MAPPED: Trans History, Queens Pride

NEWLY MAPPED SITES:
Following extensive research by the project team, the NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project announces the latest additions to its digital heritage map.

Murder Location of Amanda Milan & March Against Anti-Trans Violence
Eighth Avenue & West 42nd Street
Manhattan

In June of 2000, Amanda Milan, a trans sex worker, was attacked and murdered outside of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, near Times Square, by three men using transphobic hate speech. The Memorial for Amanda Milan and the March Against Anti-Trans Violence was organized a month later by her friends and family with the help of Sylvia Rivera, which led to the revival of the activist group Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR). READ MORE

Queens Pride House at Queens Borough Hall
120-55 Queens Boulevard
Queens

From its inception in 1997 to May 2001, Queens Pride House had meeting and office space in Queens Borough Hall, where members organized events, coordinated legal and health services, and provided a gathering space for the Queens LGBTQ community. Queens Pride House has been a staple community space for LGBTQ people in Queens and still operates in Jackson Heights, where it has been located since 2004. READ MORE

Otto Spengler Residence & Argus Pressclipping Bureau
352 Third Avenue
Manhattan

German immigrant Otto Spengler, proprietor of the Argus Pressclipping Bureau, was among the first trans people to be discussed in the U.S. medical community and to undergo an early, experimental form of what is now called feminizing hormone therapy. Spengler lived and operated Argus in this tenement building from 1904 until at least 1937. READ MORE

FROM THE ARCHIVE:
Explore the LGBTQ history of a site we’ve previously mapped.

Gay Alliance of Brooklyn at Spencer Memorial Church
99 Clinton Street
Brooklyn

The Gay Alliance of Brooklyn was one of the first gay civil rights organizations established in New York City outside of Manhattan. The group, which was active from 1971 to 1973, was organized at the Spencer Memorial Church in Brooklyn Heights, a church with a welcoming, radical minister. The House of David and Jonathan, reportedly the country’s first gay synagogue, held services here in November and December 1970. READ MORE