March 24, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
MAKING A KILLING: 34th Anniversary of ACT UP’s First Protest
March 30, 2023 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
“Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo,” with author Michael Schiavi
June 23, 2020
“Marching for Pride: The Basics,” Fact Sheet for Pride March Anniversary, Released
20 Sites
Gay Activists Alliance
...targeted, and put a spotlight on the various forms of discrimination suffered by the LGBT community. This model of political activism influenced later LGBT groups, such as ACT UP, with... Learn More
June 16, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
ZAP!: A Virtual Tour of Post-Stonewall Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Actions
1446 First Avenue
Founding of the Gay Activists Alliance at the Arthur Bell Residence
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
24 Sites
Activism Outside Manhattan
...curated theme features the residences of LGBT activists, from community organizers, such as Bronx resident Ronald I. Jacobowitz and trans activists Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin in Brooklyn, to... Learn More
1335 Sixth Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Inner Circle Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
April 26, 2022
Photos: John Cameron Mitchell & More Acknowledge Julius’ Significance to LGBT Activism & History
August 15, 2018
Elmhurst corner co-named for Latino activist added to interactive map of historic LGBT sites
18 Sites
1970s Lesbian Activism & Community
Lesbian rights activists in New York City worked to gain a voice, equal rights, and recognition within the Gay Liberation and Women’s Liberation movements, which emerged almost simultaneously in the... Learn More
July 20, 2023
VIDEO: NYC Pride Grand Marshal reflects on being one of nation’s first gay rights activists
240 Centre Street
Gay Activists Alliance Protest at New York City Police Headquarters
May 3, 2017
Preservationists Launch Interactive Map of Historic Sites of LGBT Activism and Culture
13 Sites
Activism Before Stonewall
The June-July 1969 Stonewall Uprising is widely considered a key turning point in the LGBT rights movement, but efforts to achieve LGBT equality in the United States actually date back... Learn More
67 Wall Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
120 East 56th Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York Republican State Committee Headquarters
26 West 56th Street
Stop the Hate Radio Actions at the Spanish Broadcasting System Headquarters
West 42nd Street (between Eighth Avenue & Broadway)
Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
110 Livingston Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Board of Education
April 15, 2019
Leaders in LGBTQ History Documentation, Interpretation, and Outreach Create Stonewall 50 Factsheet
226-236 West 46th Street
Richard Rodgers Theater (originally Chanin’s 46th Street Theater)
2 Fifth Avenue
Larry Kramer Residence / Edie Windsor & Dr. Thea Clara Spyer Residence
124-130 West 43rd Street
Stephen Sondheim Theater (originally Henry Miller’s Theater)
June 2, 2021
Residence of Lorraine Hansberry Listed to National Register of Historic Places
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
350 Bleecker Street
Alma Routsong & Elizabeth Deran Residence / Arnie Kantrowitz Residence / Craig Rodwell Residence
September 21, 2021
Women’s Liberation Center listed to National Register of Historic Places
April 26, 2018
PHOTOS: LGBT advocates honor 52nd Anniversary of historic “Sip-In” with trailblazer Dick Leitsch and advocate/influencer Adam Eli
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
June 16, 2021
Pride Month: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project ‘Making An Invisible History Visible’
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
March 1, 2019
With Bum Bum Bar Closed, Only Three Lesbian Bars Remain in New York City
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
14 Sites
Transgender History
New York City has been home to a number of influential transgender activists who helped advance gay and trans equality, even as they had to fight for their own inclusion... Learn More
39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
26 Sites
Hispanic Heritage
...(BAAD!) and trans activist Sylvia Rivera), Colombia (such as community and AIDS activist Guillermo Vasquez), and Cuba (such as Ana María Simo, co-founder of Medusa’s Revenge and the Lesbian Avengers,... Learn More
November 22, 2022
Brooklyn Gets First LGBTQ+ Landmark With Designation of Lesbian Herstory Archives
September 29, 2017
New Historic Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connecting the Public with LGBT History
March 14, 2018
Earl Hall at Columbia University Listed on National Register of Historic Places
May 28, 2019
6 New York City LGBTQ landmarks might be created to keep the city’s queer history alive
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s Home Is Now a Nationally Registered Historic Place
June 16, 2021
New York’s gay bars are still vital, especially post-COVID, owners say | Pride and Pandemic
October 17, 2023
‘Herstory’ walking tour highlights historic lesbian sites in the Village
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
June 2, 2021
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Former New York City Residence Receives Historic Distinction
March 26, 2024
Awareness Campaign to Take Over Christopher Street Station for International Transgender Day of Visibility
April 14, 2024
LGBTQ New Yorkers and electeds urge CB5 to condemn anti-trans education council resolution
February 15, 2019 | 7:00pm-10:00pm
“Queer Quiz Show” with Making Gay History at New York Public Library
170 West 130th Street
National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
West 43rd Street (Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues)
Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
149-155 Christopher Street
Village AIDS Memorial at St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church
Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue
Demonstration Against LGBT Harassment in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Tree Grove
4 St. Mark's Place
Tempo Playhouse / Key Theater / New Bowery Theater / Bridge Theater
May 14, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Upper West Side PRIDE: Walking in LGBTQ Footsteps, beyond Stonewall
