At just three years old, A League of Her Own is more than a half-century younger than Darcelle XV Showplace, the famed bar in Portland, Oregon. There are few places where LGBTQ+ people of all ages and backgrounds can mix in a relaxed, social environment. “There’s a really wonderful spectrum of people coming in, from people in their early twenties to sixties,” says Ally Spaulding, the bar’s general manager. On any given night, a diverse range of patrons can be found in A League of Her Own, a Washington, D.C.-based lesbian bar.
The dance floor at Sue Ellen’s, Texas’s oldest lesbian bar.
