Ollie's Bar (c.1980) 3
Ollie's was a popular lesbian bar at 4130 Telegraph from 1980 to 1988 or 1991, 2 run by Darlene “Ollie” Oliveira (1941 – 2016).
It had a performance space called Radclyffe Hall (Radcliffe Hall in some references), named for the author of The Well of Loneliness, Radclyffe Hall. 1
The dissertation Pride and Property: Queer Settler Colonialism, Blackness, and the Landed Politics of Accountability says that Black lesbians were not always welcomed, referencing an article in Onyx: Black Lesbian Magazine titled "Encounter at Ollie's." [ needs followup; the Black Lesbian Newsletter / Onyx Collection, 1979-1989 GLC 102 at the San Francisco Public Library::James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center indicates there were several updates about Ollie's ]
Links and References
- Once Upon a Time in Oaktown Bay Area Reporter March 15, 2015
- Darlene Oliveira, colorful figure in LBGT community, dies SFGate March 7, 2016
- Ollie's Bar - barmee_011.jp2 Lesbian Herstory Archives
- Ollie’s The Berkeley Revolution
