![]() Denver Detour, a karaoke bar, went under around then, too. C’s, a country-western joint, shuttered in 2009 after more than a decade. The Elle changed its name to 716 to try to attract a wider clientele, but it closed in 1998. Historically spread along Colfax Avenue, Mile High City lesbian bars have followed the trend. Plus, “gentrification has wiped out a lot of spaces for marginalized people,” says Erica Rose, a filmmaker and co-founder of the national Lesbian Bar Project, which works to save lesbian-centric taverns. It’s also safer for gay people to patronize any run-of-the-mill saloon than it used to be. Those who once sought community in person now find it online. Today, however, Blush & Blu isn’t just her last venture standing it’s the last remaining lesbian bar in Colorado and one of just 21 left in the United States.īars that cater to lesbians face several hurdles. “It was awesome to have hundreds of women in the room.” Inspired, Bouffard worked to eventually open her own lesbian-focused establishments. The bar was way over capacity,” Bouffard says. “When Ellen DeGeneres came out, we had a watch party. But while mopping floors and cleaning bathrooms, Bouffard-whose parents kicked her out at 16 after she revealed she was gay-found family. In 1996, Jody Bouffard started working at a Denver lesbian nightclub called the Elle to save money for pharmacy school.
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