Los Angeles didn’t have a lesbian bar for ten years, since The Palms in West Hollywood closed in 2013. According to the Lesbian Bar Project, in the 1980s, there were hundreds of lesbian bars in the United States, but today, there are fewer than 30. Women and gender-diverse folks have always had a harder time finding dedicated spaces to meet up, dance, and just exist. But as many women and nonbinary people know well, these spaces are not immune from the transphobia, racism, and misogyny that are a harsh reality even in the LGBTQ community. There’s no shortage of bars for gay men in Los Angeles. Alex - that’s lesbian Alexa - play “I Know a Place” by MUNA). If you want to go out dancing, I know a place. Maybe we have to be ten times smarter than straight people to find our people. Is that too much to ask? Sometimes, it feels like the answer is yes. I want to look hot and gay and go out with my friends without dealing with… well, cis, straight men. It’s a Friday night in Shane McCutcheon’s Los Angeles.
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