A Tour of America's Sapphic Spaces

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jun 16

From Rachel Karp the co-creator of the hit podcast Cruising, a new book tours of the nation’s lesbian bars! Producer and author Rachel Karp joins us to discuss her book, The Lesbian Bar Chronicles: The Living History and Hopeful Future of America's Dyke Dives and Sapphic Spaces, and traveling across the country with her wife and best friend to chronicle the stories of the remaining US lesbian bars. 

Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images: Customers pose and make hand gestures outside Cubbyhole, a well known lesbian & gay bar, in the West Village on June 17, 2021 in New York City.

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