“It’s not what I had envisioned when I opened the space,” Garcia said, according to Denverite. “I have had multiple people tell me that my own staff has mistreated members of our community, trans men saying that they’re not queer enough, they’re not lesbian enough, they’re not part of the community, that they aren’t welcome in the space. I’ll take the blame myself. I think me stepping back truly was the fall of the Pearl when I was there.”

I know it’s a one sided story, with only one owners input but it sounds like the staff were horrible?

Given the amount of prime hiking and camping a stones-throw from Denver… I am super, super surprised there is only one lesbian bar in the city…on a serious note… I wonder they could transition to a “community center” / non-profit model, especially given the fact that the bar is already 2/3rd employee owned.