220 West 43rd Street
New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at Avlon Studios
June 23, 2020
“Marching for Pride: The Basics,” Fact Sheet for Pride March Anniversary, Released
April 15, 2019
Leaders in LGBTQ History Documentation, Interpretation, and Outreach Create Stonewall 50 Factsheet
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
September 21, 2021
Women’s Liberation Center listed to National Register of Historic Places
1446 First Avenue
Founding of the Gay Activists Alliance at the Arthur Bell Residence
November 5, 2018
Groundbreaking Study to Identify and Evaluate Historic LGBT Sites in NYC
April 10, 2019
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Receives a 2019 Excellence in Preservation Award
June 2, 2021
Interactive map reveals lesser-known landmarks in Queens’ LGBTQ rights movement June 29, 2020
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
170 West 130th Street
National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
149-155 Christopher Street
Village AIDS Memorial at St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
September 29, 2017
New Historic Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connecting the Public with LGBT History
November 6, 2022
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project honored with award for ‘making a once invisible history visible’
16 East 8th Street
Founding of the New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at the Sam Morford Residence
November 21, 2022
WATCH: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Receives Prestigious Trustees’ Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBTQ History Month with this interactive map of historic N.Y.C. sites
April 26, 2018
PHOTOS: LGBT advocates honor 52nd Anniversary of historic “Sip-In” with trailblazer Dick Leitsch and advocate/influencer Adam Eli
17 Sites
Communities of Color
...collection highlights public spaces predominantly associated with LGBT people of color, with a notable concentration in the long-time Black mecca of Harlem. Please contact us at [email protected] if you know... Learn More
March 14, 2018
Earl Hall at Columbia University Listed on National Register of Historic Places
181-189 Second Avenue
Peter Hujar Residence & Studio / David Wojnarowicz Residence & Studio
May 28, 2019
6 New York City LGBTQ landmarks might be created to keep the city’s queer history alive
2 Fifth Avenue
Larry Kramer Residence / Edie Windsor & Dr. Thea Clara Spyer Residence
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
November 22, 2022
Brooklyn Gets First LGBTQ+ Landmark With Designation of Lesbian Herstory Archives
August 15, 2018
Elmhurst corner co-named for Latino activist added to interactive map of historic LGBT sites
135-139 West 31st Street
Father Mychal F. Judge at St. Francis of Assisi Church & Friary
May 14, 2018
Project takes NYC’s LGBT history out of the closet, and into the spotlight
July 12, 2022 | 6:30PM - 7:30PM
The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
March 1, 2023
A proposed Prospect Park development could eliminate important LGBT historic site, advocates say
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s Home Is Now a Nationally Registered Historic Place
7 East 7th Street
Picket at the Great Hall, Cooper Union, Second-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
June 28, 2022
Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them In Plain Sight
39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
March 1, 2019
With Bum Bum Bar Closed, Only Three Lesbian Bars Remain in New York City
February 28, 2019
Threat to Club Langston Underscores Risks to LGBT-Dedicated Venues in Brooklyn
June 25, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
50 YEARS of PRIDE: Celebrating New York City’s First Pride March
September 14, 2022
Julius’, New York City’s oldest gay bar, is one step closer to becoming a city landmark
June 2, 2021
Residence of Lorraine Hansberry Listed to National Register of Historic Places
August 18, 2022 | 12pm - 1pm
Exploring History and Advocacy at the People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park
February 15, 2019 | 7:00pm-10:00pm
“Queer Quiz Show” with Making Gay History at New York Public Library
April 26, 2022
Photos: John Cameron Mitchell & More Acknowledge Julius’ Significance to LGBT Activism & History
April 13, 2023 | 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Invisible No More: Historic Places Connected to LGBTQ New Yorkers and Commuters
June 22, 2021 | 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Saving 99 Ryerson: The Peculiar Problem of Landmarking Brooklyn’s Earliest LGBT Site
June 29, 2021 | 6:00PM to 7:30PM
From the Queen City to the Big Apple: LGBTQ Historical Connections in WNY and NYC
June 16, 2021
Pride Month: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project ‘Making An Invisible History Visible’
April 14, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm
“Stonewall 50” Tour of Greenwich Village, with the Municipal Art Society
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
April 6, 2019 | 1:00pm-5:00pm
Stonewall 50: Defining LGBTQ Site Preservation, at Columbia’s Earl Hall
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBT History Month With a Special Trolley Tour of Green-Wood Cemetery
June 16, 2015
Sites of Resistance: Mapping LGBTQ History with New York City Preservationists
19 Sites
Homophobia & Transphobia
...by forming organizations and protesting, picketing, and demonstrating across the city. A separate theme, Gay Activists Alliance, covers the numerous “zaps” that GAA organized to fight homophobia in the 1970s.... Learn More
20 Sites
Gay Activists Alliance
...the first LGBT group formed right after Stonewall. Focused exclusively on “the liberation of gay people,” GAA became the most influential American gay liberation activist organization in the early 1970s.... Learn More
24 Sites
Activism Outside Manhattan
...for LGBT rights in New York City. Activists living in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island formed community groups and organized pride marches and protests to counter homophobia and... Learn More
November 17, 2022
Testimony in Support of the Proposed Designation of the Julius’ Bar Building as a New York City Landmark
October 16, 2017
“Why We Are Marching:” Remembering the October 1979 March on Washington
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s former Upper West Side home receives national landmark status
September 29, 2017
20-site Greenwich Village walking tour conveys Stonewall uprising’s pivotal history
June 24, 2021
Initiative uncovers historical sites linked to the LGBTQ+ movement across New York City
June 16, 2021
New York’s gay bars are still vital, especially post-COVID, owners say | Pride and Pandemic
June 24, 2021
Historians and Preservationists Convene to Discuss LGBTQ+ Landmarks During Pride Month
May 25, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
DARING AND DANGEROUS: The life of Eve Adams, a talk with author Jonathan Ned Katz
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
April 21, 2020 | 6:00PM to 8:00PM
#StayHomeSipIn: Music, Cocktails & Conversation for the Julius’ “Sip-In”
February 14, 2021 | 1:00PM to 2:00PM
LOVE SAVES THE DAY: Celebrating 1970s NYC LGBT Nightlife
June 24, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Tour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
June 27, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Tour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
June 6, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Tour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
March 24, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
MAKING A KILLING: 34th Anniversary of ACT UP’s First Protest
May 14, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Upper West Side PRIDE: Walking in LGBTQ Footsteps, beyond Stonewall
December 17, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
LEAPING LAVENDER LATKES! Honoring Jewish LGBT New Yorkers this Hanukkah
February 3, 2022 | 6:30PM
A Little “Site” Music: LGBT Composers, Musicians & Singers in New York City
June 28, 2017
Interview: The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Talks Gay History and Advocacy in NYC
June 30, 2016
NYC Pride: Tracing the History of NYC’s Gay Neighborhoods from Past to Present
September 28, 2019 | 1:00pm-2:30pm
OPEN Finance: Tour of the LGBT History of Greenwich Village
September 13, 2022 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Meet the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Team at History UnErased’s Virtual Soirée!
November 26, 2019
Manhattan Residences of Georgia O’Keeffe and Patricia Highsmith Published
June 17, 2021 | 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Preserving LGBTQ History, with the Preservation League of New York State
June 29, 2017
Video: Tour historic LGBT sites in Greenwich Village, from Stonewall and beyond
June 29, 2017
National Historic Designation of Staten Island’s Alice Austen House to Include LGBTQ Status
March 2, 2023
Proposal to restore Prospect Park’s Vale faces criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates
March 30, 2023 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
“Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo,” with author Michael Schiavi
November 26, 2019
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe and Writer Patricia Highsmith Added to Project Website
June 2, 2021
Former Residence Of Celebrated Writer Lorraine Hansberry Is Now A National Historic Place
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
May 18, 2020 | 6:15PM to 7:30PM
#DamesAtHome: Virtual celebration of Caffe Cino and the Birthplace of Gay Theater
May 3, 2017
Preservationists Launch Interactive Map of Historic Sites of LGBT Activism and Culture
23 Beekman Place
Katharine Cornell & Guthrie McClintic Residence / Paul Rudolph Residence
June 16, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
ZAP!: A Virtual Tour of Post-Stonewall Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Actions
June 2, 2021
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Former New York City Residence Receives Historic Distinction
October 19, 2017
Call for Papers: Co-director to guest edit scholarly journal’s LGBTQ heritage edition
June 7, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:30 P.M.
Making the Invisible Visible: Documenting NYC’s LGBT Cultural Heritage
170 Central Park West
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (Lord Cornbury), New-York Historical Society
March 8, 2016
Bayard Rustin Residence Listed on the National Register of Historic Places!
Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue
Demonstration Against LGBT Harassment in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Tree Grove
11 Sites
The AIDS Crisis
...end to the disease. This curated collection includes the residences of influential AIDS activists and artists, venues where fundraising events were held, and meeting and demonstration locations of AIDS organizations.... Learn More
10 Sites
Why We March
Since the late 1960s, LGBT New Yorkers have organized marches of various kinds to promote pride and visibility, protest against exclusion and discrimination. and unite as a community in public... Learn More
18 Sites
1970s Lesbian Activism & Community
...continuing that association into the following decades. Also included is the NYC Dyke March, which, while started in the 1990s, connects back to the early days of organized lesbian-focused activism.... Learn More
21 Sites
City of Immigrants
...from all over the world during the 19th and 20th centuries. It also includes still-operating institutions and organizations that were founded by American-born LGBT New Yorkers to assist immigrant populations.... Learn More
April 12, 2016 | 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
“Three Homosexuals in Search of a Drink”: The 50th Anniversary of the Sip-In at Julius’
1335 Sixth Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Inner Circle Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel
