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For decades, LGBTQ+ history in Minnesota has often been told through the lens of the Twin Cities. A new book out this month argues that some of the state's most important fights for LGBTQ rights happened more than one hundred miles away in Duluth and Superior, Wis. 

"Remember the Main: The Gay Bar That Started a Movement in the Northland” tells the story of Bob Jansen, owner of the Main Club, a gay bar that opened in the 1980s. 

Author Meg Gorzycki told MPR News host Nina Moini the bar served as a refuge and organizing hub for LGBTQ+ people in northern Minnesota during a time when being openly gay often came with significant risk. 

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The new book “Remember the Main: The Gay Bar That Started a Movement in the Northland” tells the story of Bob Jansen, owner of the Main Club. It’s a gay bar that opened in the 1980s and served as a refuge and organizing hub for LGBTQ+ people in northern Minnesota. 

The new book "Remember the Main: The Gay Bar That Started a Movement in the Northland” tells the story of Bob Jansen, owner of the Main Club. It’s a gay bar that opened in the 1980s and served as a refuge and organizing hub for LGBTQ+ people in northern Minnesota. 

Inside the Twin Ports gay bar that helped fuel LGBTQ+ rights activism in northern Minnesota

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