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Barone's Variety Room
Barone's Variety RoomLocation: 1116 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAOpened/Closed: 1963Since it appears that the old days are coming back, it's important to remind folks, especially our...
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Bresnahan's Ladies Cafe
Evening Star, September 19, 1900Bresnahan's Ladies CaféLocation: 426 Ninth Street, Washington, DC, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1900Especially after the Women's March on Washington, the pressure on women to be...
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National Dairy Kitchen Ladies Restaurant
National Dairy Kitchen Ladies RestaurantCharlotte [NC] News, Jan. 3, 1900Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1900The political news is so depressing these days that I'm digging...
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Some Ladies Cafes in New York (1895)
This illustration was accompanied by a syndicated article on Ladies Cafes in New York that appeared in several American newspapers in December 1895. I may transcribe the article later. Since there are...
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Henry S. Jacob's Cafe
Henry S. Jacob's CaféLocation: 25 Graeme Street (a/k/a West Diamond Street), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAOpen/Closed: c. 1914As part of a fairly extensive research project, I have been looking into...
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Oxwood Inn
Oxwood InnOxford InnLocation: Oxnard Avenue, Van Nuys, CaliforniaOpened: 1972Closed: 2017Notice that this became a "queer catch-all bar" in its later years, so wasn't technically a lesbian bar at all...
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Kimball Ladies Cafe
Kimball Ladies CafeLocation: Perry Street, Davenport, Iowa, USAOpened/Closed: c. July 1910Not going to go into a big analysis here. Just a pleasant ad for a ladies cafe from the Quad City Times...
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Serene Bar
Serene BarLocation: Schwiebusser Str. 2, 10965 Berlin, GermanyOpened: ?Closed: 2015According to DJ Ena Lind, in a 2017 article called "Berlin's Lesbian Party Scene is Changing":The last lesbian bar in...
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G Spot
G SpotG SpotLocation: 2031 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, Florida, USAOpen: 2017Closed: 2018Sadly, this place didn't last more than a year. From South Florida Gay News: Lesbian Bar Closes Down in Wilton...
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Que Sera
Que SeraEllen Ward, (left) the first openly gay woman to be elected to the Signal Hill City Council,stands behind the bar at The Que Sera with the establishment's current owner Ilse Benz. Ward used to...
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The MartiniqueLocation: Salem Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, USAOpened: Early 1970sClosed: Early 1990sFrom Daytonology:This being Dayton building demolition rears its ugly head in any story, and it does here,...
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Redz
The former Redz --2218 East First StreetRedzLocation: 2218 East First Street, Los Angeles, California, USAOpen: Late 1950sClosed: 2015From the Los Angeles Conservancy: Located in Boyle Heights, Redz is...
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Bon Ton Cafe Ladies Cafe
Bon Ton Cafe Ladies CafeLocation: Jackson, Mississippi, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1917Here's an ad for a ladies cafe in Jackson, Mississippi from October 1917. Needless to say, all the usual caveats about...
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Page Three
Buddy Kent and friends at Page Three(Lesbian Herstory Archives)Page ThreeLocation: Greenwich Village, New YorkOpened: 1940s?Closed: 1965Martin Duberman identifies Page Three as "one of the few lesbian...
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Mr. M. M'Ginley's Ladies Restaurant
Mr. M. M'Ginley's Ladies' RestaurantLocation: Fifth Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1858I wasn't even trying to do research on ladies restaurants when I happened to stumble...
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Stouffer's Ladies Restaurant
Stouffer's Ladies RestaurantLocation: 4 North Court Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1916Here's an ad for a ladies restaurant that appeared in the Harrisburg Daily Independent,...
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Women's Beer Forum
Women's Beer ForumWomen's Beer ForumLocation: Los Angeles, California, USAOpened: 2011Closed: 2018It's true. The boys are even afraid of you sharing a brew with your gal pals. God only knows what...
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Hershee Bar
Hershee BarThe closing of Hershee BarLocation: 1083 W 37th Street, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Opened: 1983Closed: 2018From the Virginian-Pilot:"We're losing our home": The last lesbian bar in Hampton Roads...
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Church of the New Ideal
WallaseyChurch of the New IdealLocation: Wallasey, Cheshire, EnglandOpened: March 1914Closed: Before end of World War I (1918)I found this news item while reading a newspaper from April 1914: There's...
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Harvard University Women's Organizations
Harvard University Women's OrganizationsFor background, see this article: Harvard Cracks Down on All-Male Clubs. But It’s Women’s Groups That Have Vanished, by Sarah Brown. Women at Harvard protested...
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Bum Bum Bar
Bum Bum BarLocation: 63-14 Roosevelt Ave., Queens, New York, USAOpened: Early 1990sClosed: Late 2018From the Jackson Heights Post:Bum Bum Bar, Roosevelt Avenue Lesbian Bar, Closes After More Than 2...
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Lilly's Music and Social House
Lilly's Music and Social HouseLocation: 2321 Arsenal Street, St. Louis, Missouri, USAOpened: July 2015Closed: May 2016From out in stl:Excerpt from interview with Kristin Goodman: Can you tell me about...
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Lost Womyn's Spaces of Northampton, Massachusetts
This is a wonderfully researched posting by Kaymarion Raymond at From Wicked to Wedded. THE PEAK OF LESBIAN ENTERPRISEPosted on April 16, 2019 by Kaymarion RaymondAn unprecedented number of Lesbian...
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This is a slightly different topic than what I usually post on. It's not on a lost place for women per se, but a place that is seemingly no longer defined as limited to men and women or adults in...
View ArticlePittsburgh Dyke and Trans March, Revisited
With it being Pride Month and all, I started to wonder about the state of the Dyke March this year. And that got me thinking about what is now called the Pittsburgh's Dyke and Trans March, a topic I...
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