"Tea, Anarchy, and the First Dyke Bar: Eve’s Hangout 1925"

Meet the wonder of Eve Adams. The lush transcript from S1E3 of Our Dyke Histories.

"When Paris and Berlin Were Dyke Bars*"

Enjoy the detailed transcript of the second episode of my Our Dyke Histories podcast.

Redrawing U.S. QueerTransness

Why trans people care -- though they may not know how much -- about gerrymandering.

"1920s & 1930s: The LezQueer World before Bars"

My podcast with Sinister Wisdom, Our Dyke Histories has launched! I'm sharing the transcript from the first 1920s-1930s episode with some images to bring it to life even further.

Is 1928's Café Dorian Gray Actually Cubbyhole 2025?!

I'm enamored with Café Dorian Gray in 1928 Berlin – maybe because I've been to its twin(!), none other than the renowned Cubbyhole in 2025. Yes, really.

Why We Need(ed) a Gender, Sexuality, & Space Reading List

There are nearly 1,000 citations in here. As I said, I am *very* passionate about citations. Proof of life means so much to queers and transes, especially through records that we exist.

"My Lesbian Bar"

One of the first things my partner Rachel said to me was, "My lesbian bar was a babyfeeding café in Boston 2014-2015." And I've been thinking how I didn't bat an eye.

Lez Liberatory Geographical Imaginations: Dykeness in Retrospect

Many of us want to return to halcyon spacetimes. It's how the Far Right sells themselves. But wanting to go back to some halcyon spacetimes is how *everyone* makes sense of their geographies, just not in vile, cruel, and fascist ways.

The Only Lesbian Bar Guide in the World Is from 1928

Just then, Spinnboden archivist and director Katja Koblitz gently sprung up. She arrived at my shoulder and tapped me gently, as she said, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier you were writing a book on dyke bars?” I turned and found her beaming...

Let Us Tease You :: Our Dyke Histories Soft (Butch) Reveal

Coming in live from the Lesbian Lives conference in New York City, I'm excited to do a soft (butch) launch of my podcast with Sinister Wisdom: Our Dyke Histories!

Magicks: Our Dyke Histories podcast soft launch at Lesbian Lives!

Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. 🤌 That's our (sexy and smart) tagline for my podcast Our Dyke Histories. I'm releasing ODH in collaboration with the amazing Sinister Wisdom, the lesbian multicultural literary and art journal.

Okay, Okay, Now I (Sort of) Love Dyke Bars*

But I've never shared the reason I now (sort of) love dyke bars*. My anger arose from the question posed to me. And asking why lesbian bars are closing is an incredibly boring question.