Gersande La Flèche quoted Queer Progress by Tim McCaskell
How did a social movement evolve from a small group of young radicals to the …
Women in the workforce earned approximately 60 per cent of what men earned. Lesbians, independent of men, tended to be poorer. The commercial scene's orientation to men reflected this difference in disposable income.
— Queer Progress by Tim McCaskell (5%)
This was still the case in Montréal up into the 2010s (maybe also today?). Lesbian spaces tended to get shut down or gentrified out quickly, whereas spaces for gay men were more likely to endure.