Project Update
LGBT history mapped as another Queens site is published
HISTORIC SITES
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
HISTORIC SITES
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
HISTORIC SITES
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
Project Update
March 14, 2018
Earl Hall at Columbia University Listed on National Register of Historic Places
HISTORIC SITES
80 Fifth Avenue
National Gay Task Force Headquarters
The National Gay Task Force (later National Gay and Lesbian Task Force), the first national gay rights organization, had its… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
51-53 Christopher Street
Stonewall Inn
From June 28 to July 3, 1969, LGBT patrons of the Stonewall Inn and members of the local community took… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
116th Street & Broadway
Student Homophile League at Earl Hall, Columbia University
The Student Homophile League, the first gay student organization in the country, was founded at Columbia University in 1966 and… Learn More
HISTORIC SITES
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
