L-BAR is an interactive multi-media trip down a very important road, alley, dark street, underground space—
The lesbian bar*
Immersive
Virtual
Lesbian Bar
Oral history Project
come hang out and meet us in the bar
*quote Marie Cartier, author of Baby, You Are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall.
Visit lesbian bars from around the globe that opened their doors from 1925–2005. Hang out virtually in these historic spaces online 24 hours and 7 days a week.
Closing events at L-BAR
Visit the bars and gay women's spaces inside L-BAR for the last time in this iteration. The future of L-BAR is uncertain. Invite your friends to meet you inside.
In L-BAR spaces, you’ll hear interviews with former bar-goers, serving as an oral history, especially of pre-Stonewall butch-femme bars.
"In those bars, we were not oppressed,” said poet Chrystos.
Oral history contributors to the L-BAR experience include
Kitty Tsui
Jewelle Gomez
Joan Nestle
Lillian Faderman
Saundra Tignor
Chela Plush
Chrystos
Barbara Kahn
Carolyn Weathers
Jonathan Ned Katz
Nancy Valverde
Andi Seagal
Pat King
Lila Thirkield
Susie Smith
Cristina Schlesinger
The interactive, online lesbian bar and “herstory” project is open to everyone, regardless of sexuality or gender identity.