It was their baby queer refuge, the place where they met a community of people just like them, where they found their lovers and their families. No lesbian bars? In one of the gay-friendliest cities in the country? The same city where America’s first lesbian bar, Mona’s 440 Club, opened in the mid-1930s? So I set out to investigate the State of the San Francisco Lesbian Bar.įor many folks in the Bay Area, the Lex was almost a rite of passage. When it closes, San Francisco will be left with exactly zero dedicated lesbian bars in its city limits. If you’re in the Bay Area or used to live there, you probably heard the news that The Lexington Club has recently been sold, and will be closing in a few months. In Autostraddle’s The State of the Lesbian Bar, we’re taking a look at lesbian bars around the country as the possibility of extinction looms ever closer. The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.
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