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Isis
IsisLocation: 1400 West 6th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Opened: UnclearClosed: 1989Isis is yet another lesbian bar that, unfortunately, is probably best remembered for a violent crime against...
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Green Street Rooming House
66 Green Street (2013)Green Street Rooming HouseLocation: 66 Green Street, Northampton, Massachusetts, USAOpened: 1975Closed: 1992From the Five College Archive & Manuscript Collections: The Green...
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Hollywood
The HollywoodLocation: 304 West 4th Street, Austin, Texas, USA (later 113 San Jacinto)Opened/Closed: 1980s through 90sHollywood is mentioned in an Austin Chronicle article on lost gay and lesbian bars....
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Hermitage Ladies Restaurant
Ad for the Hermitage, New York Times, January 24, 1910Hermitage Ladies RestaurantLocation: 42nd Street and 7th Avenue (Time Square), New York, New York, USAOpened/Closed: c. 1910We haven't posted on a...
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Rose's Lesbian Boarding House
Rose's Lesbian Boarding HouseRose HovickLocation: West End Avenue, New York, New York, USAOpened/Closed: 1930sRose's Lesbian Boarding House is one of those absolutely random finds--you're looking for...
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L's
Patricia Highsmith at 21L'sLocation: Macdougal Street, New York, New York, USAOpened/Closed: 1930s-1940sI have found exactly one reference to L's. That was in a December 2009 New York Times article on...
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Bookie Joint for Women
Bookie Joint for WomenLocation: 5057 Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USAOpened: Between 1928-1930Closed: 1938One of the odder women-only spaces we've ever posted on. From the Chicago...
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Karangahape Road Girl's Club
KG Club (1974)Karangahape Road Girl's ClubLocation: Auckland, New ZealandOpened: 1971Closed:1979?From a piece called Queen City: A Secret History of Auckland: And who remembers the KG Club – the...
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India's first lesbian helpline
Workers at Lesbian Helpline, Tamilnadu, IndiaIndia's first lesbian helplineLocation: Chennai, IndiaOpened: February 2009Closed: May still be technically in existent, but apparently not really...
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Lounging room for ladies, Louisville & Nashville Railroad
San Antonio Express, June 20, 1925Lounging room for ladies, Louisville & Nashville RailroadLocation: Ran between New Orleans, Louisiana, Louisville, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio, USAOpen/Closed:...
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Club Tribute
Club Tribute (March 2009)Club TributeLocation: 3200 North Arnoult Road (18th Street), Metairie, Louisiana, USA Opened: March 2009 Closed:February2013FromGay Cities:NOLA's #1 lesbian barClub Tribute is...
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Lesbian bars in Milwaukee
Bet-Z Boenning at Walker's PintLesbian Bars in MilwaukeeWe're down to one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Where have all the lesbian bars gone?By Molly Snyder Senior WriterPublished Aug. 14, 2015 at 3:03...
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Beijing Lesbian Center
Beijing Chauyang DistrictBeijing Lesbian CenterLocation: Beijing City Chaoyang district Sihui East Heng Shidai Building No. 3, 28th floor, Apartment no. 8Opened/Closed: c. 2012Perhaps the best...
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Famous Door
From the Famous Door's later incarnation as a gaymale bar in the 1970sFamous DoorLocation: 1786 Madison, Memphis, Tennessee, USAOpened: 1969Closed: 1969As far as I can tell, Famous Door was a...
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Berlin Women's Bank
Berlin 1914Berlin Women's BankLocation: Berlin, GermanyOpened: 1909Closed: 1915I've been combing through newspapers from the pre-World War I era lately, and I happened to come across this little gem....
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London Lesbian Bars
London Lesbian BarsStokey Stop Found an article in TheGayUK from October 2015 that lists London LGBT bars that have disappeared since 2000. I am listing the bars that are specifically identified as...
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Kinswomyn
KinswomynKinswomynLocation: 2 Chome-15-10 Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanOpened: 1994Closed: February 2014FromNandeYana:Kinswomyn: The End Of An Era Posted by nandeyanaon October 18, 2013in Shinjuku...
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The Hive
The HiveThe HiveLocation: Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAOpened 2014Closed: 2016What a cool idea. Sorry to see this go. From Philadelphia Business Journal: Local coworking space for women...
View ArticleIn the Village of Women - The Importance of Closed Spaces
We are often told that the desire for women's space is somehow racist, middle-class, colonialist, transphobic, etc. Absolutely not true. In fact it's often demanded by poor women, women of color, and...
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Beijing Zhongze Women's Legal Counseling and Service Center
Guo JianmeiBeijing Zhongze Women's Legal Counseling and Service CenterLocation: Beijing, ChinaOpened: 1995Closed: 2016From Shanhaiist: Chinese authorities have ordered a leading women's legal aid...
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