List of lesbian bars

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This is a list of notable lesbian bars worldwide, including early prototypes and modern more inclusive spaces.

Bar City Country Year opened Year closed Notes
Beaulah Bar Cape Town South Africa closed Originally founded as a lesbian bar, until it became a mixed crowd later[1][2][3]
Duchess Lounge Cape Town South Africa 2024 Social media page references "sapphics and the queer community" but widely marketed as a lesbian bar[4]

Asia

Bar City Country Year opened Year closed Notes
Amazona Tel Aviv Israel 2020 Only lesbian bar in the city[5][6][7]
Bigudi Club Istanbul Turkey 2008 First lesbian bar in Istanbul[8][9][10][11]
Coup d'Etat Beirut Lebanon 2006 2007 The Middle East's first "openly" lesbian bar[12][13] Closed in 2007 and opened again in 2018.
2018
Lesbos Seoul Korea 1996 Lesbos (Korean: 레스보스), located in the Sinchon area of Seoul was opened in 1996 and is the first lesbian bar in South Korea.[14][15]
L'Paradise Hong Kong China 2000s (early) One of two remaining lesbian bars in Hong Kong as of 2020[16]
Goldfinger Tokyo Japan 2000s (early) "The most famous lesbian bar in all of Tokyo, maybe in one of the most famous in the world"[17][18][better source needed][11]
Roxie's Shanghai China 2014 June 2024 First lesbian bar in Shanghai[19][11][20]
Virus Hong Kong China 1997 Hong Kong's first lesbian bar and as of 2020 one of only two remaining from as many as nine in the early 2000s[16]

Australia

Bar City Country Year opened Year closed Notes
Ching-a-lings Darlinghurst, New South Wales Australia 2009 Lesbian and nonbinary bar[21][22]

Europe

Bar City Country Year opened Year closed Notes
Cafébar Marianne Berlin Germany 2008 Also known as Mariannenbar.[23]
Candy Bar London England 1996 2014 [24][25]
Chez Moune Paris France 1936 [26][better source needed]
Damenklub Violetta Berlin Germany c. 1926 1933 [27][28]
Daniel's Barcelona Spain 1975 closed One of the first lesbian bars in Spain and one of the first LGBTQ bars in Barcelona[29][30][31]
Gateways Club London England 1943 2014 [32]
La Gata Frankfurt Germany 1971 As of 2021 the only lesbian bar in Frankfurt[33]
Le Hanneton Paris France 1890s (early) 1900s Depicted in lithograph Au Hanneton by Toulouse Lautrec[34][35][36]
Le Monocle Paris France 1920s 1940s (early) One of Paris' first and most famous lesbian bars[37]
New Moon Paris France 1960s 1980s [38][39]
She Soho London England 2014 [40]

North America

South America

References

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