Mattson’s report, too, noted how among the bars most at-risk of closing are spaces that cater to women and people of color. Overall, he found, gay bars declined by 36.6 percent between 20. Mattson, who has extensively researched recent changes in gay bars, developed his report from the gay bar listings in the Damron Guide, the longest-running and only guidebook that documents LGBTQ places in the nation.
Map of lesbian bars from The Lesbian Bar Project
