The Forward: “This Jewish activist was arrested and deported for her book ‘Lesbian Love.’ 100 years later, will NYC apologize?”

From the article: “Over the years, [Eve] Adams has come to be recognized as a Jewish LGBTQ icon. Her life inspired the play ‘The Great Lesbian Love of Eve Adams,’ and she was the subject of a ‘New York Times’ obituary published as part of the newspaper’s ‘Overlooked’ series, which chronicles the lives of notable people throughout history whose deaths went unreported.

“[Manhattan Borough President Brad] Hoylman-Sigal said he was inspired to commemorate Adams by the NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project, a nonprofit that documents local queer history, which asked him to send the letter to [NYC Mayor] Mamdani. The Sites Project also offers historic walking tours of the city featuring Adams’ story.

“‘Their jaws drop when we tell them these stories, standing in front of the building where her tea room was,’ said Ken Lustbader, co-founder of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project.”

Read more, here.

Photo: Eve Adams in Paris. Courtesy of Chicago Review Press.