# Alibi's

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{{Short description|Former queer bar in Oklahoma City}}

'''Alibi's''' was a [lesbian bar](/source/lesbian_bar) in [Oklahoma City, Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma_City%2C_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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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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