Preface PART ONE: THE NORTHEAST--LESBIAN BARS ARE NEIGHBORHOOD BARS CHAPTER ONE Eve's Hangout--The First Lesbian Bar? (New York, NY) CHAPTER TWO Henrietta Hudson--Lesbian Bars Are Evolving (New York, NY) CHAPTER THREE Cubbyhole--In Times of Crisis Where Do You Go? (New York, NY) CHAPTER FOUR Ginger's--Where Everybody Knows Ruthie's Name (Brooklyn, NY) CHAPTER FIVE The Bush--A New Dyke Bar in Town (Brooklyn, NY) CHAPTER SIX A League of Her Own and As You Are--Survival Ready (Washington, DC) PART TWO: THE MIDWEST--BE NICE OR LEAVE CHAPTER SEVEN Lost & Found and Executive Sweet--A History of Respect and Resistance (Chicago, IL) CHAPTER EIGHT Nobody's Darling--For the Outcasts (Chicago, IL) CHAPTER NINE Dorothy--Where Any Friend of Dorothy Is Welcome (Chicago, IL) CHAPTER TEN Slammers--A Family Affair (Columbus, OH) CHAPTER ELEVEN The Back Door--Consent Is Fucking Mandatory! (Bloomington, IN) CHAPTER TWELVE Walker's Pint--Be Nice or Leave (Milwaukee, WI) CHAPTER THIRTEEN Blush & Blu--The Myth of the Last Lesbian Bar (Denver, CO) PART THREE: THE GREAT QUEER PILGRIMAGE WEST CHAPTER FOURTEEN Mona's--Where Girls Will Be Boys (San Francisco, CA) CHAPTER FIFTEEN Maud's--The Best of Times, the Worst of Times (San Francisco, CA) CHAPTER SIXTEEN Wild Side West--When Life Gives You Garbage, Plant a Garden (San Francisco, CA) CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Gossip Grill--Welcome Home (San Diego, CA) CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Redz--Shit Come, Shit Go, I'm Gonna Be Myself (Los Angeles, CA) CHAPTER NINETEEN The Wildrose--The Heart of the Hill (Seattle, WA) CHAPTER TWENTY The Sports Bra--Everyone Watches Women's Sports (Portland, OR) CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Doc Marie's--We Fight Because We Care (Portland, OR) PART FOUR: THE SOUTH--WE KEEP US SAFE CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Alice Brady's and Charlene's--Lesbian Bars Are Political (New Orleans, LA) CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Les Pierres--The Home They Built (New Orleans, LA) CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Boycott Bar--Lesbians Against Drunk Driving (Phoenix, AZ) CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE YBR Pub--From Ally-Run to Queer-Run (Tulsa, OK) CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Alibi's and Frankie's--Out and Proud in OKC (Oklahoma City, OK) CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Pearl Bar--Becoming Human (Houston, TX) CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Sue Ellen's--A Queer Bar Empire (Dallas, TX) CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Herz--How to Make an Unlikely Ally (Mobile, AL) CHAPTER THIRTY My Sister's Room--When Your Health Insurance Fails, Your Lesbian Bar Shows Up (Atlanta, GA) CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE The Lipstick Lounge--Take Me to Church (Nashville, TN) CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Babe's of Carytown--The Tale of Two Vickies (Richmond, VA) CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE Hershee Bar--A Thirty-Five-Year Fight for Queer Space (Norfolk, VA) PART FIVE: MASSACHUSETTS--COMING HOME CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Femme Bar--For Dianté (Worcester, MA) CONCLUSION Acknowledgments Notes Index.