Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast - Lesbian Bars: A Love Story

Lesbian Bars: A Love Story

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06/14/23 • 31 min

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Outward: Slate's LGBTQ podcast

In celebration of Pride month, we’re bringing you some extra episodes of the Outward podcast. This week, host Christina Cauterucci talks to two people who recently visited every lesbian bar in the United States: Krista Burton, author of the newly published book Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America, and Naomi Gordon-Loebl, a writer and sommelier. They discuss the purpose of lesbian bars, trends in dyke-bar decor, and whether lesbian bars are still sexy.

Items discussed in the show:

Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America, by Krista Burton

The Lesbian Bar Project’s list of U.S. bars

Gay Agenda

Krista: Tom Ford Tuscan Leather

Naomi: Wear something that makes you feel spicy, like perhaps a leather harness or a Father Figure T-shirt by Tanner Shea

This podcast was edited by Emily Charash and produced by June Thomas.

Please send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to [email protected].

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Items discussed in the show:

Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America, by Krista Burton

The Lesbian Bar Project’s list of U.S. bars

Gay Agenda

Krista: Tom Ford Tuscan Leather

Naomi: Wear something that makes you feel spicy, like perhaps a leather harness or a Father Figure T-shirt by Tanner Shea

This podcast was edited by Emily Charash and produced by June Thomas.

Please send feedback, topic ideas, and advice questions to [email protected].

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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