List of lesbian bars

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This is a list of notable lesbian bars worldwide, including early prototypes and modern more inclusive spaces.

Contents

Africa

BarCityCountryYear openedYear closedNotes
Beaulah barCape TownSouth Africaclosedoriginally founded as a lesbian bar, until it became a mixed crowd later [1] [2] [3]

Asia

BarCityCountryYear openedYear closedNotes
Amazona Tel AvivIsrael2020Only lesbian bar in the city [4] [5] [6]
Bigudi Club IstanbulTurkey2008First lesbian bar in Istanbul [7] [8] [9] [10]
Coup d'Etat BeirutLebanon20062007The Middle East's first "openly" lesbian bar [11] [12] Closed in 2007 and opened again in 2018.
2018
Lesbos SeoulKorea1996Lesbos (Korean : 레스보스), located in the Sinchon area of Seoul was opened in 1996 and is the first lesbian bar in South Korea. [13] [14]
L'Paradise Hong KongChina2000s (early)One of two remaining lesbian bars in Hong Kong as of 2020 [15]
Goldfinger TokyoJapan2000s (early)"The most famous lesbian bar in all of Tokyo, maybe in one of the most famous in the world" [16] [17] [ better source needed ] [10]
Roxie's ShanghaiChina2014June 2024First lesbian bar in Shanghai [18] [10] [19]
Virus Hong KongChina1997Hong Kong's first lesbian bar and as of 2020 one of only two remaining from as many as nine in the early 2000s [15]

Australia

BarCityCountryYear openedYear closedNotes

Europe

BarCityCountryYear openedYear closedNotes
Cafébar Marianne BerlinGermany2008Also known as Mariannenbar. [20]
Candy Bar LondonEngland19962014 [21] [22]
Chez Moune ParisFrance1936 [23] [ better source needed ]
Daniel's BarcelonaSpain1975closedOne of the first lesbian bars in Spain and one of the first LGBTQ bars in Barcelona [24] [25] [26]
Gateways Club LondonEngland19432014 [27]
La Gata FrankfurtGermany1971As of 2021 the only lesbian bar in Frankfurt [28]
New Moon ParisFrance1960s1980s [29] [30]
She Soho LondonEngland2014 [31]

North America

BarCityCountryYear openedYear closedNotes
A League of Her Own Washington, D.C.United States2018 [32] [10]
A Little More San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States1980s [33] [34] [35] [36]
Amelia's Mission District, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19781991 [37] [38] [39]
The Anxious Asp North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19581967 [40] [41]
Artist's Club North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19461949 [40] [41]
As You Are Bar Washington, D.C.United States [42] [43]
Babes of Carytown Richmond, VirginiaUnited States1979 [44]
Babiana Club Less Mexico CityMexico2013 [45] [46] [ better source needed ]
BabyFace Disco MontrealCanada1960s (late)First lesbian bar in Montreal [47]
Bachanal Albany, CaliforniaUnited States [48] [49]
Beaded Bag North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States [40] [41]
The Bond Street Bar Asbury Park, New JerseyUnited States1970s1980sLocation was also the site of a women's bar in the 1930s [50] [51]
Blanco's North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States1943mid-1950salso known as Blanco's Tavern [40] [41]
Blush & Blu Denver, ColoradoUnited States2012 [44]
Bum Bum Bar Queens, New York CityUnited States1990s (early)2018 [52] [53]
Cafe Des Beaux Arts New York City, New YorkUnited States19111921One of the earliest "ladies bars" [54] [55] [56]
Chances Bar Houston, TexasUnited States19942010
Chez-Elle Asbury Park, New JerseyUnited States19651990Also known as Chez-L Lounge, opened by a former nun, it was Asbury Park's first "women's club" and a "groundbreaking lesbian nightclub" that was "part of a landmark court case in the 1960s" [50] [57] [58] [59]
Chi-Chi Club North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19491956 [40] [41]
Clementina's Baybrick South of Market, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19821987also known as The Brick, The Bay Brick Inn [60] [61]
Copper Lantern North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19551965 [40] [41]
Cubbyhole West Village, New York CityUnited States1994 [62] [63]
Doc Marie's Portland, OregonUnited States2022
Driftwood Hayward, CaliforniaUnited StatesAlso known as The Driftwood, and Driftwood Lounge [64] [49]
Dorothy Chicago, IllinoisUnited States2022
Egyptian Club Portland, OregonUnited States19952010
Eve's Hangout Greenwich Village, New York CityUnited States19251926Also known as Eve Adams's Tearoom [65] [66]
First Choice/The Night Newark, New JerseyUnited States1980s [67]
Front North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States [40] [41]
Ginger's Bar Brooklyn, New York CityUnited States2000Also known as The G-Spot [68] [69]
The Grand Union Seattle, WashingtonUnited States1950s [70]
Helene's Roselle, New JerseyUnited States1960s [71]
Henrietta Hudson West Village, New York CityUnited States1991 [72] [63] [73] [74]
Herz Mobile, AlabamaUnited States20192023 [44]
Jubilee Oakland, CaliforniaUnited States [75] [49]
Kelly's Alamo Club North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited StatesA police raid in 1956 and the arrest of 36 women on charges of "frequenting a house of ill repute" led the Daughters of Bilitis to publish a guide, "What To Do In Case of Arrest." [76]
The Key West Hotel Asbury Park, New JerseyUnited States19811990"the 1980’s most popular club for New Jersey lesbians, and possibly the oldest lesbian venue of its kind on the East Coast" [77] "New Jersey’s largest and most happening lesbian club and hotel" [78] Formerly Owl and Pussycat [79]
The Lexington Club Mission District, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19972015 [80] [81]
Magnolia MontrealCanada1990s"One of the greats." [47]
Mary’s First and Last Chance Oakland, CaliforniaUnited Statesc.19481956Closed in 1958 for "catering to lesbians", but the bar challenged the ruling in the State Supreme Court and won in 1959. [82] [83]
Mary’s Tower North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19531967 [40]
Maud's Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19661989 [84] [85] [38] [39]
Miss Smith's Tea Room North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19541960 [40] [41]
Mona's 440 Club North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19361950sSold in the mid-1950s to a former employee, and was renamed "Ann's 440 Club" and then no longer served as a lesbian bar. [86] [87]
Mona’s Candle Light Room North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19481957Later it changed and became the Club Gala, the Jazz Workshop, Burp Hollow, and the Dixie Land Jazz. [40]
Mother Bar Mission District, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States2023 [88] [89]
My Sister's Room Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States1996 [90]
Ollie's Oakland, CaliforniaUnited States19811991 [49] [91]
Our Club North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States [40] [41]
Page 3 Greenwich Village, New York, New YorkUnited Statesmid-1950smid-1960s [92]
The Palms West Hollywood, CaliforniaUnited States1960s2013 [93]
Paper Doll North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19491961 [40] [41] [94]
The Pearl Bar Houston, TexasUnited States2013"only lesbian bar in the Bayou City, one of two in Texas and one of 16 in the nation" [95] [96] [97] [98] Profiled in a documentary by the Lesbian Bar Project. [99] [100] [101]
Peg's Place Richmond District, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States1950s1988The site of a 1979 lesbophobic attack by off-duty members of the S.F.P.D. [102] [103]
Phase One Atlanta, GeorgiaUnited States2010s [104] [105]
Phase 1 Washington, D.C.United States19702016The oldest continually operating lesbian bar in the country when it closed. [106]
Roselle Inn Chicago, IllinoisUnited States1935Also known as Rose-El-Inn, one of the earliest lesbian bars. [54] Shut down by police in 1935. [107] [108]
Sappho's Tavern Seattle, WashingtonUnited States1950s [70]
Scott’s Pit San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19701984The first lesbian biker bar in San Francisco; home of brawls and poetry readings. [109] [110] [111] [112]
The Silver Slipper Seattle, WashingtonUnited States1970s [70] [113]
Sisters Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnited States2013 [114] [115]
Slammers Columbus, OhioUnited States1993 [116]
Sue Ellen's Dallas, TexasUnited States1989 [117] [118]
Tin Angel North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States19531961 [40] [41]
Toasted Walnut Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUnited States20152021 [119] [120] [121] [122]
Tommy's Place/12 Adler Place North Beach, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited Stateslate 1940s1955 [40] [41]
Walker's Pint Milwaukee, WisconsinUnited States2001"Wisconsin's last lesbian bar" [123] [10] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128]
Wild Side West Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CaliforniaUnited States1962 [129] [130] [131]
The Wildrose Seattle, WashingtonUnited States1980s (early)A long running lesbian bar on the West Coast. [132] [63]
XX+ Washington, D.C.United States2018closed [133]

South America

BarCityCountryYear openedYear closedNotes
Bach Bar Buenos AiresArgentinaOldest lesbian bar in Buenos Aires [134]

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