Historic Bars
This NYC bar was the site of a 1969 uprising that sparked the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
What is the Stonewall Inn?
The Stonewall Uprising began in this month and year.
What is June 1969?
Until the 1960s, bars could lose their license for serving these patrons.
Who are the LGBTQIA+ community?
This vibrant LGBTQ+ dance culture originated in Black and Latinx bars in NYC.
What is Ball culture?
This city is home to “Heaven,” one of the world’s most famous gay nightclubs.
What is London?
Located in San Francisco, this historic bar is known as the city’s oldest gay bar still in operation.
What is the Twin Peaks Tavern?
This U.S. president designated the Stonewall Inn as a National Monument.
Who is Barack Obama?
This agency once enforced liquor laws that discriminated against LGBTQ bars in NYC.
What is the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA)?
This term refers to drag shows hosted during weekend brunch at many LGBTQ bars.
What is Drag Brunch?
The first known lesbian bar, Le Monocle, opened in the 1920s in this European city.
What is Paris?
The Black Cat Tavern, site of 1967 protests, was located in this U.S. city.
What is Los Angeles?
In the 1950s-60s, this federal policy targeted LGBTQ patrons in bars and restaurants.
What is the Lavender Scare?
In 2003, this Supreme Court case struck down sodomy laws in the U.S.
What is Lawrence v. Texas?
This reality TV show helped bring drag queens from bars to mainstream fame.
What is RuPaul’s Drag Race?
In 2022, this Middle Eastern country made headlines for opening what was reported as its first LGBTQ+ bar, called "Mykonos," in the capital city of Beirut.
What is Lebanon?
This bar, located in Chicago, was a safe space for lesbians since the 1930s and reopened in 2021.
What is The Winnemac Lounge / Jeffery Pub?
In 1973, this city’s police raided UpStairs Lounge, leading to the deadliest LGBTQ attack in U.S. history until 2016.
What is New Orleans?
This state was the first to repeal its sodomy laws in 1962.
What is Illinois?
This historic LA club was home to the Jewel Box Revue, America’s first racially integrated drag revue.
What is Club 82?
In this Asian city, “Propaganda” is known as a popular LGBTQ+ dance club.
What is Bangkok?
This Greenwich Village bar is considered the oldest continuously operating gay bar in NYC.
What is Julius’?
The 2016 mass shooting at this Orlando gay nightclub was the deadliest attack on LGBTQ people in U.S. history.
What is Pulse?
This 1966 protest at Julius’ bar in NYC was called the “Sip-In,” modeled after civil rights sit-ins.
What is the Mattachine Sip-In?
Before bars were widely accepting, many drag performers had to perform in this type of underground event.
What is a speakeasy or private party?
In the 2020s, this African country decriminalized homosexuality and saw the opening of its first LGBTQ+ bar.
What is Botswana?