{"id":338599,"date":"2026-06-16T17:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/338599\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:09:12","slug":"at-fort-worths-liberty-lounge-everyone-is-welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/338599\/","title":{"rendered":"At Fort Worth&#8217;s Liberty Lounge, everyone is welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Jenna Hill opened <a href=\"https:\/\/libertyloungefortworth.squarespace.com\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Liberty Lounge<\/a> in Fort Worth, she wanted it to be a spot that created community and made the world a better place. <\/p>\n<p>She also wanted it to be a good old fashioned dive bar, with a pool table, cold drinks and good company right in the heart of the unofficial gayborhood of Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This neighborhood is really important to our community, and I wanted to make sure that we could maintain a space for us to congregate, come together and connect,&#8221; Hill said. <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Liberty Lounge in Fort Worth features a pool table, couches and a patio.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781629750_568_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Liberty Lounge in Fort Worth features a pool table, couches and a patio. <\/p>\n<p>The over 50-year-old building used to have various other names and was a space of acceptance even when her uncle was performing in drag many years prior. But Hill said when she took the keys for the first time, she didn&#8217;t think about the negative comments.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, Hill said she plans to keep Liberty Lounge operating just the way it is, until a safe space is no longer needed. <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Liberty Lounge is known for being an inclusive space in Fort Worth.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781629751_88_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Liberty Lounge is known for being an inclusive space in Fort Worth. <\/p>\n<p>At Liberty Lounge, there is a free library, various social events from trivia to book club to run club, and while Hill said it can be overwhelming, the community is worth investing in. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I do think [hate] is merely a distraction to point a finger, to make us hate each other when we are so much better together,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Owner Jenna Higgs in patio space of Liberty Lounge in Fort Worth.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781629752_647_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    Owner Jenna Hill in patio space of Liberty Lounge in Fort Worth. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Jenna Hill opened Liberty Lounge in Fort Worth, she wanted it to be a spot that created&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-338599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}