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One of the oldest lesbian bars on the East Coast is to be demolished.
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One of the oldest lesbian bars on the East Coast is to be demolished. The city wants to put in a dog park.
By Marissa J. Lang
November 15 at 12:31 PM
Two days before learning what would become of Norfolk’s embattled lesbian bar, a group of students and activists toured the city’s LGBTQ history. ... It was filled with graveyards — a hotel that used to be a gay bookstore, a parking garage where drag queens used to dance.
When the group stopped at the Hershee bar — Norfolk’s only dedicated space for bisexual, lesbian and queer-identifying women — the owners were packing up 35 years of history, piling it on tables around the bar.
The last of its kind in Norfolk and one of the oldest lesbian bars on the East Coast, the Hershee was shuttered Oct. 31 to make way for a planned revitalization of the Five Points corridor. Last week, activists who spent months trying to convince Norfolk officials to save the bar learned what would replace it:
A dog park.
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Marissa J. Lang is a local reporter covering the D.C. metro area. Follow https://twitter.com/Marissa_Jae
One of the oldest lesbian bars on the East Coast is to be demolished. The city wants to put in a dog park.
By Marissa J. Lang
November 15 at 12:31 PM
Two days before learning what would become of Norfolk’s embattled lesbian bar, a group of students and activists toured the city’s LGBTQ history. ... It was filled with graveyards — a hotel that used to be a gay bookstore, a parking garage where drag queens used to dance.
When the group stopped at the Hershee bar — Norfolk’s only dedicated space for bisexual, lesbian and queer-identifying women — the owners were packing up 35 years of history, piling it on tables around the bar.
The last of its kind in Norfolk and one of the oldest lesbian bars on the East Coast, the Hershee was shuttered Oct. 31 to make way for a planned revitalization of the Five Points corridor. Last week, activists who spent months trying to convince Norfolk officials to save the bar learned what would replace it:
A dog park.
....
Marissa J. Lang is a local reporter covering the D.C. metro area. Follow https://twitter.com/Marissa_Jae
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I hate to see the history destroyed.
The Rainbow Cactus in Virginia Beach just doesn't have the same kind of cache'.
