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86 University Place. Only a handful of lesbian bars existed in
Greenwich Village during the 1950s. The Bagatelle, along with the Sea
Colony on Eighth Avenue and the Swing Rendezvous on MacDougal Street,
were among the most popular. Lesbian bars offered women the only
opportunity to meet in public spaces; however, there was always the
threat that plainclothes police could arrest you for transvestism if
you were not wearing at least three articles of female clothing.