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The 1989 closing of Maud's Study, a 23-year-old lesbian bar and institution in San Francisco, is explored in this fascinating mini-history of recent (post-WWII) lesbian life and the role that lesbian bars played in it. Many longtime patrons of Maud's are interviewed, providing vivid case histories as they nostagically recall their first experiences in a lesbian bar, their early relationships and the significance of Maud's closing for them. An engaging documentary which provides an essential chapter in the social and political history of lesbians.