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Messy Nessy Chic on Instagram: "🤵🏻‍♀️🤵🏼‍♀️Inside a Parisian Lesbian NightClub of the 1930s… Montmartre after sundown in the 1920s/30s was a haven to struggling artists, bohemians, burlesque dancers, straying husbands as well as a vibrant gay & lesbian community. In Montmartre, they could often be found sitting together in groups on the café terraces, or at Le Monocle, one of the earliest and most famous lesbian nightclubs in Paris. The name, Le Monocle, came from a trend adopted by the lesbian community of the day, to sport a monocle along with their tuxedo and cropped hairstyle. Wearing a monocle as a woman in those days was a little bit like flying the gay flag. The handsome woman in the second picture is Lulu, the owner. Le Monocle flourished as a popular nightclub until the 1940s w Lesbian Nightclub, Le Monocle, Sitting Together, Messy Nessy Chic, Cafe Terrace, Gay Flag, Aesthetic Girls, Montmartre, Aesthetic Girl

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Messy Nessy Chic on Instagram: "🤵🏻‍♀️🤵🏼‍♀️Inside a Parisian Lesbian NightClub of the 1930s… Montmartre after sundown in the 1920s/30s was a haven to struggling artists, bohemians, burlesque dancers, straying husbands as well as a vibrant gay & lesbian community. In Montmartre, they could often be found sitting together in groups on the café terraces, or at Le Monocle, one of the earliest and most famous lesbian nightclubs in Paris. The name, Le Monocle, came from a trend adopted by the…

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Inside Le Monocle, the Parisian Lesbian Nightclub of the 1930s Eugene Atget, Le Monocle, Vintage Lesbian, Anita Pallenberg, Allen Ginsberg, Joe Strummer, Woman Loving Woman, Gil Elvgren, Elvis Costello

Inside Le Monocle, the Parisian Lesbian Nightclub of the 1930s

If you were to hang around Montmartre after sundown in the 1920s & 30s, it's likely you were looking for something a little more Avant-Garde than what you might find on the Parisian Left Bank. At the time, it was a haven for struggling artists, bohemians, burlesque dancers, straying husbands as

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Johnny Linehan
vintage everyday: A Couple at the Le Monocle Lesbian Nightclub, Paris, 1932 Eugene Atget, Weimar, Le Monocle, Paris 1920, Gertrude Stein, Allen Ginsberg, Joe Strummer, Rare Historical Photos, Gil Elvgren

Scenes at the Le Monocle Lesbian Nightclub in Paris in the 1930s

Le Monocle was a well-know lesbian bar located in Montmartre section of Paris, France that was open from the 1920s thru the early 1940s. During the 1920s, Paris gained a reputation for the variety of its nighttime options and for its free and easy attitude toward life in general. As a result, many gay and lesbian nightclubs opened and flourished. Among these was Le Monocle, which is credited with being one of the first, and certainly the most famous of lesbian nightclubs. It was opened by…

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