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 Bar는 미니애폴리스에서 가장 오래된 게이 바이자 1950년대까지 거슬러 올라가는 역사를 가진 이 도시의 진정한 LGBTQ+ 명소 중 하나입니다.

이곳은 클럽이라기보다는 옛날 동네 술집에 가깝습니다. 당구대, 다트, 주크박스, 저렴한 음료, 그리고 단골손님들이 있는 곳이죠. 오랫동안 게이 남성들이 화려한 나이트클럽 분위기 없이 편안하게 만날 수 있는 장소였으며, 그런 소박한 분위기가 여전히 이곳의 큰 매력입니다.

인근 교통사고로 인한 화재로 거의 1년 동안 문을 닫았던 이 바는 2025년에 다시 문을 열었습니다. 19 Bar의 재개장은 지역적으로 큰 화제가 되었는데, 단순히 역사적인 의미 때문만이 아니라, 19 Bar가 미니애폴리스 LGBTQ+ 커뮤니티의 오랜 터전이었기 때문입니다.

현금 결제만 가능하니 미리 준비하세요. DJ나 화려한 공연보다는 편안하고 소박한 분위기에서 즐거운 시간을 보내고 싶을 거예요. 미니애폴리스 게이 문화의 한 조각을 경험하고 싶으면서도 여전히 정겨운 동네 바의 정취를 느끼고 싶다면 19 Bar는 꼭 가봐야 할 곳입니다.

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.