Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>How the first lesbian bar in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> paved the way for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nightlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightlife</span></a> across the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>. </p><p>When <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mona</span></a>'s opened in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NorthBeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthBeach</span></a> in 1936, owners and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/married" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>married</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/couple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>couple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MonaSargeant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonaSargeant</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JimmieSargeant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimmieSargeant</span></a> imagined it as a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bohemian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bohemian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a>. But as the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> grew, so did the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/club" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>club</span></a>'s dynamics.</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Lesbians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesbians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drag</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DragQueens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragQueens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DragKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DragKings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NightLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NightLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2024/06/20/first-lesbian-bar-monas-club" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/local/san-francisco/</span><span class="invisible">2024/06/20/first-lesbian-bar-monas-club</span></a></p>