Herz (lesbian bar)

Herz was a lesbian bar in Mobile, Alabama run by Rachel and Sheila Smallman and owned by Rachel Broughton.^[1][2] It opened on October 4, 2019,^[3] and was the only lesbian bar in Alabama and one of only four in the south.^[1] The owners had explored different cities and states and been thrown out of at least one gay bar for being women before selecting Mobile as the ideal location for their bar.^[4]

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Herz

Address	4070 Government Boulevard, Mobile, Alabama U.S
Coordinates	30°38′13″N 88°8′33″W
Opened	2019 (2019)
Closed	2023

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The bar was featured as part of the Lesbian Bar Project, an initiative to preserve and highlight the remaining lesbian bars in the United States, and Queer to Stay, an LGBTQ+ business preservation project.^[5][6][7]

On April 4, 2023, the bar announced its closure via social media.^[3]