Ellen Stewart

This interview features Ellen Stewart, a lesbian woman born and raised in Lexington. She was born around 1942, and came out as a lesbian woman at the age of 25, after having been married with one son, Greg Stewart, a gay man who is interviewed in Day 64. Ellen Stewart co-opened the first lesbian club in Lexington, The Country, in 1978. It was located at 849 Lane Allen Road. In the interview Ellen talks a lot about the club, why she opened it, and her relationship to softball, as well as The Living Room, Leigh Angelique, and Sweet Evening Breeze.