317: God Save the Lesbian Bar w/ Lisa Cannistraci

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Lez Hang Out

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🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out with Lisa Cannistraci, the owner of Henrietta Hudson, the longest running lesbian bar in the country, (@henriettahudson), to chat about her experience running the bar. From taking Madonna on a tour of all of the lesbian bars in NYC, to Melissa Etheridge taking over the stage when the band started playing "Come to My Window", Lisa has seen it all. She talked to us about embracing the full spectrum of the LGBTQ community when she realized that she needed to adapt and make it a lesbian centric bar for the entire LGBTQ community. She also discussed her activism and how she's never shied away from taking a stand even if it means losing business. This iconic bar needs to raise $20k per month until social distancing restrictions are lifted. Donate here to keep open the spaces that are important to our community: https://www.gofundme.com/f/henriettahudson1 Follow along on Twitter: Lez Hang Out (@lezhangoutpod) and answer our Q & Gay at the end of every episode. Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster) and Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lezhangoutpod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.8	Let's hang out. And let's talk about what lessons are found. Let's hang out. And let's listen to two has me and found. Let's hang out. And let's listen to two lesbian shout.
0:39.9	Let's hang out.
0:44.7	Hey, everyone.
0:45.7	Welcome back to Les Hang Out.
0:47.1	A podcast hosted by the lesbians, you'd want to hang out without a lesbian bar.
0:50.9	True.
0:51.4	From the West Coast, I'm Lee Holmes Foster.
0:53.8	And from the East Coast, I'm Ellie Holmes Foster. And from the East Coast,
0:54.8	I'm Ellie Bridgeta. To those of you who have been with us through this whole journey,
0:57.8	thank you as always for listening. If you're a new listener welcome, we're excited to have you here.
1:01.6	Here's what's happening this week. This week in the Lesdom is a place where we can touch
1:09.9	base each episode about things going on with the podcast or otherwise.
1:13.5	This week, at the start of Pride Month, we refuse to ignore the injustices that are going on across our country.
1:19.7	The senseless, racially charged deaths of George Floyd, Amad Aubrey, Tony McDade, and Brianna Taylor, along with the many other Black Lives lost from police brutality,
1:28.8	cannot be forgotten or ignored. So today, while we usually keep our podcast light and fluffy
1:34.2	and apolitical, we have to start by acknowledging the protests and riots that are happening in
1:39.1	Minneapolis and across our country, and to let you all know that we stand with the Black Lives
1:44.0	Matter movement.
1:45.0	Never forget that Stonewall was a riot against police and police brutality,
1:50.0	and we cannot in good conscience stand up for the LGBTQ community without also standing for the black community in this tumultuous time.
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