There are just 21 "lesbian bars" left in the U.S., down from 200 in 1980, according to the @lesbianbarproject, an awareness campaign supporting lesbian bars that runs a website and released a documentary last summer. Bar owners who spoke to USA TODAY said many of the institutions they grew up with have since closed. But they’re not all dying out. Rather, a growing vocabulary to describe sexual orientation and gender is prompting some bars to reassess their terminology, and some are rebranding to appeal to a broader queer community, including transgender, nonbinary and bisexual people long excluded from the spaces. Meanwhile, new bars, restaurants, cafes and pop-up events are also emerging to re-envision queer social life. Read more about the evolution of lesbian bars and what the spaces have come to mean for the queer community through our link in bio. 📷: Rich Janzaruk, Bloomington Herald Times via USA TODAY