20 Sites
Pre-20th Century History
...dressed in male drag at her home on Staten Island. In this curated collection, cultural institutions, residences, and bars reveal a gay community that thrived in pre-20th century New York.... Learn More
April 10, 2024
Research to Document LGBT History of NYC’s Hotel Chelsea Receives Award From National Park Service
September 21, 2021
Women’s Liberation Center listed to National Register of Historic Places
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
April 26, 2022
Photos: John Cameron Mitchell & More Acknowledge Julius’ Significance to LGBT Activism & History
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
23 Beekman Place
Katharine Cornell & Guthrie McClintic Residence / Paul Rudolph Residence
15 Sites
Bar Raids & Forced Closures
In the 19th and 20th centuries, gay and lesbian bars and clubs were subject to various oppressive forms of social control. At first, there were the police and religiously-affiliated individuals... Learn More
20 Sites
Sex & Cruising
...the 17th and 18th centuries under English rule. In the 19th and 20th centuries, with homosexual acts still being punishable to varying degrees, LGBT people found various public spaces in... Learn More
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s Home Is Now a Nationally Registered Historic Place
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s former Upper West Side home receives national landmark status
September 12, 2019
James Baldwin NYC residence added to National Register of Historic Places
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
26 Sites
Hispanic Heritage
LGBT Latinas and Latinos have made important political, artistic, and cultural contributions to New York City life since the mid-20th century, particularly after immigration from South America and the Caribbean... Learn More
West 43rd Street (Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues)
Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
486 Greenwich Street
Geoffrey Hendricks, Brian Buczak & Sur Rodney (Sur) Residence & Studio
15 Sites
Film & Television
New York City, perhaps the most popular location ever to appear on screen, played a founding role in the burgeoning motion picture industry at the turn of the 20th century.... Learn More
June 28, 2022
Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them In Plain Sight
February 28, 2019
Threat to Club Langston Underscores Risks to LGBT-Dedicated Venues in Brooklyn
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBT History Month With a Special Trolley Tour of Green-Wood Cemetery
181-189 Second Avenue
Peter Hujar Residence & Studio / David Wojnarowicz Residence & Studio
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
44 Sites
Broadway Theater District
New York City has long been considered the leading American center for arts and culture. The arts, especially theater, constitute one of New York’s primary economic forces. Throughout the 20th... Learn More
25 Sites
Bars & Nightlife
While their significance is often underestimated or dismissed by heterosexual society, bars and other establishments played a pivotal role throughout the 20th century — but particularly in the pre-Stonewall era... Learn More
13 Sites
The Harlem Renaissance
...a selection of literary salons, neighborhood institutions, public art, and residences that reflect the impact of the Black LGBT community on one of the 20th century’s most significant cultural movements.... Learn More
13 Sites
Downtown Arts Scene
In the latter half of the 20th century, before gentrification, downtown Manhattan was a place where young and emerging artists could afford to live and create. From the 1960s to... Learn More
14 Sites
Transgender History
...turn of the 20th century while the most unexpected one may be the West Side Tennis Club in Queens, where tennis player Renée Richards earned a victory for transgender rights... Learn More
