What we’re up to.

For many of us, the gay bar functions as our neighborhood dive, dance club, community center, sports bar, theatre, and museum all rolled into one.

This is because historically gay bars were one of the few places where queers could be sure of finding one another and so it’s where a lot of our culture happened. It’s where we could flirt openly, express ourselves authentically, and create art—drag, burlesque, music, fashion, dance, and more—together.

But queer spaces, lesbian and sapphic bars specifically, have been disappearing for a while. Did you know that in the 1980s there were more than 200 lesbian bars in the United States? In 2020, that number was down to around 16. But that is changing! Today, there are closer to 40 sapphic/queer bars popping up in different cities and towns across the country.*

*Bar statistics from Erica Rose, Co-Founder of the Lesbian Bar Project 

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Ursula is excited to be part of this growth! Our goal is to be a place where queer, lesbian, sapphic, non-binary, genderqueer, and trans folks get to belong and experience the excitement and magic of a great night out.