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1133 Broadway
Mattachine Society & Daughters of Bilitis Offices
From about 1959 to 1968, this building near Madison Square was the location of the offices of the Mattachine Society… Learn More
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141 Montague Street
Brooklyn Heights Press Offices
In July 1966, the homophobic policies of The Brooklyn Heights Press, then headquartered in this building, were the focus of… Learn More
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91 Joralemon Street
Renée Cafiero & Nancy Garden Residence
Pre-Stonewall gay rights activists Renée Vera Cafiero and Nancy Garden moved to an apartment in this building in December 1964,… Learn More
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149 West 14th Street
Kooky’s
Kooky’s, also known as Kooky’s Cocktail Lounge, was a lesbian bar that operated from 1965 to 1973.
After the Stonewall uprising… Learn More
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Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
On April 18, 1965, the fourth-ever gay rights demonstration in the United States – and the third in New York… Learn More
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7 East 7th Street
Picket at the Great Hall, Cooper Union, Second-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
On December 2, 1964, the second-ever public demonstration for gay rights in the United States – and the first to… Learn More
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39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
On September 19, 1964, the very first public demonstration for gay rights in the United States took place outside the… Learn More
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337 Bleecker Street
Lorraine Hansberry Residence
From 1953 to 1960, playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry resided in the third-floor apartment of this building.
While here, Hansberry lived… Learn More
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201 West 13th Street
Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church
Openly gay Reverend C. Edward “Ed” Egan, Jr. led the Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church from 1971 to 1977, when he… Learn More
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240 West 38th Street
Corduroy Club / Isaia NYC Fashion House
The Corduroy Club, located here from March 1967 to 1971, was a significant effort by the pre-Stonewall LGBT community in… Learn More
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296 Ninth Avenue
Church of the Holy Apostles
From 1969 to 1974, the Church of the Holy Apostles in Chelsea was one of the most important meeting places… Learn More
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103-17 115th Street
Franklin E. Kameny Childhood Residence
Renowned gay rights pioneer Franklin (“Frank”) E. Kameny grew up in this semi-detached brick house from 1925 to 1948.
Kameny, who… Learn More
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484 14th Street
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Founded in 1974, the Lesbian Herstory Archives was first housed on the Upper West Side of Manhattan before opening its… Learn More
