Lillian Faderman is a world renowned, award winning LGBTQ+ and lesbian historian, scholar, and author. Her books include Surpassing the... more

This week, we're sharing the story of Ms. Mabel Hampton, in partnership with The Lesbian Herstory Archives. Ms. Hampton (1902-1989)... more

In 1963, white supremacist terrorists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young black... more

Happy Pride Month!! Starting this month, we will be releasing a series of episodes that we’re calling Cruising the Archives.... more

Redz is a little known former lesbian bar in East LA, which opened in the 1950s and catered primarily to... more

There's a new dyke bar in Bushwick, and it's called The Bush! These are the stories of humans that run... more

Our full interview with Summer, security at Doc Marie's.Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an... more

In 2018, the Hershee Bar community showed up at a series of Norfolk City Council meetings to fight for their... more

Cruising is a documentary podcast about lesbian bars, the humans that run them, and the humans that call them a... more

Alice Brady owned and ran various lesbian bars throughout New Orleans between 1952 and 1978. The most notable was called... more

When Mara and Emily opened The Ruby Fruit in 2023, Los Angeles hadn't had a lesbian bar since 2017. ... more

Established in 1965, Lost and Found was the longest running lesbian bar in Chicago until it was sold in 2008... more

In February of 2020, Chicago's newest lesbian bar, Dorothy Downstairs first opened its doors. A month later, they were forced... more

Mona Sargent (born Mona Nystrom) is widely credited as the owner of the first lesbian bar in San Francisco, and... more

Rikki Streicher opened Maud's in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in 1966. The bar would be a fixture of... more

Our full interview with Ray, bartender at Doc Marie's.Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an... more

In the summer of 2022, the city of Portland excitedly awaited the opening of a new lesbian bar: Doc Marie's.... more

Our full interview with Anjali Kumaran, regular patron at The Sports Bra. Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!-Support Cruising... more

In April of 2022, Jenny Nguyen opened the first women's sports bar in the entire world: The Sports Bra, in... more

This is our full interview with Teryl Lynn Foxx! Teryl is a renowned New Orleans entertainer, who has been winning... more