Though the pandemic dealt a blow to LGBTQ+ bars across the country, NYC has more queer bars now than it did in 2019. Jordan Gass-Poore', creator and host of the Hazard NJ podcast and Jack Jen Gieseking, research fellow Five College Women’s Studies Research Center and author of A Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers (NYU Press, 2020), reflect on the significance of these spaces and consider their influence on the city.