{{Short description|Former queer bar in Oklahoma City}}
'''Alibi's''' was a lesbian bar in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that closed in January 2024. It was owned by two queer women and had a reputation for inclusivity. It served as a destination among the queer community in a conservative red state.<ref name="Demopoulos">{{Cite web |last=Demopoulos |first=Alaina |date=2023-06-08 |title='They fling the doors wide open for you': why America's lesbian bars must be saved |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/08/lesbian-bars-closing-cubbyhole-lgbtq |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Kirouac">{{Cite web |last=Kirouac |first=Matt |date=2023-06-20 |title=Oklahoma Is An Epicenter Of Lesbian Bars In The US |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1318400/oklahoma-epicenter-lesbian-bars-us/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}</ref> Prior to closing it was one of the state's last three lesbian bars and the city's most diverse neighborhood bar.<ref name="bartle">{{Cite web |last=Bartle |first=David |date=2021-12-14 |title='A place for us': Oklahoma home to 3 of 21 lesbian bars in U.S. |url=https://nondoc.com/2021/12/14/oklahoma-home-three-lesbian-bars/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=NonDoc |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Wallace">{{Cite news |last=Wallace |first=Alicia |date=2021-06-30 |title=There are roughly two dozen lesbian bars in the United States. The ones that are left are evolving to survive | work=CNN Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/business/lesbian-bars-united-states/index.html |access-date=2024-02-08 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Kirouac"/> Alibi's was located in the city's Shepherd Historic District, and was known for its usage of signs in the space.<ref name="burton">{{Cite book |last=Burton |first=Krista |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGsGEQAAQBAJ&dq=alibi%2527s+oklahoma+city+lesbian&pg=PA275 |title=Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest To Track Down The Last Remaining Lesbian Bars In America |date=2024-06-04 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-6680-0054-0 |language=en}}</ref>
The bar was featured in Krista Burton's ''Moby Dyke'', Alexis Clements' ''All We've Got'' and Greggor Mattson's ''Who Needs Gay Bars?'', the latter of which also explored the intersectionality between Oklahoma City's BIPOC and Queer communities.<ref name="Mattson">{{Cite book |last=Mattson |first=Greggor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nsysEAAAQBAJ&q=oklahoma%2520city |title=Who Needs Gay Bars?: Bar-Hopping through America's Endangered LGBTQ+ Places |date=2023-05-30 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=978-1-5036-3587-6 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Eakin">{{Cite news |last=Eakin |first=Marah |date=2023-06-27 |title=This New Book Asks, 'Where Have All the Lesbian Bars Gone?' |url=https://www.fodors.com/news/wine-and-cocktails/krista-burtons-book-moby-dyke-an-obsessive-quest-to-track-down-the-remaining-lesbian-bars-in-america |access-date=2024-02-08 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="mina">{{Cite web |last=Mina |first=A. X. |date=2024-04-17 |title=Lesbian Bars Make a Much-Needed Comeback |url=http://hyperallergic.com/902937/lesbian-bars-make-a-much-needed-comeback-all-weve-got-alexis-clements/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="queerer">{{Cite web |last=Kirouac |first=Matt |date=2022-02-10 |title=Oklahoma City Is Getting Queerer |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/story/oklahoma-city-queer-destination |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also== *Lesbian Bar Project
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Lesbian bars in the United States Category:LGBTQ-owned businesses in the United States Category:Restaurants in Oklahoma
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