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In Act 2 of Lempicka when Tamara and Rafaela enter Le Monocle for the first time they look around at all the women together and Rafaela says “a room full of nothing but US” and Tamara says “let’s never leave” and guys I just went to a lesbian bar for the first time (okay it’s actually a deli but they turn it into a lesbian bar at night) and GUYS? That is the safest I have ever felt out drinking and dancing and I felt so natural and I was surrounded by other queer women and that’s. That’s the first actual queer space I’ve been to in YEARS and especially post-pandemic. And I’m feeling such an overwhelming mix of emotions right now because I didn’t realize how isolated I felt from the queer community in my day to day life (ie not online). I just. God.

Dedicated queer spaces are so important. Lesbian bars are so important. This is the only one I’ve been to but I’m VERY aware that these days there are fewer and fewer of them but I just. I didn’t know how badly this kind of place and experience and connection to community was missing from my life until I suddenly had it tonight.

#also within ten minutes of walking in a woman came over to ask me about my Lempicka tattoo #rip lempicka gone too soon #honestly I don’t think I would’ve agreed to go out tonight if it weren’t for the amount of reflection and reckoning I’ve been doing #since seeing lempicka for the second time #I wouldn’t have been so gutted about its closing if it hadn’t made me feel so SEEN and UNDERSTOOD #and the scene at le monocle is like a microcosm of that within the show #with all of the women approaching Tamara about how her art #her paintings of women #make them feel seen #like that is that show and that was this night for me #thinking about how repressed and isolated I really am in my personal life #and how quickly a show like Lempicka gets taken away from us #it really made me think like ‘shit.’#if I don’t find a way to connect and engage with the queer community it is entirely possible that something awful will happen #and I’ll never have the chance to #like I need to just fucking live and find it instead of staying at home and wondering #I am very much an introvert #and I am very much not one for going clubbing #not that this was a club per se #but it’s the kind of thing where every once in awhile I know I need to push myself #I need to make myself go out #because when I do I have moments like this #lempicka #lempicka musical #lempicka broadway #tamara de lempicka

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