My Sister's Room

My Sister's Room (MSR) is a lesbian bar in Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of the few remaining lesbian bars in the nation.[1] It was opened in 1996 by Susan Musselwhite and has been lesbian-owned and operated bar since 1996.[2] Pictures of My Sister's Room in the 1990s are in Emory University's permanent photo collection.[3]

My Sister's Room
Restaurant information
Established1996
Owner(s)Jen-Chase Daniels and Jami Siden (since 2011)
Previous owner(s)Susan Musselwhite (1996-2011)
CityAtlanta
StateGeorgia
CountryUnited States

MSR originally was located in the Midtown area of Atlanta.[4][5] It then moved to the popular lesbian Atlanta suburb Decatur, Georgia from 1997-2006 until the building was sold to build condos and they moved to the bar district of East Atlanta Village. In 2011 the bar was sold to Jen-Chase Daniels and Jami Siden. In the summer of 2015, My Sister's Room moved back to a larger space in the most LGBT-friendly part of Midtown Atlanta, also referred to as the "gayborhood".[6] It is currently a two-story dance venue.[7]

MSR established the Pensacola Memorial Weekend Pride event "Sexacola" that caters to lesbian party goers.[8]

References
  1. "Few lesbian bars remain in the U.S. Will they survive COVID-19?". NBC News.
  2. "My Sister's Room Receives Funding from HRC and SHOWTIME's "Queer to Stay" Initiative". September 15, 2020.
  3. "Emory sees gay ATL history through artist's lens". Project Q. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. Bigelow, Gloria (2021-06-06). "A Love Letter to My First Lesbian Bar and to Holding Queer Space". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. "MSR My Sisters Room". Creative Loafing.
  6. "My Sister's Room moving to bigger Midtown space". December 10, 2018.
  7. "An Atlanta Pride Journey". TSL News. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. "Sexacola 2021". My Sister's Room.

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