So im a mid-transition (1.5 yr HRT + socially transitioned), early 20s, lesbian woman, and was wondering if it is a normal experience for yall to have a different creepy guy engage with you EVERYTIME you go to a club, even while you're with friends. The main thing about this place is that It brands itself as a queer and trans safe place, but so far, everytime I've gone in 2024 (3 nights now and 2 of those nights I was with friends), I have been approached without making prior eye contact with those people and had my personal space totally violated and essentially being forced to listen so they don't think I'm being rude. Also important, i have multiple visible lesbian pins and flags on my bag I carry all the time, as a detterent, but that hasn't been working at all.
The first guy I encountered just last month here was a raging incel and invaded when me and another girl were talking while having a smoke out back. He continuously referred to women as "females", kept insisting he was straight while looking directly at me, kept awkwardly also hitting on this poor girl next to me as well, and said he had a crush on her. After we got him to leave (took 15 min or so), he relocated me and my partner about an hour later when we smoked again and was angry that I wasn't engaging with him, which caused him to get in my face and kept asking me to "pull up" because I embarrassed him in front of that girl he was trying to pick up. It took intervention from my partner for him to get the memo and leave us alone.
Second guy happened a couple weeks later at the same bar. Important note this time, though, is that I was alone and planned on meeting some friends there later. I looked around the room, didn't make eye contact with anyone, and picked a seemingly good seat where I could decompress a bit after a long day. Before I even got my drink handed to me like 30 seconds after i sat down, this really enthusiastic and elusive guy just materialized from THIN FREAKING AIR on the barstool immediately next to me and begins asking a lot of questions. (who I am, where im from, etc...) Now this interaction went better than the last one, except he told me his whole life story and we ended up being there for over 3 hours bc I didn't want to come off as rude and have heard horror stories from women who were disinterestd and then got attacked for not giving them attention. Anyways, I never got to talk to my friends that night bc by the time I shook him off of me, it was almost 1 am and they had both left by then

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Lastly, the most recent unsolicited encounter with ANOTHER GUY happened just last night. We were singing, playing pool, and having an awesome time, with my friends being up on stage singing and me and my partner across the room from them. My partner says that they have to go to the restroom and wanted me to watch our stuff. (Which I've done hundreds of times, so its normal now) As soon as they rounded the corner and were out of eyesight, this creepy guy who I had been side-eying (to make sure nothing funny was pulled) all night approached the pool table I was at now alone. As soon as he's like 2 feet away from me he asks "Can i show you something to help?" And right as he does that, he does that thing where you make a V with your fingers and puts his toungue through. I am visibly uncomfortable now, so I just take my shot at the 13 ball, and thankfully my partner comes back like 30 seconds after that happened, which caused him to go away.
All of these incidents have happened this year, and for reference, all of last year I only had 1 really scary encounter like that. When going out to these places, I want to either be left alone or pick who I want to socialize with. What can I do to get the creeps to stop interacting with me? I admit I dress very sexy, but I do it for my own comfort and confidence, not anyone else's. Thankfully, none of these incidents have gotten physical yet, but Im worried with how often they are becoming, its bound to happen eventually.
Do any of yall struggle with this issue as well?
TLDR: Going out to this local gay bar in my city as a lesbian and the past 3 times in a row, Ive had my personal space taken