Outward: Lesbian Bars: A Love Story

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🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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

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0:29.1	Hello, and welcome to our second bonus edition of Outward for the Holy Month of Pride.
0:35.6	I'm Christina Cotterucci, a senior writer at Slay, and my goal for you this month are listeners
0:41.9	with all these extra episodes, is that you never have to hear a single heterosexual voice
0:48.2	in your earbuds until the 1st of July.
0:51.5	So we're going to be shoveling more gay stuff that you all month long, you're welcome.
0:56.7	So before I get started here, I just want to give you a reminder that we
0:59.0	want to hear what you're doing for Pride Month during this moment of rising threats to
1:02.9	trans and queer people, but also opportunities for queer joy.
1:06.8	How are you celebrating?
1:08.4	What are you mourning?
1:09.4	How are you thinking about Pride this year?
1:11.2	For me, as I take this DC Pride is one day away, I'm especially looking forward to a tradition
1:17.2	that my friends and I started in 2019 of renting a boat with like 60 people and having kind
1:23.1	of a wild party on the water on the Sunday of Pride.
1:26.8	It's just been nice to have our own little tradition that's an alternative to all the
1:31.0	official Pride pomp and circumstance.
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