That is why last year, Rose and co-creator Elina Street launched the Lesbian Bar Project, a fundraiser and documentary project to tell the stories behind these institutions.
RELATED : Denver gets a gay sports bar, Tight End, in time for spring season “The majority of queer people are women, and we have often been sidelined and not taken as seriously as men,” Rose said, “so it’s important we have our space to really have intergenerational dialogue, to have power, to have community and not necessarily be at the mercy of space that isn’t designed for us.” Gay bars are often designed specifically for cis, white men, she said, and when that’s also the lens through which much of LGBTQ+ culture and politics is filtered, there’s a need for concepts that offer something different. These customers become family members.”Įrica Rose, co-creator of the Lesbian Bar Project, sees spaces that cater to women, non-binary and transgender people as essential. “There’s so much more to running that bar than having 10 employees and customers coming through. So coming into a queer space like I have and the ones that are remaining, you find your new family there,” she said. “A lot of people don’t have family because they’re rejected by their family. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
