Author Event: "Remember the Main" with Meg Gorzycki

Author Event: "Remember the Main" with Meg Gorzycki

Join us for the launch of Remember the Main: The Gay Bar that Started a Movement in the Northland by Meg Gorzycki.

The untold story of how a generation of LGBTQ Minnesotans found a voice, a purpose, and a community in a Twin Ports bar.

When Bob Jansen was fired from his job as a professor at a religious university in Duluth, he didn’t go quietly. The resulting legal settlement provided enough capital for a down payment on a dream. In 1983 he opened the Main Club, which became a hub for LGBTQ social life in the Twin Ports and Iron Range of northern Minnesota. More than just a bar, the Main served as an unofficial center for health information, fundraising, and political activism during a crucial and transformative period of gay history.

Weaving together oral history, biography, and social critique, Remember the Main chronicles the highs and lows of the local fight for human rights, legal protection, and health care for LGBTQ Americans.

Meg Gorzycki is a historian, educator, community organizer, and author. She brought Bob Jansen’s insights to her work in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she developed LGBTQ support groups, counseling services, and curricula. She lives in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Meet author Meg Gorzycki and celebrate the launch of Remember the Main at The Main Club in Superior, WI. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.