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INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2022--

The Rosemont [Official] The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the city’s LBGTQ bars particularly hard. Almost overnight, the crowded, sweaty community gatherings at raucous dance parties that also served as the city’s hubs for music and culture were put to an end by a virus. Many drag queens — a major draw at several LGBTQ bars — were forced to take their shows online. But one Brooklyn bar is bucking that trend. Since November, popular Williamsburg queer bar the Rosemont — primarily known for its drag shows and packed dance parties prior to the pandemic — has offered weekend food and dri...

 Photograph by Molly Adams The bartenders at A League of Her Own (Aloho), a bar for lesbian and queer folks in Washington, D.C., are trained to chat up newcomers and make them feel at home. That's the case with most watering holes, but at Aloho, it's a little different. When a new patron comes alone to the bar, bartenders also offer to introduce them to one of Aloho's dozen or so regulars. It's a way to create community and make the bar's queer patrons feel like they have a safe space--something that can be hard to find for any marginalized population.