** FREE **

Join the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project for #CheersQueers, a Zoom happy hour + lecture on the past, present and potential future of lesbian spaces in New York City. DID YOU KNOW there are only 3 operating lesbian bars in NYC? Cubbyhole, Henrietta Hudson, and Ginger’s Bar.

Gwendolyn Stegall, historic preservationist and former NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project intern, will discuss her ground-breaking reseach on how lesbian nightlife spaces have changed over time, as well as revisit a number of important events that happened in these bars. This discussion is especially timely as the survival of the lesbian bar is even further threatened now as businesses struggle to stay afloat. Join us for a drink, and cheers, queers!

IMPORTANT: Please make sure the name/email used for registration via Eventbrite matches the display name on your Zoom. This is essential for a smooth check-in process and to avoid delays being admitted into the virtual event.

For event security, check in begins at 6:25PM and discussion starts promptly at 6:30PM.

This event is made possible with generous support from American Express and Consolidated Edison.

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6:25PM -- Zoom check-in and chat

6:30PM -- Kick-off by Project co-director Ken Lustbader

6:35PM -- Virtual tour of lesbian bars with Gwendolyn Stegall

7:00PM -- Q&A

7:15PM -- Conversation & Community

Event logistics:

• Please make sure the name/email used for registration via Eventbrite matches the display name on your Zoom. This is essential for a smooth check-in process and to avoid delays being admitted into the virtual event.
• For event security, check in begins at 6:25PM and discussion starts promptly at 6:30PM.

About the NYC LGBT Historic Site Project

The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project is a nonprofit cultural initiative and educational resource that is making an invisible history visible by documenting extant historic and cultural sites associated with the LGBT community throughout New York City. For more, visit www.nyclgbtsites.org, or follow on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

Photos: (1) Howdy Club flyer, 1930s-1940s; source: ODDVOICES NYC (http://www.ovnyc.us/clubhowdy.html); (2) Waitresses and/or football team at the Howdy Club, 1930s-1940s. Courtesy Lesbian Herstory Archives; (3) The Sea Colony bar, first floor of 52, 50, and 48 Eighth Avenue (left to right), 1964. Photo by John Barrington Bayley. Courtesy NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission.