Back in March, thanks to my ongoing obsession with the city’s dives, I decided to compile a list of five supremely entertaining bars from San Francisco history. I found some gems in the archives — a spider-filled tavern in North Beach and a lawless basement bar on the edge of Chinatown, among them. In the course of that research I also discovered Mona’s 440 Club — a bar for lesbians, crossdressers and genderfluid folks that was active in the 1940s. Finding a place “where girls [could] be boys” from that era prompted me to wonder: How many other fantastic little lesbian venues existed in Bay Area history that few of us know anything about today? Here are four that are particularly noteworthy. 🔗 Read Rae Alexandra's full list of historic San Francisco lesbian bars at the link in bio. ✍🏽: @rae_alexandra3 📸: Kirn Vintage Stock/ Corbis via Getty Images