HISTORIC SITES
Myrtle Avenue & Cornelia Street
March for Truth
On March 13, 1993, the March for Truth was organized by the Anti-Violence Project and Queens Gays and Lesbians United,… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
81-10 35th Avenue
Community United Methodist Church
This Jackson Heights church, opened in 1923, became an important hub for diverse community groups, including LGBT groups, beginning in… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
43rd Street & Skillman Avenue
St. Pat’s for All Parade
In 2000, the inaugural St. Pat’s for All Parade took place in the historically Irish neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Woodside,… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
46-09 31st Avenue
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
From October 1995 until at least December 1999, Queens/SAGE, a social services and support group for LGBT senior citizens (unaffiliated… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
89th Street & 37th Avenue
Queens Pride Parade
In 1993, the inaugural Queens Pride Parade and Multicultural Festival took place in the historically gay neighborhood of Jackson Heights… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
77-02 Broadway
Love Boat
The Love Boat was a popular gay Latino bar and dance space in Elmhurst, situated on the border of Jackson… Learn More
Project Update
LGBT history mapped as another Queens site is published
HISTORIC SITES
77th Street & Broadway
Guillermo Vasquez Corner
Guillermo Vasquez was a leading gay rights, AIDS, and Latino community activist in Queens who emigrated from Colombia in 1972.
Seventeen… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
33-23 171st Street
Manford Family Residence
In 1972, Queens schoolteacher Jeanne Manford publicly spoke out in support of her gay son Morty at a time when… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
78th Street & 37th Avenue
Julio Rivera Corner
This street sign in Jackson Heights commemorates Julio Rivera, a gay Puerto Rican man who in 1990 was brutally attacked… Learn More
