The Lesbian Bar Chronicles
The Living History and Hopeful Future of America's Dyke Dives and Sapphic Spaces
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The Lesbian Bar Chronicles
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Rachel Karp
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Lesbian bars are so much more than a place to get a drink. For over a century, they’ve acted as community posts, political organizing grounds, and sanctuaries. Yet whereas in the 1980s there were an estimated 200 lesbian bars across the US, the current count sits at a few dozen.
In The Lesbian Bar Chronicles, author and co-creator of the hit podcast Cruising Rachel Karp embarks across the country with her wife and best friend to chronicle the stories of the remaining US lesbian bars. Recent narratives have claimed lesbian bars are dying, but Karp’s group finds many of the places they visit to be thriving, their communities sustaining themselves over decades of change and challenges.
Weaving together over 100 hours of immersive interviews with bar owners, staff, and regulars, Karp highlights places like
-Chicago spot Nobody’s Darling, where readers meet “the mayor” Shirley J, who in the 1970s was instrumental in the birth of house music
-Frankie’s in Oklahoma City, where readers attend a “family night” to learn how a lesbian bar can birth a chosen family
-Redz, a Chicana lesbian bar in East LA involved in the precedent setting court case that followed years of arrests for patrons wearing men’s clothing
A heartfelt reclamation of queer history and queer lives, Karp’s narrative examines how these beacons for community and inclusion can teach us to live openly, cultivate connection, and continue to take up space.
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“Stories of humans who refuse to be erased and who create community against all the odds are just what we need right now. The Lesbian Bar Chronicles is an effervescent mix of history, sex, and politics, not to mention fun!”
—Barbara Smith, coauthor of The Combahee River Collective Statement
“For those of us who’ve long known sacred sapphic spaces like The Cubbyhole, Ginger’s, and Good Judy’s, Rachel Karp’s The Lesbian Bar Chronicles finally captures—and properly documents—their enchantment and vital importance. And for newcomers, it carves out a liminal space where everyone knows your lot, your light, your life, and your heart. It stands as one of the most engrossing and essential archives of our queer times.”
—Ricky Tucker, author of And the Category Is . . . : Inside New York’s Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community
—Barbara Smith, coauthor of The Combahee River Collective Statement
“For those of us who’ve long known sacred sapphic spaces like The Cubbyhole, Ginger’s, and Good Judy’s, Rachel Karp’s The Lesbian Bar Chronicles finally captures—and properly documents—their enchantment and vital importance. And for newcomers, it carves out a liminal space where everyone knows your lot, your light, your life, and your heart. It stands as one of the most engrossing and essential archives of our queer times.”
—Ricky Tucker, author of And the Category Is . . . : Inside New York’s Vogue, House, and Ballroom Community
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