What is Lesbian bar?
[[File:Saarein-2019.jpg|thumb|Lesbian Bar located in [[Amsterdam]]]] The '''lesbian bar''' (also called a '''dyke bar''' or '''women's bar''') is a [[Bar (business)|bar]] for [[lesbian]]s. The lesbian bar has a history different from [[gay bar]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Rise and Fall of America's Lesbian Bars|publisher=Smithsonian|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/rise-and-fall-americas-lesbian-bars-180976801|access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref> Lesbian bars existed before [[queer]] [[community centre|community centers]], [[health care]] centers and [[café|coffee shop]]s. For a long time, lesbian bars were places of community and validation. Women were historically barred from public spaces having [[alcoholic drink]]s. The women's [[western saloon|saloon]] presence rose in the 1920s. Mona's 440 Club was the first lesbian bar in the [[United States]]. In the 1950s, bars began opening for [[working class]] lesbians, Caucasian or [[African American]]. Because of not enough economic capital and [[segregation]], house [[party|parties]] were popular with the black lesbians.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Boots of Leather, the Slippers of Gold|year=1993 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415902939 |url=https://archive.org/details/bootsofleathersl00kenn_0/page/113/mode/2up|access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref> Lesbian and [[gay]] identification and bar culture increased with the [[human migration|migration]] and passing through of people in big [[city|cities]] during and after [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lesbians in the Twentieth Century 1900-1999|publisher=Out History|url=https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/lesbians-20th-century/1950s|access-date=June 1, 2021}}</ref> In the 1970s, [[lesbian feminism]] began. Bars became important community [[activism|activist]] spaces. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Places where alcohol is served]] [[Category:LGBT]] {{stub}}