My Sister's Room

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My Sister's Room (MSR) is a lesbian bar in Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of the few remaining lesbian bars in the nation.[1] It was opened in 1996 by Susan Musselwhite and has been lesbian-owned and operated bar since 1996.[2] Pictures of My Sister's Room in the 1990s are in Emory University's permanent photo collection.[3]

MSR originally was located in the Midtown area of Atlanta.[4][5] It then moved to the popular lesbian Atlanta suburb Decatur, Georgia from 1997-2006 until the building was sold to build condos and they moved to the bar district of East Atlanta Village. In 2011 the bar was sold to Jen-Chase Daniels and Jami Siden. In the summer of 2015, My Sister's Room moved back to a larger space in the most LGBT-friendly part of Midtown Atlanta, also referred to as the "gayborhood".[6] It is currently a two-story dance venue.[7]

MSR established the Pensacola Memorial Weekend Pride event "Sexacola" that caters to lesbian party goers.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Few lesbian bars remain in the U.S. Will they survive COVID-19?". NBC News.
  2. ^ "My Sister's Room Receives Funding from HRC and SHOWTIME's "Queer to Stay" Initiative". September 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Emory sees gay ATL history through artist's lens". Project Q. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. ^ Bigelow, Gloria (2021-06-06). "A Love Letter to My First Lesbian Bar and to Holding Queer Space". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "MSR My Sisters Room". Creative Loafing.
  6. ^ "My Sister's Room moving to bigger Midtown space". December 10, 2018.
  7. ^ "An Atlanta Pride Journey". TSL News. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Sexacola 2021". My Sister's Room.

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Coordinates: 33°47′05″N 84°23′05″W / 33.784736°N 84.384800°W / 33.784736; -84.384800

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