Kim Deacon

Interview with Kim Deacon. Kim is a lesbian, community activist and previously the owner of the Kings and Queens Bar in Woonsocket. Topics include limited opportunities for lesbians in Woonsocket, bar culture in the 70s and 80s, alternative social opportunities like roller skating, bowling, and movie nights, the bar as a sanctuary, fundraisers, first relationship with a woman, building her chosen family, bartending, dating culture for butch and femme lesbians, and lessons learned from owning the bar.