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Doc Marie's
Street-Address:203 Southeast Grand Avenue
City:Portland
County:Multnomah
State:Oregon
Zip:97214
Country:United States
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Doc Marie's is an LGBT-friendly bar in Portland, Oregon.[1]

Description and history

Doc Marie's is an LGBT-friendly bar in the Osborn Hotel building in southeast Portland's Buckman neighborhood.[2] Owned by Olga Bichko and Nikki Ferry, the business is named after Marie Equi, a lesbian described by Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland as "one of Oregon's fiercest champions for labor and women's rights". The business operates as Portland's only lesbian bar,[3] [4] in a space which previously housed Elvis Room.[5]

In March 2022, Eater Portland mentioned plans for the bar to open in May.[5] The business began operating on July 1, but closed the following day after two managers resigned and other employees created a worker cooperative. According to Shane Dixon Kavanaugh of The Oregonian, the workers "demanded the bar's owners turn the business over to them, writing on Instagram that they felt 'misled about the space being safe and welcoming.[6] The conflict was picked up by Libs of TikTok, a popular conservative Twitter account, resulting in threats directed at the owners and former employees. The bar reopened on August 13, 2022.[7] [8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leon . Kat . 2022-05-04 . Queer community reacts to Portland's new lesbian bar . 2022-08-12 . . . en-US . 2022-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812200630/https://psuvanguard.com/queer-community-reacts-to-portlands-new-lesbian-bar/ . live .
  2. Web site: Piccoli . Dana . 2022-05-12 . Spaces for queer women experience a renaissance in Portland, Oregon . 2023-02-20 . News Is Out . en-US.
  3. Web site: Jankowski . Andrew . 2022-04-19 . New Portland LGBTQ Bar Stands Proud on Old Town's Bro-iest Block . 2022-08-12 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-06-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630195238/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/4/19/23030959/rebel-rebel-opening-old-town-portland-lgbtq-queer-bar-drag . live .
  4. News: The Sports Bra breaks down bar barrier. April 29, 2022. Portland Tribune. Pamplin Media Group. Joseph. Gallivan. August 12, 2022. May 27, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220527204222/https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/11-features/544110-435533-the-sports-bra-busts-open-a-new-market. live.
  5. Web site: Jackson-Glidden . Brooke . 2022-03-31 . Portland's Only Self-Defined Lesbian Bar Will Arrive This Spring . 2022-08-12 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812200631/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/3/31/23005125/doc-maries-lesbian-bar-portland-opening . live .
  6. Web site: Shane Dixon . Kavanaugh . 2022-08-10 . How a Portland 'lesbian bar for everyone' closed after one day . 2022-08-12 . . en . 2022-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812200630/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2022/08/how-a-portland-lesbian-bar-for-everyone-closed-after-one-day.html . live .
  7. Web site: Wong . Janey . 2022-08-12 . Lesbian Bar Doc Marie's Is Reopening Following Its Troubled Start . 2022-08-12 . Eater Portland . en . 2022-08-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220812200630/https://pdx.eater.com/2022/8/12/23303208/lesbian-bar-doc-maries-reopening . live .
  8. Web site: De Dios . Austin . 2022-12-26 . Top 10 most-read news stories of 2022 from The Oregonian/OregonLive . 2023-04-14 . The Oregonian . en.
  9. Web site: UPDATED: Here Are the Final 27 Surviving Lesbian Bars In the U.S. . 2023-04-14 . Out Traveler . en.

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