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    UPDATED: Here Are the Final 27 Surviving Lesbian Bars In the U.S.

    Out Traveler Editors

    UPDATED: Here Are the Final 27 Surviving Lesbian Bars In the U.S.

    Women cheering with drink glasses

    Updated: November 2022

    The number has grown to 27!

    Queer, and especially lesbian bars have been slowly disappearing since their high point in the late 1980s (when an estimated 200 lesbian bars existed in the country). As of 2020 only 21 queer women's bars remained when Lea DeLaria ( Orange is the New Black) launched The Lesbian Bar Project, a grassroots-fundraising-turned-documentary-film-, to support and celebrate the last lesbian clubs.

    In this updated slideshow, Out Traveler presents both the surviving 27 lesbian bars and clubs launched or reopened since.

    Boycott Bar – Phoenix, AZ

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Blush & Blu – Denver, CO

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Source — PBS Newshour

    Slammers – Columbus, OH

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Source— Nath House

    The Backdoor – Bloomington, IN

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Wildside West – San Francisco, CA

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Source — Susie Clark

    The Lipstick Lounge – Nashville, TN

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Google Maps

    A League of Her Own – Washington, D.C.

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Source— Adam Fagan/Flickr

    My Sister’s Room MSR – Atlanta, GA

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Ginger’s – Brooklyn, NY

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Google Maps

    Pearl Bar – Houston, TX

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Walker’s Pint – Milwaukee, WI

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Wildrose – Seattle, WA

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Yellow Brick Road Pub – Tulsa, OK

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Henrietta Hudson – Manhattan, NY

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Frankie’s – Oklahoma City, OK

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Herz – Mobile, AL

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Nobody's Darling in Chicago

    Nobody's Darling bar owners Barnes and Renaud

    Chicago's Nobody's Darling isn't exclusively lesbian, but it was founded by two Black queer women, Angela Barnes and Renauda Riddle, so we're counting it. Opened in 2021 in the Windy City gaybhorhodd of Andersonville, quickly became an institution and a national finalist for a James Beard award.

    Babes of Carytown – Richmond, VA

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Courtesy

    Cubbyhole – Manhattan, NY

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Getty Images Digital

    Gossip Grill – San Diego, CA

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Google Maps

    Alibi’s – Oklahoma City, OK

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Source Infogroup

    Sue Ellen’s – Dallas, TX

    Surviving Lesbian Bars

    Photo: Facebook

    The Sports Bra - Portland, OR

    The Sports Bra in Portland hopes to be the first sports bar showing women's sports

    When The Sports Bra opened in 2021, it became the first women’s sports bar in the world. And this isn’t just a gathering space for women to watch sports, but a space for folks to watch women’s sports. The brainchild of lesbian owner Jenny Nguyen, The Sports Bra in Portland also centers women-owned food and spirits. 

    Doc Marie's — Portland, Oregon

    Inside the lesbian bar Doc Marie's in Portland Oregon

    In early 2022 the self-declared lesbian bar Doc Marie's opened in Portland, Oregon to throngs of patrons, ready for the first queer women's bar in the famously queer & wierd northwest city since the closure of The Egyptian in 2010. It closed the next day over plumbing problems and employee walk offs. Doc Marie's reopened in August 2022.

    As You Are – Washington, D.C.

    As You Are is one of the 27 remaining lesbian bars in the United States

    As You Are is not just a lesbian bar. This D.C. destination has coffee, food, drinks, and free Wi-Fi. Come “as you are” for karaoke, corn hole, or “wine down Wednesday.” Before 9 p.m., the bar is open to all ages.

    Dave’s Lesbian Bar – New York, NY

    Dave's Lesbian Bar is one of the 27 remaining lesbian bars in the United States

    Dorothy, located downstairs at 2500 W Chicago Ave., is a lesbian cocktail lounge “for every friend of Dorothy.” Dave’s currently has a GoFundMe page to open a permanent space in Astoria.

    Dorothy Downstairs – Chicago, IL

    Dorothy Downstairs is one of the 27 remaining lesbian bars in the United States

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