September 29, 2017
Download, Print and Explore Greenwich Village with the New Self-Guided Walking Tour
November 5, 2018
Groundbreaking Study to Identify and Evaluate Historic LGBT Sites in NYC
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
120 East 56th Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York Republican State Committee Headquarters
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
240 Centre Street
Gay Activists Alliance Protest at New York City Police Headquarters
West 43rd Street (Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues)
Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
June 25, 2024
LGBT Historians Partner with Bloomberg Connects to Create FREE Audio Tour of Stonewall and Surrounding Sites
39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
September 12, 2019
James Baldwin NYC residence added to National Register of Historic Places
110 Livingston Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Board of Education
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
September 21, 2021
Women’s Liberation Center listed to National Register of Historic Places
April 10, 2024
Research to Document LGBT History of NYC’s Hotel Chelsea Receives Award From National Park Service
350 Bleecker Street
Alma Routsong & Elizabeth Deran Residence / Arnie Kantrowitz Residence / Craig Rodwell Residence
12 Sites
Early Community Centers
Before the 1983 opening of the LGBT Community Center at 208 West 13th Street in Greenwich Village, a number of important social and political spaces that served as an alternative... Learn More
7 East 7th Street
Picket at the Great Hall, Cooper Union, Second-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
Sidewalk across from 1681 Broadway
The Heat is On ‘Miss Saigon’ Demonstrations Outside the Broadway Theater
149-155 Christopher Street
Village AIDS Memorial at St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church
September 28, 2024 | 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Research Workshop | Uncovering Queer History at the Library of Virginia
November 27, 2023
The Project’s Amanda Davis Testifies in Support of Paul Rudolph Landmark Designation
April 6, 2019 | 1:00pm-5:00pm
Stonewall 50: Defining LGBTQ Site Preservation, at Columbia’s Earl Hall
April 10, 2019
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Receives a 2019 Excellence in Preservation Award
June 16, 2021
New York’s gay bars are still vital, especially post-COVID, owners say | Pride and Pandemic
67 Wall Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
April 14, 2024
LGBTQ New Yorkers and electeds urge CB5 to condemn anti-trans education council resolution
November 17, 2022
Testimony in Support of the Proposed Designation of the Julius’ Bar Building as a New York City Landmark
1335 Sixth Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Inner Circle Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel
July 12, 2022 | 6:30PM - 7:30PM
The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
March 24, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
MAKING A KILLING: 34th Anniversary of ACT UP’s First Protest
4 St. Mark's Place
Tempo Playhouse / Key Theater / New Bowery Theater / Bridge Theater
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBTQ History Month with this interactive map of historic N.Y.C. sites
2 Fifth Avenue
Larry Kramer Residence / Edie Windsor & Dr. Thea Clara Spyer Residence
April 26, 2022
Photos: John Cameron Mitchell & More Acknowledge Julius’ Significance to LGBT Activism & History
21 Sites
Gay Activists Alliance
...were more confrontational. The success of the Snake Pit protest on March 8, 1970, organized by GAA and GLF, inspired GAA’s most famous, effective, and imaginative tactic. This was the... Learn More
February 5, 2024
Dozens of NYC’s LGBTQ historic sites in the spotlight for Black History Month
486 Greenwich Street
Geoffrey Hendricks, Brian Buczak & Sur Rodney (Sur) Residence & Studio
39 West 14th Street
Leslie Feinberg Lecture and Reading at the International Action Center
16 East 8th Street
Founding of the New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at the Sam Morford Residence
31 Union Square West
Antonio Lopez & Juan Ramos Studio / Juan Ramos & Paul Caranicas Residence & Studio
18 Sites
1970s Lesbian Activism & Community
...and other communal women-only spaces where they could share and be exposed to lesbian-based art and culture. This curated theme focuses on historic sites associated with lesbian activism and community... Learn More
April 13, 2016
“Three Homosexuals in Search of a Drink”: The 50th Anniversary of the Sip-In at Julius’
September 29, 2017
New Historic Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connecting the Public with LGBT History
June 28, 2022
Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them In Plain Sight
181-189 Second Avenue
Peter Hujar Residence & Studio / David Wojnarowicz Residence & Studio
1446 First Avenue
Founding of the Gay Activists Alliance at the Arthur Bell Residence
April 26, 2018
PHOTOS: LGBT advocates honor 52nd Anniversary of historic “Sip-In” with trailblazer Dick Leitsch and advocate/influencer Adam Eli
October 19, 2017
Call for Papers: Co-director to guest edit scholarly journal’s LGBTQ heritage edition
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
March 26, 2024
Awareness Campaign to Take Over Christopher Street Station for International Transgender Day of Visibility
August 15, 2018
Elmhurst corner co-named for Latino activist added to interactive map of historic LGBT sites
25 Sites
Bars & Nightlife
...— as centers for LGBT activism and community. These spaces, whether always gay friendly or only during certain times of the day or week, gave LGBT people the freedom to... Learn More
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
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’
West 42nd Street (between Eighth Avenue & Broadway)
Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
220 West 43rd Street
New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at Avlon Studios
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBT History Month With a Special Trolley Tour of Green-Wood Cemetery
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
September 28, 2019 | 1:00pm-2:30pm
OPEN Finance: Tour of the LGBT History of Greenwich Village
100-01 Northern Boulevard
Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, Queens Public Library
24 Sites
Activism Outside Manhattan
...nationally-renowned figures, such as Queens-born Frank Kameny and long-time Staten Island resident Audre Lorde. It also includes sites connected to community groups, commemorative street signs, and public demonstrations and marches.... Learn More
August 18, 2022 | 12pm - 1pm
Exploring History and Advocacy at the People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park
March 14, 2018
Earl Hall at Columbia University Listed on National Register of Historic Places
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s Home Is Now a Nationally Registered Historic Place
May 14, 2018
Project takes NYC’s LGBT history out of the closet, and into the spotlight
October 16, 2017
“Why We Are Marching:” Remembering the October 1979 March on Washington
April 13, 2023 | 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Invisible No More: Historic Places Connected to LGBTQ New Yorkers and Commuters
15 Sites
Jewish New York
...life. These include composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein, poet Allen Ginsberg, archivist and activist Joan Nestle, PFLAG co-founder Jeanne Manford, those associated with Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, and more. We continue to... Learn More
13 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
23 Beekman Place
Katharine Cornell & Guthrie McClintic Residence / Paul Rudolph Residence
26 West 56th Street
Stop the Hate Radio Actions at the Spanish Broadcasting System Headquarters
September 29, 2017
20-site Greenwich Village walking tour conveys Stonewall uprising’s pivotal history
226-236 West 46th Street
Richard Rodgers Theater (originally Chanin’s 46th Street Theater)
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
November 26, 2019
Manhattan Residences of Georgia O’Keeffe and Patricia Highsmith Published
November 26, 2019
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe and Writer Patricia Highsmith Added to Project Website
15 Sites
Transgender History
...within the broader LGBT rights movement. This curated collection features residences, the Christopher Street Pier, and community centers that honor the legacies of pioneering trans activists such as Sylvia Rivera... Learn More
11 Sites
National Register Listings
...sites across the country, yet the LGBT community remains vastly underrepresented with less than twenty sites. Building on our Stonewall nomination, this curated theme highlights our ongoing efforts to nominate... Learn More
June 2, 2021
Residence of Lorraine Hansberry Listed to National Register of Historic Places
September 14, 2022
Julius’, New York City’s oldest gay bar, is one step closer to becoming a city landmark
March 2, 2023
Proposal to restore Prospect Park’s Vale faces criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates
June 24, 2021
Historians and Preservationists Convene to Discuss LGBTQ+ Landmarks During Pride Month
June 16, 2021
Pride Month: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project ‘Making An Invisible History Visible’
27 Sites
Gay-Owned Businesses
This curated collection highlights sites associated with (mostly former) businesses run by LGBT people in New York City. LGBT entrepreneurs created welcoming spaces for their communities by opening bars, clubs,... Learn More
13 Sites
Activism Before Stonewall
...groups such as the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis formed chapters in several cities and openly identified as “homosexuals” at demonstrations and in televised appearances, despite the threat... Learn More
20 Sites
Literary New York
...first to openly express the concept of men loving men. Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt (1952) was the first lesbian novel to feature a happy ending, and James Baldwin’s... Learn More
March 1, 2019
With Bum Bum Bar Closed, Only Three Lesbian Bars Remain in New York City
January 16, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8 PM
WONDROUS TRANSFORMATIONS: Dr. Harry Benjamin & Transgender Medicine
October 29, 2024 | 6:30 PM
“High Levels of Madness”: The Fight for LGBTQ Inclusion at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
22 Sites
Spotlight on the Theater
...not come without struggle; from 1927 to 1967, the New York Legislature-enacted Wales Padlock Law made it illegal for theaters to show plays that featured gay and lesbian characters (though... Learn More
15 Sites
Art & Architecture
This curated collection highlights the many ways in which LGBT people have helped shape the built environment of New York City, from sculptor Emma Stebbins’s iconic Angel of the Waters... Learn More
29 Sites
LGBT-Named Public Schools
Many New York City public schools are named in honor of prominent figures in American and world history. The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project compiled a list of the 25... Learn More
11 Sites
The AIDS Crisis
In 1981, a “rare cancer” first seen in a group of gay men primarily in New York and San Francisco eventually became a widespread epidemic more accurately known as acquired... Learn More
13 Sites
Lesbian Life Before Stonewall
From Lillian Wald’s founding of a public health facility for the poor, to Berenice Abbott’s photographs of a changing city, to Lorraine Hansberry’s groundbreaking play A Raisin in the Sun,... Learn More
11 Sites
Influential Black New Yorkers
...home to a significant portion of the Black LGBT community since the 1920s. These individuals spent all or part of their lives working during a racially segregated and homophobic era;... 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
12 Sites
The Bronx
This collection of sites in the Bronx highlights the borough’s diverse LGBT history through residences, public spaces, and cultural institutions associated with people of color, the childhood residence of a... Learn More
21 Sites
City of Immigrants
For centuries, the character of New York City has been shaped by waves of immigration from all parts of the globe. LGBT immigrants have left their own mark on the... Learn More
15 Sites
Village Pride Tour
...fear and repression, gay bars and other social gathering spaces were crucial in creating a sense of community and brewing political agitation. This curated theme highlights a few sites near... Learn More
12 Sites
Staten Island
This collection of Staten Island sites highlights the borough’s long and surprisingly rich LGBT history through former bars and clubs, residences of notable people — such as Alice Austen and... Learn More
8 Sites
Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights, where the Queens Pride Parade takes place annually, has had a gay presence since it was developed in the 1920s. This collection highlights the neighborhood’s diverse LGBT history... Learn More
20 Sites
Homophobia & Transphobia
Despite New York City’s reputation as being more LGBT friendly than most other places, LGBT-related discrimination, hate crimes, and harassment are part of its history, past and present. Sites in... Learn More
44 Sites
Broadway Theater District
...century, the LGBT community has had a significant and disproportionate impact on the Broadway stage, even as the New York Legislature-enacted Wales Padlock Law (1927-1967) made it illegal for theaters... Learn More
12 Sites
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights became known as a center of gay life beginning in the 1920s. This collection highlights the neighborhood’s LGBT history through residences of notable LGBT figures, gay cruising areas,... Learn More
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
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
June 16, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
ZAP!: A Virtual Tour of Post-Stonewall Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Actions
February 28, 2019
Threat to Club Langston Underscores Risks to LGBT-Dedicated Venues in Brooklyn
May 6, 2016 | 10:45 - 11:45 A.M.
Beyond Stonewall: Recognizing Historic and Cultural Sites in New York State Related to the LGBT Community
November 22, 2022
Brooklyn Gets First LGBTQ+ Landmark With Designation of Lesbian Herstory Archives
171 West 12th Street
Marion Dickerman & Nancy Cook Residence / Molly Dewson & Polly Porter Residence
May 14, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Upper West Side PRIDE: Walking in LGBTQ Footsteps, beyond Stonewall
17 Sites
Communities of Color
...have either made significant contributions to places connected to communities of color; run LGBT-specific businesses and organizations, such as Bum Bum Bar in Queens or the Audre Lorde Project in... Learn More
124-130 West 43rd Street
Stephen Sondheim Theater (originally Henry Miller’s Theater)
February 16, 2024
Steve Ostrow, who founded famed NYC bathhouse the Continental Baths, dies at 91
May 28, 2019
6 New York City LGBTQ landmarks might be created to keep the city’s queer history alive
20 West 112th Street
Alain L. Locke School of Arts and Engineering (Public School 185)
November 29, 2023
Project co-directors Discuss the Power of Place on WNYC’s “All of it With Alison Stewart”
June 22, 2021 | 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Saving 99 Ryerson: The Peculiar Problem of Landmarking Brooklyn’s Earliest LGBT Site
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s former Upper West Side home receives national landmark status
May 18, 2020 | 6:15PM to 7:30PM
#DamesAtHome: Virtual celebration of Caffe Cino and the Birthplace of Gay Theater
June 25, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
50 YEARS of PRIDE: Celebrating New York City’s First Pride March
Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue
Demonstration Against LGBT Harassment in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Tree Grove
February 3, 2022 | 6:30PM
A Little “Site” Music: LGBT Composers, Musicians & Singers in New York City
March 1, 2023
A proposed Prospect Park development could eliminate important LGBT historic site, advocates say
September 14, 2017
It’s Unanimous: Caffe Cino listed on the NY State Register of Historic Places
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
July 12, 2024
Reporter’s notebook: Capturing this year’s Dyke March through a historic lens
March 8, 2016
Bayard Rustin Residence Listed on the National Register of Historic Places!
June 2, 2021
Interactive map reveals lesser-known landmarks in Queens’ LGBTQ rights movement June 29, 2020
June 24, 2021
Initiative uncovers historical sites linked to the LGBTQ+ movement across New York City
June 26, 2024
The U.S. Has One LGBTQ National Monument, and It Took a Lot to Get There
June 17, 2021 | 4:00PM to 5:00PM
Preserving LGBTQ History, with the Preservation League of New York State
February 14, 2021 | 1:00PM to 2:00PM
LOVE SAVES THE DAY: Celebrating 1970s NYC LGBT Nightlife
April 21, 2020 | 6:00PM to 8:00PM
#StayHomeSipIn: Music, Cocktails & Conversation for the Julius’ “Sip-In”
December 17, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
LEAPING LAVENDER LATKES! Honoring Jewish LGBT New Yorkers this Hanukkah
May 25, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
DARING AND DANGEROUS: The life of Eve Adams, a talk with author Jonathan Ned Katz
27 Sites
Gay Liberation Front
...people to openly dance together. GLF produced COME OUT!, New York’s second gay newspaper, starting in November 1969. GLF members formed three other groups in 1970: Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries... Learn More
April 1, 2024
Bernie Wagenblast, out trans ‘voice of the subway,’ rolls out podcast and visibility campaign
February 15, 2019 | 7:00pm-10:00pm
“Queer Quiz Show” with Making Gay History at New York Public Library
April 20, 2016
Our Nomination of Julius’ to the National Register of Historic Places Approved Today!
6 Sites
Asian American & Pacific Islander
The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) LGBT community has made important contributions to New York City’s history and culture, with the earliest featured site in this theme being the... Learn More
June 7, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:30 P.M.
Making the Invisible Visible: Documenting NYC’s LGBT Cultural Heritage
May 3, 2017
Preservationists Launch Interactive Map of Historic Sites of LGBT Activism and Culture
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
June 28, 2017
Interview: The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Talks Gay History and Advocacy in NYC
April 14, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm
“Stonewall 50” Tour of Greenwich Village, with the Municipal Art Society
April 1, 2024
Trans Lives Matter: Celebrating international Transgender Day of Visibility with the MTA’s help
July 20, 2023
VIDEO: NYC Pride Grand Marshal reflects on being one of nation’s first gay rights activists
March 30, 2023 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
“Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo,” with author Michael Schiavi
November 6, 2022
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project honored with award for ‘making a once invisible history visible’
June 30, 2016
NYC Pride: Tracing the History of NYC’s Gay Neighborhoods from Past to Present
170 Central Park West
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (Lord Cornbury), New-York Historical Society
July 20, 2023
Where have Staten Island’s LGBTQ+ bars gone? How a once-vibrant scene has shifted in the 2020s
February 13, 2024
Steve Ostrow, who founded famed NYC bathhouse the Continental Baths, dies at 91
