Nyc lgbtq sites
New York City Group Brings Attention to LGBTQ+ Historic Sites
The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project’s motto is “making an invisible history visible,” and the organization has paid special attention to underrepresented communities even within the LGBTQ+ family. It’s ensuring that the project spreads across all five boroughs of Recent York City, documenting sites in communities of dye and with lesbian, lgbtq+, bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming people. “We from the very start have really made an effort to make our sites as diverse as possible,” says project cofounder Andrew S. Dolkart.
Highlighted places include the former Staten Island residence of Black lesbian journalist and activist Audre Lorde and her partner Frances Clayton; sites of Behave UP demonstrations on Manhattan’s Wall Street in the 1980s and ’90s; and the Snake Pit, a gay-run Greenwich Village prevent where patron Diego Vinales was impaled on a fence after a 1970 police raid, which led to a protest. “You have to tell a complete story,” Dolkart says.
Soon after the project was founded, the group started conducting tours at Green-Wood and Woodlawn cemeteries, placing Pride flags at the graves of LGBTQ+ individuals. “We didn’t realize how e
LGTBQ-Friendly Neighborhoods to Visit in New York State
As the birthplace of the modern-day LGBTQ civil rights movement, New York State is a hub for LGBTQ culture and experiences, with inclusive and diverse communities that welcome people of all identities to be their authentic selves.From the big cities of Albany, Rochester and Buffalo to the small towns of Hudson, Kingston and Corning, discover some of Novel York State’s LGBTQ-friendly neighborhoods where you can shop LGBTQ-owned businesses, visit historically significant sites, show your Pride at festivals and events year round, and more. Photo Credit: @gmandle1 on Instagram.
Greenwich Village
As the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, Greenwich Village, or simply The Village, is one of the New York City’s most prominent LGBTQ communities and one of the world’s most iconic Pride destinations. Today, you can attend the site where history was made at the Stonewall National Monument, the first national park consecrated to LGBTQ history. The site includes the Stonewall Inn, the Gay Liberation Monument in Christopher Park, and the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, which hono
Explore Uptown LGBTQ+ History
While the Stonewall Inn — the site of the uprising that catalyzed the gay rights movement — might be one of the most well-known Gay historic sites in New York Metropolis, there are hundreds of lesser established, historically significant locations all over the city well-worth exploring, from libraries and parks to bars and nightclubs. In honor of Self-acceptance Month, you can embark on a three-mile walking tour of eight sites near TC’s campus thanks to the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, an online educational resource created in 2015 that documents 500 LGBTQ+ historic sites across the five boroughs.
1. Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Dr
This inter-denominational church just two blocks from TC’s campus is considered one of the most steady NYC religious institutions since its establishment in 1930. It’s also home to a LGBTQ+ team, Marantha, that has marched in the NYC Pride Celebration since its inception in 1978.
2. The Residence of Antonia Pantoja, 70 LaSalle St
The unassuming Morningside Gardens co-op complex was the abode of Antonia Pantoja — a sapphic Puerto Rican civil rights activist, social worke
Brooklyn Heights
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Brooklyn Heights became known as a center of male lover life beginning in the 1920s. This collection highlights the neighborhood’s LGBT history through residences of notable LGBT figures, gay cruising areas, and sites of political activism.
While much of New York City’s known LGBT history and experience centers on Manhattan, we are currently working on adding more sites throughout Brooklyn to our website. If you have a suggestion, please fill out our online form.
This theme was made achievable by the Modern York State Council on the Arts with the aid of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and a grant from Con Edison.
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Gay Alliance of Brooklyn flyer, c. 1971. Courtesy of the Male lover Alliance of Brooklyn records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Universal Library.
LGBTQ History
Village Preservation has led the charge for recognition and protection of sites connected to LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) history, especially LGBT civil rights efforts, in our neighborhoods. This included getting the Stonewall Inn named the first LGBT site listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places in 1999, and New York City’s first designated LGBT landmark in 2015. We proposed and secured landmark designation for the Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse and the LGBT Community Services Center, and have fought for recognition of other historic sites like Julius’ Bar, 186 Spring Street, Caffe Cino, and others.
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