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The Bistro's 'Momma' crafts a safe space for LGBTQ people — one cocktail at a age
Jan Lancaster is a business owner, a people organizer — and soon-to-be History Maker.
But to many in Bloomington-Normal, she is simply known as "Momma.”
Lancaster joins the class of McLean County History Makers with Julie and Bob Dobski, John Penn and Barb and Bob Hathway.
That she is counted among McLean County’s greatest citizens is perhaps the greatest testament to Lancaster's work.
“You wouldn’t think they’d grant this award to someone that says f*** as much as I do,” Lancaster said from her perch at the finish of The Bistro’s lengthy bar.
“I felt very honored and humbled to be considered,” she said. “It’s really been thrilling, and I’ve enjoyed this journey. I’m very proud of what we’ve done here.”
Lancaster grew up in Normal. Like many of her peers, she got married at 18 and had two children shortly after that.
But Lancaster’s life has been anything but average. She worked for Johnny Martin Chevrolet, then for the Music Shoppe, and enjoyed letting off steam at the bars an
Welcome to the 'gayborhood': LGBTQ transplants on finding B-N's evolving queer society
Adjusting to a new place can be tough. But for LGBTQ people, moving to a new city can be especially complicated.
Lawrence Lair is a Twin Cities transplant originally from San Diego.
“Living in California was becoming untenable,” said Lair. Escalating housing costs were making life unaffordable for Lair and their spouse.
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“We both work, but we couldn’t support the rent that we had to spend along with the cost of living,” they said. “We weren’t able to put anything away in savings, and we calculated out that, at this rate, we would own a place, uh, never.”
Lair looked at several states for a workable move. A graphic design job at Illinois State University brought them here.
“Deciding to move out of California as a queer person of color, there’s a lot of things to consider,” Lair said.
Lair moved to Bloomington-Normal in at the height of the pandemic and against a backdrop of discrimination against people of Asian descent.
“There was a lo
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