112 East 23rd Street
Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth
Between the fall of 1983 and early 1986, the full third floor of this building was the first office of... Learn More
99 Wooster Street
Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse
The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) formed in December 1969 and became the most influential American gay liberation political activist organization in... Learn More
530 Sixth Avenue / 69 West 14th Street
Gay Liberation Front at Alternate U.
After the Stonewall rebellion in June 1969, the first LGBT activist organization formed was the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), in... Learn More
West 42nd Street (between Eighth Avenue & Broadway)
Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
A peaceful Times Square protest over recent increased police harassment against the LGBT community in the Greenwich Village and Times... Learn More
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
In 1978, the U.S. Open moved from the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, to the larger USTA... Learn More
90 Kent Avenue
Marsha P. Johnson State Park
Marsha P. Johnson was a Black trans activist and Stonewall veteran who became a key figure in the gay liberation... Learn More
437 East 12th Street
Ernestine Eckstein Residence / Allen Ginsberg Residence
Ernestine Eckstein was an influential lesbian of color who was active in the LGBT rights movement in the pre-Stonewall years.... Learn More
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
291 Mercer Street
Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop
Gay rights activist Craig Rodwell established the East Coast’s first gay and lesbian bookstore (and the first one in the... Learn More
500 25th Street
Green-Wood Cemetery
Many LGBT individuals are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, one of the most beautiful landscapes in America. Here one... Learn More
Christopher Street Pier
Greenwich Village Waterfront
For over a century, the Greenwich Village waterfront along the Hudson River, including the Christopher Street Pier at West 10th... Learn More
214 16th Street
Transy House
Transy House was a transgender collective operated by Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin from 1995 to 2008. It provided... Learn More
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
208 West 13th Street
LGBT Community Center
Since 1983, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Community Center has served as a vital support system for hundreds... Learn More
350 Fifth Avenue
Empire State Building
After a multi-year campaign led by GLAAD, the Empire State Building commemorated LGBT Pride for the first time in 1990... Learn More
Washington Place, west of Sixth Avenue
NYC Pride March
New York City’s first ever Pride March was held on Sunday, June 28, 1970 (the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall... Learn More
37 Ninth Avenue
West Side Discussion Group Center
This building in the Meatpacking District was the longest home of the West Side Discussion Group, which met here from... Learn More
350 Bleecker Street
Craig Rodwell Residence / Arnie Kantrowitz Residence
Craig Rodwell, one of the key leaders of the pre- and post-Stonewall gay rights movement, moved into this recently-built apartment... Learn More
104 West 136th Street
Countee Cullen Branch, New York Public Library
Renamed for the noted gay poet Countee Cullen in 1951, this library was the first in the New York Public... Learn More
Christopher Park
Christopher Park / Stonewall National Monument
Located just across from the Stonewall Inn, Christopher Park has been at the center of the LGBT rights movement since... Learn More
302 W 45th St
Al Hirschfeld Theater (originally Martin Beck Theater)
Opened as the Martin Beck Theater in 1924, this venue has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators,... Learn More
135 Charles Street
6th Police Precinct Station House
Following the March 1970 police raid on the Snake Pit, a nearby gay bar, 167 gay men were arrested and... Learn More
59 Christopher Street
Mattachine Society Office
In 1972, the Mattachine Society Inc. of New York, one of the city’s most influential early gay rights groups, mostly... Learn More
160-164 West 129th Street
Drag Balls at Imperial Lodge of Elks
A rare surviving Harlem building that hosted drag balls, the Imperial Lodge of Elks (also referred to as the Elks... Learn More
Seventh Avenue (35th to 41st Streets)
Fashion Walk of Fame
Beginning in the year 2000, plaques have been installed along Seventh Avenue — a corridor synonymous with the fashion industry... Learn More
2 Astor Place
Harvey Milk High School
Many New York City public schools are named in honor of prominent figures in American and world history. Harvey Milk... Learn More
June 2, 2021
Interactive map reveals lesser-known landmarks in Queens’ LGBTQ rights movement June 29, 2020
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
June 26, 2018