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Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar CollegeLocation: 134 Chapel Road, Sweet Briar, Virginia, USAOpened: 1901Closed: 2015Another women's college has died. A portion of a longer article from Inside Higher...
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Jacque's
Jacque's Jacques - with 3 dudes out frontLocation: 79 Broadway, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Opened: 1938/1939Closed: Still openJacque's is a prime example of a space that was once, briefly, for...
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The Dalloway
The Dalloway - "New York's Fanciest 'Lesbian-Implied'Bar/Restaurant"The DallowayLocation: 525 Broome Street, New York, New York, USAOpened: November 2012Closed:October 2013Another short-lived lesbian...
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Women-only waterfall
Kenyir LakeWomen-only waterfall at Tasik KenyirLocation: Tasik Kenyir Lake, Teregganu, MalayiaOpened/Closed: ???Okay, not a "lost" place at all, but a place that is supposedly coming into being. And...
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Acme Bar
Acme Bar, San Antonio, TexasAcme BarLocation: San Antonio, Texas, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1961I found out about the Acme Bar in an interview with Marie Cartier, who published a book called Baby, You Are...
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Women-only subways in China
Women-only subways in ChinaLocation: Beijing, China Opened/Closed: Proposal stageOnce in a while, we look at a women's space that is not "lost" but is in some other category. This one is "proposed."...
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Char Pei Lounge
Char Pei LoungeLocation: 400 Mascoutah, Belleville, Illinois, USAOpened: Early 1980sClosed: 2000According to theSt. Louis LGBT History Project, Char Pei Lounge was "the city's first lesbian bar."400...
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Denver Detour
Denver Detour Location: 1110 Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, USA Opened: 1983?Closed:2009?Here is the description fromClubfly: Type: Lesbian BarIn a nutshell: Denver girl bar with pool, darts, karaoke...
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Rainbow House Bar & Grill
Rainbow House Bar & Grill Rainbow House (December 2012)Location: 815 North Kings Highway, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USAOpened: 1998Closed:August 2013Clubfly is straight to the point; Rainbow...
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Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
Michigan Womyn's Music FestivalLocation: Hart, Michigan, USAOpened: 1975Closed: 2015I always feared that someday I would be posting about Michfest as a Lost Womyn's Space...Thank you to Lisa Vogel and...
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Women's Music Festivals
West Coast Women's Music Festival (1981)Women's Music Festivals Locations: Varied Opened/Closed: VariedWith this being the last year for the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, I was curious as to what...
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Lips Ultra Lounge
Lips Ultra LoungeLips Ultra Lounge (aka M's Lip Lounge, Lip Bar, Lips)Location: 510 North Stanton Street, El Paso, Texas, USAOpened/Closed:2010-2011?FromClubfly: Type: Lesbian ClubIn a nutshell: El...
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Women-only parks in Swabi, Pakistan
Women-only parksDisplaced Swabi women at refugee camp near Swabi, Pakistan (2009)Location: Swabi District, PakistanCritics often smugly tell us that the desire for women's space is "white" or "middle...
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Augie's on 20th
Augie's on 20th Augie's on 20thLocation: 313-315 20th Street, Rock Island, Illinois, USAOpened/Closed:2013-2014?Here's the clubflydescription of Augie's on 20th:Type: Lesbian BarIn a nutshell:...
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Kicked Back
The old Kicked BackKicked Back Location: 521 Southeast 10th Avenue, Amarillo, Texas, USAOpened: At least as early as 2009--as it is mentioned as an "also ran" for the "Best Gay and Lesbian Bar"...
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TNT's
TNT'sLocation: 2114 South Memorial Drive, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USAOpened: 1986Closed: October 2014?Another long-time Midwestern lesbian bar, now lost.A few of the "official" descriptions first:...
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Club Libations
Club LibationsClub LibationsLocation: 231 North Broad Street (some sites say South Broad Street), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Opened: 1998 or before?Closed:2009?From what has become my gold mine...
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French urban space?
Though French urban space is becoming increasingly male only, especially in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods, women are fighting back. Interesting article fromCityMetric: November 6, 2014 In...
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Harriet Tubman Young Women's Leadership Academy
Students at Harriet Tubman (February 2012)Harriet Tubman Young Women's Leadership AcademyLocation: 2231 North Flint Avenue, Portland, Oregon, USAOpened: 2007Closed: June 2012Here's the description from...
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Park View Grill
Park View GrillLocation: Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, North Carolina, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1990The only Internet references I can find for the Park View Grill are all related to the murder of a...
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