By: Astrid

One way to keep lesbian bars is to not insist they stop identifying as lesbian bars. Just a few months ago I was told that identifying myself as “lesbian” was the same thing as “outing myself as a TERF.” I’m not the only lesbian I know who has been told that or something similar. If this is the message going around, it’s not only lesbophobic, but also could drive lesbians away from spaces that traditionally catered to them.

I’d also love not to be lumped in with “queer” but hey.