018 |access-date=12 May 2021}}
Phase 1 was the oldest (45 years) continually operating lesbian bar in the United States until its closure in February 2016.{{cite news|last1=Chibbaro Jr.|first1=Lou|title=Sale of Phase 1 ends 45-year run of lesbian bar|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2017/04/06/sale-phase-1-ends-45-year-run-lesbian-bar/|work=Washington Blade|date=April 6, 2017|accessdate=11 January 2020}}
XX+ opened as a lesbian bar in 2018, but closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |last1=Bell |first1=Eboné |title=XX+ Provides Another Space for D.C.'s LGBTQ Wome |url=https://taggmagazine.com/xx-lina-nicolai/ |website=Tagg Magazine |date=20 July 2018 |access-date=12 May 2021}}

;West Hollywood, California

The Palms was founded in the 1960s, when the area now known as the City of West Hollywood was a Los Angeles neighborhood. It closed in 2013.{{cite news|last1=Branson-Potts| first1=Hailey |title=Last call at WeHo's last lesbian bar |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2013-jun-04-la-me-weho-lesbian-20130605-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 4, 2013}}{{Cite web|title=The Palms Is Closing, Leaving West Hollywood Without A Single Lesbian Bar|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-palms-closing-lesbian-bar_n_3392667|website=HuffPost|date=June 5, 2013|access-date=8 October 2020}}

References

External links

[https://gwen-shockey-rqqr.squarespace.com/addresses-project Lesbian Nightlife Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511074614/https://gwen-shockey-rqqr.squarespace.com/addresses-project |date=2020-05-11 }} at the Addresses Project
[http://www.theboymechanic.com/projectdesc.html The Boy Mechanic] project (history of lesbian bars in the United States and Europe)
[https://www.maconreed.com/eulogyforthedykebar Eulogy for the Dyke Bar] by Macon Reed

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