for special events outside the bar (i.e., monthly Guerrilla Queer Bars in restaurants). Pop-Up Queer Dance Party is attended by “a crowd of mixed-gender identities.” A similar group in Rochester called Ambush Rochester is mostly for queer women. known LGBT gathering places as Minneapolis or Chicago, ranging from the back rooms of the 1960s to the video bars of the 1980s to the guerrilla gay bars. During times of concentrated data collection, I went out to gay. In December 2012, 40 people attended the first Guerrilla Gay Bar event in South Bend. The original Guerrilla Queer Bar in Boston was mostly attended by gay men, which prompted the opening of GirlSpot Bar as a space for women (now handled by The Welcoming Committee’s Flannel Takeover Company). Editors note: The February Guerrilla Gay Bar event was changed from Feb. Though it died out in the late 2000s, its influence remains in queer takeover groups such as The Welcoming Committee, which started in Boston and now organizes events in Washington, DC and Philadelphia, too, and Pop-Up Queer Dance Party in Vermont. In San Francisco, Guerrilla Queer Bar events included wild adventures such as a Fulsom Street Fair Takeover, where the group turned a hotel bar into a leather bar for the night. Organized around email groups, Guerrilla Queer Bar was active in cities across America, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Milwaukee and Philadelphia. The setup is intentionally modeled after Guerrilla Queer Bar, which was launched in early 2000. Via SFGate, by Michael Short, The Chronicle The 200 Best Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Movies Of All Time.LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now.