Greater LA
LA’s lesbians are rebuilding long-lost sapphic spaces
LA currently has zero lesbian bars. Since the closure of LA’s last remaining gay bar in 2017, the second-largest city in the U.S. has been left without any brick and mortar center of lesbian nightlife.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenLA currently has zero lesbian bars. Since the closure of LA’s last remaining gay bar in 2017, the second-largest city in the U.S. has been left without any brick and mortar center of lesbian nightlife. It’s a trend reflected across the U.S., which only has 21 lesbian bars. Now young queer women are part of a new wave in LA to feed the hunger of LGBTQ Angelenos and are building new spaces.
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3 storiesLA has zero lesbian bars. A new wave of queer women are changing that
Now young queer women are part of a new wave in LA to feed the hunger of LGBTQ Angelenos and are building new spaces.
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