Denver's only lesbian bar is closing: 'The world has shifted and so have we'
Blush & Blu will have its last night of business on Saturday, owner Jody Bouffard recently announced.
OCTOBER 2, 2024
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The Perfect Setting for a Novel: a Lesbian Bar
Genderqueer author M. Ullrich explores women's spaces -- and offline romance -- in novels like Love at Last Call.
MAY 31, 2018
Are Lesbian Bars Making a Post-Lockdown Comeback?
Pop-up LGBTQ+ events may be spurring a resurgence of lesbian bars across the U.S.
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
What Happened to the Lesbian Bar?
Claire Heddles visits one of California's last lesbian bars to investigate the slow extinction of women's spaces.
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Celebrating and Remembering the Disappearing Lesbian Bar
Once the mainstay of gathering places for queer women, lesbian bars are disappearing.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
'Bar Dykes' Dives Into Lesbian Life In the 1950s
The Flea Theater transports audiences to a lesbian bar in pre-Stonewall America.
JULY 31, 2019
Arrest Made in Arson Attack on California Lesbian Bar
The suspect is a former employee and the attack is not being investigated as a hate crime.
OCTOBER 23, 2023
New Lesbian Bar, Ruby Fruit, to Open in L.A.
The bar will open in the space formerly occupied by popular restaurant Eszett in the Silver Lake neighborhood.
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
Why Are Lesbian Bars Special?
For LGBTQ+ History Month, the author of Moby Dyke discusses why lesbian bars are so sacred — and why it's so hard to find info on them online.
OCTOBER 16, 2023
An Epic Journey to America's Last Lesbian Bars
In Moby Dyke, author Krista Burton chronicles an awesome odyssey to these dwindling jewels. Read an excerpt here.
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The First Time Edie Windsor Cruised at a Lesbian Bar
The civil rights icon who helped defeat the Defense of Marriage Act gifts us with her posthumous memoir, A Wild and Precious Life, out today. Read a thrilling excerpt below.
OCTOBER 8, 2019