“People always ask, why is that? And a lot of things have happened throughout technology. The docuseries says in 1980 there were 200 lesbian bars in America and that number has since dwindled to just 21. Roku featured the bar in a series called The Lesbian Bar Project. Boycott Bar is getting a lot of national attention as of late. “The first team that I was part of at Phoenix College changed my whole life and got me the direction I needed,” said Corley. She credits her mentors and time playing basketball at Phoenix College. She grew up in West Phoenix, went to Carl Hayden High School, and then to Phoenix College. She is a Valley native, a hometown girl with a tough start. They call it the Melrose Mile,” Corley says. It’s a whole different community and everyone is accepted in love and in this little mile strip because that’s really what it is. The first event was a hit and they continued to grow-enough so that eventually Corley was able to open her own bar-first in Glendale and then moving into Phoenix’s prominently gay Melrose District with Boycott Bar. The owner Audrey Corley started throwing parties for the lesbian community at Valley bars and restaurants 19 years ago. PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) - Boycott Bar in Phoenix is said to be one of just 21 lesbian bars in America.
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