Jill's (Jackson, Mississippi Lesbian Bar/Connected to Jack's Saloon) Color:Pink Eastern Bloc was a gritty

Eastern Bloc was a gritty

no-nonsense institution that helped define the city’s post-Stonewall leather scene

and distinctly Pacific Northwest — the kind of insignia you’d expect to find on a deputy patrolling foggy roads

businessmen

But for the queer performers who graced its stage

Jill's (Jackson, Mississippi Lesbian Bar/Connected to Jack's Saloon) Color:Pink Eastern Bloc was a grittyJills existed by design, not accident. Located in the same building as Jacks, one of Jacksons long standing gay bars, Jills was owned and operated by Jack Myers, creating a rare, intentional overlap of queer space in Mississippiseparate rooms, shared ground, and mutual survival. In a city where visibility carried consequences, Jills offered women a space that was theirs without spectacle or explanation. You didnt find it by accident; you were brought,