April 15, 2019
Leaders in LGBTQ History Documentation, Interpretation, and Outreach Create Stonewall 50 Factsheet
September 29, 2017
New Historic Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connecting the Public with LGBT History
April 6, 2019 | 1:00pm-5:00pm
Stonewall 50: Defining LGBTQ Site Preservation, at Columbia’s Earl Hall
June 6, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Tour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
September 29, 2017
20-site Greenwich Village walking tour conveys Stonewall uprising’s pivotal 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 24, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Tour & Toast in Celebration of Stonewall 50: Walk with the Experts Documenting the City’s LGBT History
April 14, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm
“Stonewall 50” Tour of Greenwich Village, with the Municipal Art Society
September 27, 2023 | 6 PM
Building Stonewall: Past, Present & Future, with Build Out Alliance
June 29, 2017
Video: Tour historic LGBT sites in Greenwich Village, from Stonewall and beyond
May 14, 2019 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Upper West Side PRIDE: Walking in LGBTQ Footsteps, beyond Stonewall
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
June 16, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
ZAP!: A Virtual Tour of Post-Stonewall Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Actions
June 23, 2020
“Marching for Pride: The Basics,” Fact Sheet for Pride March Anniversary, Released
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
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
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
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBTQ History Month with this interactive map of historic N.Y.C. sites
April 14, 2024
LGBTQ New Yorkers and electeds urge CB5 to condemn anti-trans education council resolution
May 28, 2019
6 New York City LGBTQ landmarks might be created to keep the city’s queer history alive
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
February 15, 2019 | 7:00pm-10:00pm
“Queer Quiz Show” with Making Gay History at New York Public Library
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
June 28, 2022
Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them In Plain Sight
November 17, 2022
Testimony in Support of the Proposed Designation of the Julius’ Bar Building as a New York City Landmark
April 26, 2022
Photos: John Cameron Mitchell & More Acknowledge Julius’ Significance to LGBT Activism & History
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’
April 1, 2024
Trans Lives Matter: Celebrating international Transgender Day of Visibility with the MTA’s help
May 14, 2018
Project takes NYC’s LGBT history out of the closet, and into the spotlight
350 Bleecker Street
Alma Routsong & Elizabeth Deran Residence / Arnie Kantrowitz Residence / Craig Rodwell Residence
Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue
Demonstration Against LGBT Harassment in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Tree Grove
October 16, 2017
“Why We Are Marching:” Remembering the October 1979 March on Washington
September 29, 2017
Download, Print and Explore Greenwich Village with the New Self-Guided Walking Tour
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
June 2, 2021
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Former New York City Residence Receives Historic Distinction
June 2, 2021
Residence of Lorraine Hansberry Listed to National Register of Historic Places
11 Sites
National Register Listings
In 1999, the team that would later found the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project successfully nominated the Stonewall Inn to the National Register of Historic Places, the first site to... Learn More
September 12, 2019
James Baldwin NYC residence added to National Register of Historic Places
April 20, 2016
Our Nomination of Julius’ to the National Register of Historic Places Approved Today!
June 25, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
50 YEARS of PRIDE: Celebrating New York City’s First Pride March
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
1446 First Avenue
Founding of the Gay Activists Alliance at the Arthur Bell Residence
15 Sites
Village Pride Tour
Greenwich Village has a long and diverse history that has made it an important epicenter of LGBT life in New York City. In the pre-Stonewall years, amidst an atmosphere of... Learn More
June 7, 2016 | 7:00 - 8:30 P.M.
Making the Invisible Visible: Documenting NYC’s LGBT Cultural Heritage
April 10, 2019
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Receives a 2019 Excellence in Preservation Award
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’
October 19, 2017
Call for Papers: Co-director to guest edit scholarly journal’s LGBTQ heritage edition
September 14, 2017
It’s Unanimous: Caffe Cino listed on the NY State Register of Historic Places
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
September 14, 2022
Julius’, New York City’s oldest gay bar, is one step closer to becoming a city landmark
March 26, 2024
Awareness Campaign to Take Over Christopher Street Station for International Transgender Day of Visibility
February 16, 2024
Steve Ostrow, who founded famed NYC bathhouse the Continental Baths, dies at 91
February 13, 2024
Steve Ostrow, who founded famed NYC bathhouse the Continental Baths, dies at 91
July 20, 2023
VIDEO: NYC Pride Grand Marshal reflects on being one of nation’s first gay rights activists
April 13, 2023 | 6 PM - 7:15 PM
Invisible No More: Historic Places Connected to LGBTQ New Yorkers and Commuters
June 24, 2021
Initiative uncovers historical sites linked to the LGBTQ+ movement across New York City
June 22, 2021 | 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Saving 99 Ryerson: The Peculiar Problem of Landmarking Brooklyn’s Earliest LGBT Site
June 16, 2021
New York’s gay bars are still vital, especially post-COVID, owners say | Pride and Pandemic
May 18, 2020 | 6:15PM to 7:30PM
#DamesAtHome: Virtual celebration of Caffe Cino and the Birthplace of Gay Theater
12 Sites
Early Community Centers
...to the (often Mafia-run) bar scene were established in New York City. Earliest known community centers before and immediately after Stonewall were housed in office and retail spaces, former firehouses,... 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
West 42nd Street (between Eighth Avenue & Broadway)
Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
12 Sites
Why We March
...around the country helped solidify the significance of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in LGBT history. This curated collection features LGBT-specific marches and protests that have taken place around the city.... Learn More
240 Centre Street
Gay Activists Alliance Protest at New York City Police Headquarters
120 East 56th Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York Republican State Committee Headquarters
West 43rd Street (Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues)
Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
