Women's Sports Bars Are Opening Up Across The Country, And Long Beach Is On Deck

Local and national news, NPR, things to do, food recommendations and guides to Los Angeles, Orange County and the Inland EmpireJax Diener and Emme Eddy are the co-owners of women's sports bar Watch Me, which they say is coming to Long Beach later this year.Help us raise the essential funds to keep trustworthy reporting strong in your community. With your financial partnership we can highlight local stories, hold the powerful accountable, and amplify community voices.

"Back then, you couldn't catch women's sports on TV anywhere — I mean, that just wasn't a thing," she said."So it wasn't about that. It was just about having a space where we could all be together and watch any sort of sporting event and feel comfortable."set to open in Long Beach later this year, according to Diener and her co-owner and wife Emme Eddy.

"We spoke to a gentleman who is a franchisor and a franchisee, so it was really great to get that perspective of both sides," Diener said."He basically said, 'Why are you doing that? Go out and do it on your own.'" Watch Me's owners want the bar's inclusivity to go way beyond the menu: They anticipate a big portion of their crowd will be LGBTQ, filling a gap for public spaces for queer women in Long Beach and Orange County.

And yes, you can still watch big men's games like the Super Bowl at Watch Me, though this is very much an exception to the rule.

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