University Women's College, University of Melbourne.Christian Female College (Christian College).In August 1991 Hill Haven started men's night on Wednesdays. It came under new management January 1992. It was then exposed as not being "lesbian-owned" or even woman-owned in 1991, contrary to its advertising. The club was boycotted by black lesbians protesting perceived racism. The crowd is very mixed, but mostly gay women…”Ĭapitol Hill women's bar, opened a restaurant in August 1990. Just Us : “A discotheque with an international atmosphere, the Club Madame has a varied program of seasonally oriented festivals, such as Mardi Gras, Oktoberfest, and so on, which require payment of an admission fee. The club ultimately closed in 2004 following problems with clubgoers. Owners: Ibijinka Hicks, Addie Johnson, Tedara Lindsay, Vicki Harris. Offered use of its space to community groups such as SMYAL, Mautner Project, and others. Here are just a few of the lost lesbian bars they identify:Īfrican-American-owned dance club, initially primarily a lesbian club. The Rainbow History Project has done a superb job of cataloguing LGBT "places and spaces" from the 1920s to the present. This is the Nighttours guide to gay Washington DC. Gay Washington D.C hotels map Gay Washington D.C 2022. While Washington's bars suffered from fewer police raids than New York's, there was still harrassment:Ī member of Mattachine at JoAnna’s one summer evening in 1969 saw “a steady procession of uniformed police come in and out of the bar.” Querying a policeman about the procession, she was told “there was no trouble at all, but that the precinct was just keeping an eye on things.” What to do in Washington D.C Guide and map to gay bars, clubs and events and the LGBTQI+ scene in 2022. It is also noted that Jo-Anna's was one of the first of Washington's clubs to willingly identify with "gayness" and distribute the Mattachine Society newsletter. They put in a small dance floor, which immediately started to attract business including, (I think) some men. It was responsible for the initiation of dancing in DC gay bars on a regular basis. Dr Franklin Kameny remembers, "JoAnna's arrived somewhat later, on the NE corner of 8th and E, directly across from Johnnie's. SE in 1968 represented a new social option for women, and a daring new dance floor. There have also been losses: Iconic Barracks Row lesbian bar Phase 1 shuttered its doors last year. Those new hangouts include Dirty Goose, Trade and Uproar. NW, the Spring Road Café, a purple building that was hard to miss, saw women’s gatherings on weekends. In February 2016, the Washington Blade noted an 'unusual flurry of activity' with the opening of four new gay bars, the majority of which landed in the U Street/Shaw/Logan Circle area. At 5828 Georgia, in upper Northwest, Zombies’ restaurant generally welcomed women. Until mid-decade there was no equivalent of the old Showboat club. Mark Meinke in "The Social Geography of Washington, D.C.'s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Community" (2002) says the following about "Women's social spaces" in Washington:įor most of the Sixties there were few public social options for women. Location: 430 8th Street, Washington, D.C., USA