In line with the night’s prom theme, there were tuxes and ball gowns Princess Diana- and cottagecore-inspired outfits and lots of spandex and sequins. Downstairs, several guests chanted “Mullet, mullet!” as a stylist from Hairrari, a gender-neutral barbershop, clipped another’s hair. In the upstairs ballroom, guests sang along to a cover of Muna’s “Silk Chiffon,” a single about women loving women, performed by the pop-punk band Daisy Grenade. 12 - more than 1,400 people packed into the Bohemian Beer Hall in Astoria, which had been decked with pink streamers, balloons and signs indicating the gender neutrality of every restroom. For its February event - a Valentine’s Day-themed Heartbreaker’s Ball on Feb. institutions closed to patrons in the spring of 2020 some never reopened.īut as full service has resumed at bars and nightlife has made a comeback, new pop-up sites have sought to fill the void and reimagine what lesbian spaces are for.ĭave’s Lesbian Bar, a monthly pop-up in Queens, is among them. The pandemic’s toll on the service industry has not helped. Only three are left in New York City, according to the Lesbian Bar Project, and fewer than two dozen total in the United States. For years, people have mourned the slow death of the lesbian bar.
