This tour is presented for free by Gay Bars That Are Gone but attendees are encouraged to support the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Text NYCPRIDE to “801801” do donate swiftly and securely via your phone.

From discos and dive bars to piano bars and clubs, this community-led walk looks at the shifting typology of the gay bar in New York City. Long the center of cultural evolutions and political activism, gay bars are critical locations to understand Queer History in America. You’ll (theoretically) bar hop through stories of community, protest, artistic achievement, and plain old gay gossip.

Gay Bars That Are Gone was started in 2015 and celebrates 10 years walking this year at a time when LGBT history and rights are under attack. Let’s kick off Pride month together and celebrate spaces where queer people found refuge, joy, tragedy, and everything in between from the 1800s to literally yesterday. Bring friends.

We’ll start at 105 2nd Ave (the now closed Apple Bank) and wind through the Villages before ending at the (still open) Julius’ (an important site of gay history in its own right) for the After Dark Party where DJ Yestergay will keep us dancing and discussing queer history until late.

Your hosts for this walking tour are Kyle Supley & Michael Ryan. This annual walk has been featured in The New York Times, The Advocate, and Paper Magazine. Follow @gaybarsthataregone for more updates.

Walk is rain or shine; free (RSVP or just show up!)

This tour is presented for free by Gay Bars That Are Gone but attendees are encouraged to support the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Text NYCPRIDE to “801801” do donate swiftly and securely via your phone.

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Presented by Kyle Supley & Michael Ryan of Gay Bars That Are Gone.

This special trolley tour illuminates the lives of LGBTQ individuals who have made a lasting impact on American culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. Visit the final resting places of figures such as Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen and theatrical agent Elisabeth Marbury. Patricia Cronin’s well-known sculpture “Memorial to a Marriage” is a highlight of this tour.

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Presented with the Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy.

Celebrate Pride Month with NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project and LANDMARK WEST! on a stroll of the iconic Central Park West, from Columbus Circle to the American Museum of Natural History. We’ll uncover the LGBTQ history of The Dakota dating back to its construction in the 1880s, and highlight artists — from James Dean to Leonard Bernstein — who have called the Upper West Side home. The tour will include sites of post-Stonewall protest connected to Lesbian Feminist Liberation and the Gay Activists Alliance, two leading activist groups of the 1970s. We’ll also look at important spaces of community, including the site of a Gay Be-In in Central Park, where thousands of LGBTQ people marked the end of NYC’s very first Pride March, in 1970.

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This is an approximately 90-minute walking tour. All registrants will have use of a whisper-technology over-ear listening device. Tour meeting location is included in registration confirmation. Rain or shine. Proceeds of this tour are split equally to support both the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project (Celebrating 10 Years!) and LANDMARK WEST! (Celebrating 40 Years!).

Photo by Diana Davies, via New York Public Library.

Join us for a special trolley tour celebrating LGBTQ+ trailblazers who have left a lasting impact on American history and culture. Led by Andrew Dolkart, Co-Director of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, and Neela Wickremesinghe, the Robert A. and Elizabeth Rohn Jeffe Director of Restoration and Preservation at Green-Wood, this tour highlights the lives of remarkable individuals.

Price: $15, and $12 for members. Organized by The Green-Wood Cemetery.

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You’ll visit the gravesites of Paul Jabara, co-writer of “It’s Raining Men;” Emma Stebbins, sculptor of the Angel of the Waters at Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain; and activists Drs. Emery Hetrick and Damien Martin, founders of the Hetrick-Martin Institute. Experience the powerful stories of those who paved the way for future generations of LGBTQ+ leaders.

This trolley tour is offered at a discounted rate to make Green-Wood’s rich history more accessible to the public.

Please note that if only 1 ticket shows as available during the purchase process, that is the last ticket available.

Before Purchasing A Ticket, Please Note:

• Tickets: There is no need to print tickets! Attendees will be checked in by name.
• Where To Go: Check-in takes place by the Gothic Arch near the Main Entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th Street (500 25th Street).
• Accessibility & Safety: The Green-Wood trolley can accommodate up to two wheelchairs. However, the trolley may make stops where passengers are encouraged to disembark in areas that are not wheelchair accessible. If you need accommodations for any reason, please contact our staff before reserving tickets at 718-210-3080, ext. 1 or [email protected]. To accommodate a wheelchair or other mobility aid on the trolley, please contact us at least one week in advance.
• A Little More About Safety: Unless there is a medical emergency, it may be difficult to exit quickly during the tour. Please consider these limitations before purchasing tickets. This tour is not recommended for children under the age of 10.
• Refunds: All ticket sales are final. Refunds are only permissible if the tour is canceled by Green-Wood. Tickets cannot be exchanged for a different tour date.
• Inclement Weather Policy: We monitor weather conditions throughout the day for the best chance of proceeding with the tour, and will not make a final decision until approximately 3 hours before the start of the tour. Cancellations will be announced via Eventbrite email blasts, so check your email and spam folders.

During a time of renewed efforts to erase LGBT history, this in-person walking tour will highlight historic places that help contextualize the landmark 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn. Starting at Christopher Park, across from Stonewall, learn about the long-standing oppressive practices which led to the game-changing uprising. Stops along the tour will also highlight locations that have been especially impactful on the lives of LGBT people, including the starting point of the first-ever NYC Pride March (in 1970), popular gay and lesbian bars such as the Duchess and the Snake Pit, and places connected to the Mattachine Society (NYC’s first gay rights group), the Gay Activists Alliance, Radicalesbians, and the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR).

The tour will end at Julius’, site of the historic 1966 “Sip-In.” The tour, led by the founders and manager of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, will last approximately 1 1/2 hours and will take place rain or shine.

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This is a FUNDRAISING tour; all money raised will support the ongoing work of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project.

Select events are funded, in part, by grants from New York Community Trust, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and New York City Tourism Foundation.

Join us for stroll of Greenwich Village as we explore the lesbian community’s connections to one of the world’s most famous neighborhoods. We’ll cover places that speak to the evolution of the lesbian bar, from the 1910s onward, and gathering spots run by women for women that popped up in the Village in the 1970s. Stops along the way include the former homes of notable lesbians who have helped shape American history and culture.

The tour, lead by a project co-founder and manager, will last approximately 1 1/2 hours. Meet under the Arch in Washington Square Park. Walking tour will take place rain or shine.

To register groups of 5 or more, please contact us at [email protected].

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This is a FUNDRAISING tour; all money raised will support the ongoing work of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project.

Select events are funded, in part, by grants from New York Community Trust, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and New York City Tourism Foundation.

Photo: Pandora’s box, c. 1992. Photo by Ken Lustbader.