Massachusetts lesbian bar nearly bullied out of town after lifting mask mandate — for one night a week

https://nypost.com ^ | Sept 22 2026 | Alex Oliveira

[Beowulf9]

Trouble is a brewin’ at this watering hole.

A Massachusetts lesbian bar descended into a catty culture war and faces a potentially business-ending boycott from sudden enemies who flipped out when the owners lifted a longstanding mask mandate — for just one night a week.

Greenfield’s Last Ditch Bar scrapped Saturday mask requirements on Aug. 31 in a bid to boost business — but the move completely backfired, sparking uproar from members of the small city’s queer community.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: bar; covid; lesbian; maskerbation; masks; massholes

[Libloather]

Faces are exposed? Could hurt business. Wear a mask.

[rlmorel]

I don’t get it. They still require masks and were giving one night a week off when one didn’t have to be worn?

These people are deranged. They live in such a bizarre bubble, they have no idea how insane they appear to people outside their bubble.

[BradyLS]

How do they drink the bar with their maks on?

[BradyLS]

S/b “How do they drink _in_ the bar with their maks on?”

[ConservativeMind]

At least they all realize they are all so ugly that their faces need to be covered.

I give the whole establishment props for that.

They actually trained all the LGBTQRSes to do this.

We need this expanded across the country.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Howie Carr talked about this on his show today. All these folks are totally deranged.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

FTA

“Sales had already been slumping due to the bar’s floundering business model that includes rules like, “Nobody will be barred from entry due to lack of funds,” and “Poor and unhoused people are welcome in the space.”

“One of the [tolerant] liberals said “I hope your venue gets firebombed for robbing my fellow immunocompromised people of their Saturday plans just to scrape extra revenue from ablists.”

“”It remains unclear how anyone was expected to drink while masked.””

So much for CoExist

[CapandBall]

Wtf the masks
Because lesbians are fugley,
or because of scamdemic nostalgia?

[Sarah Barracuda]

Could only happen in Commiechusetts, from the state that supports a baby murderer to crazy lesbians wearing N95 masks in a bar..I tell ya this country has flipped its lid

[PGR88]

Its interesting how these seemingly very different manifestations of mental illness intersect in Lesbian bar.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

The bar’s three owners — one a drag performer using it/its pronouns, another now in clown school — began to slip behind on their bills and couldn’t pay themselves or even their staff.

sounds about right

[TangoLimaSierra]

Wonder how many were wearing their masks below their nose.
As if masks weren't useless anyway.

[normbal]

Ladies, ladies, calm down. It was no mask night just for one night, the management plans to balance things out with Burka night next week.

[sushiman]

Northampton , Mass. is the lesbian capitol of the USA .

[SaveFerris]

Last Ditch Bar

Oh, okay...

[cowboyusa]

Love I when the left eats itself.

[EvilCapitalist]

I bet there’s a Subaru dealership in that town.

[j.havenfarm]

“ I hope your venue gets firebombed for robbing my fellow immunocompromised people of their Saturday plans just to scrape extra revenue from ablists [sic],”

Yikes. What I always call libs’ “insufferable self-righteousness” plus a claim of victimhood would appear to be an explosive mix.

[dayglored]

Hard to find a better example of “Go Woke, Go Broke”