Lesbian Minneapolis — Bars, Events & Community

A Bar of Their Own is a women’s sports bar in Minneapolis built around a simple idea: showing women’s sports, all the time.

The bar screens women’s leagues and competitions across multiple sports, making it a natural gathering place for lesbian and sapphic fans as well as anyone who wants women athletes treated as the main event rather than an afterthought. The atmosphere is much more neighborhood sports bar than nightclub, with food, drinks and big-game energy.

It’s also one of the most distinctive LGBTQ+-friendly venues in Minneapolis because the community around women’s sport is such a strong part of the Twin Cities scene. Expect a mixed crowd, with plenty of lesbians, LGBTQ+ locals, sports fans and groups meeting up for games.

A Bar of Their Own is on East Franklin Avenue and is a particularly good stop during Minnesota Lynx games and major women’s sporting events.

Black Hart of Saint Paul is an LGBTQ+ neighborhood bar in St. Paul, around 10 miles east of downtown Minneapolis, and one of the strongest sapphic nightlife options in the wider Twin Cities.

The bar has a particularly strong lesbian following, but the crowd is mixed and includes gay men, trans people and other LGBTQ+ locals. It’s also known as a soccer bar, so match days can bring a very different energy from the usual drag, karaoke and community nights.

Black Hart works well if you want something more local and less clubby than downtown Minneapolis nightlife. It has the feel of a proper neighborhood bar, with regular events and a crowd that tends to know the place well.

Although it is not in Minneapolis itself, it is absolutely worth including in a Minneapolis lesbian guide because the Twin Cities LGBTQ+ scene regularly crosses between Minneapolis and St. Paul.

19 Bar 是明尼阿波利斯最古老的同性戀酒吧，也是該市真正的 LGBTQ+ 機構之一，其歷史可以追溯到 20 世紀 50 年代。

與其說這是家夜店，不如說它是一家老式的社區酒吧：撞球桌、飛鏢、點唱機、價格實惠的酒水，以及一群忠實的當地顧客。長期以來，這裡一直是男同性戀者聚會的場所，沒有大型夜店那種浮華喧囂的氛圍，而這種低調的特色至今仍是它吸引人的重要原因。

這家酒吧在因附近車禍引發火災被迫關閉近一年後，於2025年重新開業。它的回歸在當地意義重大，不僅因為它的歷史，更因為19酒吧已經成為明尼阿波利斯LGBTQ+群體生活的一部分，影響了幾代人。

這裡只收現金，所以請事先準備好現金。這裡氛圍輕鬆自在，沒有DJ或大型演出，所以不要抱太高的期望。如果你想體驗一段充滿明尼阿波利斯同志歷史氣息，又保留著地道本地酒吧氛圍的19 Bar，那它絕對不容錯過。

Queermunity MN is an LGBTQ+ and BIPOC community space, café and event venue in Minneapolis’ Uptown area, created as an alternative to nightlife-led socialising.

Open to the public with free general entry, Queermunity combines a café, co-working space, private offices and event rooms with a busy calendar of community programming. Regular events include Friday Friend Lab, book clubs, open mics, discussion groups and social gatherings, alongside more targeted support such as Trans Health Insurance Help and the monthly Trans Resilience Night.

For trans visitors, Queermunity is particularly useful because it offers practical support as well as somewhere to simply spend time. Trans Resilience Night includes gender-affirming gear giveaways and a community hangout, while the insurance sessions are run with trans navigators and accept walk-ins.

The café is open Wednesday to Sunday, with food, coffee and drinks, and alcohol served from 4pm on those days. If you’re looking to connect with LGBTQ+ Minneapolis outside the bar scene, this is one of the most useful community spaces to know.