Cruising | Queer History and Culture
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Conversations about lesbian bars, sapphic spaces, and beyond! Not sure where to start? You don’t have to listen in order! Pick your favorite city, space, or LGBTQ+ icon and dive in. Season 1 follows creators Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity on their 2021 cross-country road trip to every lesbian bar in the U.S., sharing the stories of the humans that run these spaces and the humans that call them a home. Season 2 features 14 more spaces, chronicling the current lesbian bar resurgence AND taking you back in time to lesbian bars of decades past.In Season 3, host Sarah Gabrielli sits...
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- LIVE: Community Story Share at As You Are (Washington, DC / 05.28.26)
- LIVE: Community Story Share at The Lipstick Lounge (Nashville, TN / 06.06.26)
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- Making Queer Space in Brooklyn: LIVE Panel at Greenlight Bookstore
- LIVE: Community Story Share and Book Launch (Ginger's Bar, Brooklyn / 05.26.26)
- LIVE: Community Story Share (Northampton, MA / 06.01.26)
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