Activists Work to Give Official Designation to Historic LGBT Sites

20150619

Our co-directors Andrew Dolkart and Ken Lustbader spoke with NY1 about the importance of reinterpreting sites for their LGBT history, citing one example of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Kerry McCarthy of the New York Community Trust, one of our lead grant supporters, also spoke about the importance of our project.

Read the full story and watch the video on the NY1 website.

Sites of Resistance: Mapping LGBTQ History with New York City Preservationists

20150616

Before our project officially launched in August 2015, the American Historical Association interviewed our co-director Jay Shockley on the importance of our project.

Read the full story on the blog of the American Historical Association.