Offsite: Krista Burton presents Moby Dyke

Schedule

Mon Jun 05 2023 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

Location

Ginger's Bar | Brooklyn, NY

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About this Event

Event guidelines:

  • All attendees are encouraged to wear face masks.
  • Tickets are limited to restrict capacity.
  • A signing will follow the talk.
  • Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
  • Home address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.
  • This event will be livestreamed via YouTube live here: https://youtube.com/live/N7_K83_LhZ8
  • As a reminder: If you are not feeling well, please do not come to the event; email us and we'll work it out.

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A former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappearance of America’s lesbian bars by visiting the last few in existence.

Lesbian bars have always been treasured safe spaces for their customers, providing not only a good time but a shelter from societal alienation and outright persecution. In 1987, there were 206 of them in America. Today, only a couple dozen remain. How and why did this happen? What has been lost—or possibly gained—by such a decline? What transpires when marginalized communities become more accepted and mainstream?

In Moby Dyke, Krista Burton attempts to answer these questions firsthand, venturing on an epic cross-country pilgrimage to the last few remaining dyke bars. Her pilgrimage includes taking in her first drag show since the onset of the pandemic at The Back Door in Bloomington, Indiana; competing in dildo races at Houston’s Pearl Bar; and, despite her deep-seated hatred of karaoke, joining a group serenade at Nashville’s Lipstick Lounge and enjoying the dreaded pastime for the first time in her life. While Burton sets out on the excursion to assess the current state of lesbian bars, she also winds up examining her own personal journey, from coming out to her Mormon parents to recently marrying her husband, a trans man whose presence on the trip underscores the important conversation about who precisely is welcome in certain queer spaces—and how they and their occupants continue to evolve.

Moby Dyke is an insightful and hilarious travelogue that celebrates the kind of community that can only be found in windowless rooms soundtracked by Britney Spears-heavy playlists and illuminated by overhead holiday lights no matter the time of year.


Krista Burton is the creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes and was a frequent contributor to the online magazine Rookie. Her writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Elle, and VICE. She lives in Minnesota.

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Ginger's Bar, 363 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, United States

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