Through the late 1990s and early 2000s, a Manhattan lesbian bar called Meow Mix was a home for queer outsiders. An East Village dive with a capacity less than 120 and a tiny stage, Meow Mix offered space to lesbians and their friends at a time when queer spaces were highly segregated by identities and interests, and could often be discriminatory. “I remember going
Iconic NYC lesbian bar Meow Mix reunites regulars two decades after shuttering

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