LESBIAN BAR RENAISSANCE
Role: Designer, Photo Editor
I pitched the idea for this article in May 2023. Over the next three months, I worked closely with our photo, video, and editorial leads to create a nationally reported multi-media package. I produced the photos, conducted archival photo research, assisted with art direction, and designed the layout of the article in Shorthand.
Photography by Dani Amy & Akilah Townsend
Story by Alex Berg
In one of America’s reddest states lies a safe haven for the LGBTQ+ community. Despite passing several anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Oklahoma has become a hot spot for one of the community’s rarest spaces: lesbian bars. Out of a little more than 30 lesbian bars in the United States, Oklahoma is home to four. In this week’s Stay Tuned, we go inside some of these bars and talk to the people who have made Oklahoma City home.