For decades lesbian bars have been disappearing from American cities, gutted in part by increased gentrification in gay neighborhoods driving up rents. But with covid-19 shuttering restaurants and bars across the country, the last few remaining lesbian bars are in danger of closing for good.
For decades lesbian bars have been disappearing from American cities, gutted in part by increased gentrification in gay neighborhoods driving up rents
. But with covid-19 shuttering restaurants and bars across the country, the last few remaining lesbian bars are in danger of closing for good.Sheila Frayne, owner of the lesbian bar Ginger’s in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, who says that the pandemic “may be the end” for the bar, which has served as a vital community space in a gentrifying area of the city. “It’s really sad, because women-owned businesses are hard anyhow, and women-owned bars are unheard of,” she says.
Another bar owner, Elizabeth Boenning of Milkwaukee’s Walker’s Pint, says that she received a Paycheck Protection Program loan to cover expenses for three months after having to shutter in March. “Women don’t have a place that’s for women other than the Pint, really,” Boenning said. Several bars, like Boenning’s, have turned to crowdsourcing; she raised over $3,500 for her staff through a GoFundMe.
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