![]() The earliest known lesbian bar on the list includes Eve’s Hangout, run by a Polish-Jewish immigrant named Eve Adams in the 1920s, where a sign outside the establishment read “Men are admitted but not welcome.” That’s according to queer artist Gwen Shockey, who in 2017 launched an art project displaying locations “that were once lesbian bars, or hosted lesbian parties, or queer parties in the boroughs of New York.” After sifting through hundreds of photographs, newspaper clippings, and audio interviews, Shockey pinpointed nearly 100 bars over the years, some longer-running than others (you can see a digital map here). ![]() From a historic perspective, there were more lesbian bars in the 1930s than there are today. While New York has the most lesbian bars in the country, with three female-owned establishments - Henrietta Hudson and Cubbyhole, both in Manhattan’s East Village, and Ginger’s, based in Brooklyn - the number pales in comparison to the 40 gay bars for men currently listed on the travel site Ga圜ities. ![]() But the lesbian bar, often owned and run by women, is slowly leaving the nightlife scene in cities across the country. The slogan “Moving Made Easier” is plastered across steel-ridged walls in the parking lot, empty red-and-white trailers line up in processional rows, auguring a sense of transition and impermanence.Ĭoincidence? Probably. A block away from Ginger’s, one of the last standing lesbian bars in New York, is a massive U-Haul facility.
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