Lesbian bars in memphis

From the Famous Door's later incarnation as a gay male bar in the s

Famous Door

Location: Madison, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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As far as I can tell, Famous Door was a (predominatly) lesbian bar for only a several months in However, even that history is buried in the location's subsequently more famous history as a gay male bar known as George's. 

From a book called Carryin On In the Lesbian and Gay South, specifically the chapter called "Softball and Alcohol: The Limits of Lesbian Community in Memphis from the s through the s" by Daneel Burring: 

Memphis's first primarily lesbian bars opened in the late s. Nancy, one of the narrators, entered into the lesbian bar business in when she took over the lease for a bar named the Notable Door. She subleased the Famous Door from a lesbian couple who had previously owned the Raven and the Aristocrat [two mixed gay private clubs in Tipton County, Tennessee].The bar had originally opened as the Twilight Lounge Tavern. At the time, the Twilight Lounge catered to both gays and lesbians; however, when Nanc

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