Un-Erasing Stonewall (walking tour)

During a time of sustained efforts to erase LGBTQ 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 LGBTQ 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 (GAA), Radicalesbians, and the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR).

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

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

Pictured, Christopher Park.

Events are funded, in part, by grants from the 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.