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
1232-1238 Broadway
Oscar Wilde at the Grand Hotel
The Irish poet and dandy Oscar Wilde stayed for a few days at the Grand Hotel while on his expenses-paid... Learn More
15 Christopher Street
Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop
In 1973, Craig Rodwell moved his Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, the first gay and lesbian bookstore on the East Coast... Learn More
September 29, 2017
20-site Greenwich Village walking tour conveys Stonewall uprising’s pivotal history
September 29, 2017
New Historic Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connecting the Public with LGBT History
122 East 17th Street
Elisabeth Marbury & Elsie de Wolfe Residence
Elsie de Wolfe, often credited as America’s first professional interior designer, and Elisabeth Marbury, one of the world’s leading, and... Learn More
517 East 233rd Street
Woodlawn Cemetery
Woodlawn Cemetery in the northern Bronx is not only a magnificent park-like landscape, but is the final resting place of... Learn More
208 & 210 East 13th Street
Emma Goldman Residence & “Mother Earth” Office
Anarchist leader and immigrant Emma Goldman was the first prominent figure and ally in the United States to publicly speak... Learn More
481 Eighth Avenue
Magnus Hirschfeld at the Hotel New Yorker
Considered one of the first, great pioneers of LGBT rights in the early 20th century, German-Jewish physician and sexologist, Magnus... 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
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
243 W 47th St
Ethel Barrymore Theater
Opened in 1928, the Ethel Barrymore Theater has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including Noel Coward,... Learn More
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
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
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
149-157 West 45th Street
Lyceum Theater
Opened in 1903, the Lyceum Theater has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including Oliver Smith, Clyde... Learn More
242-250 West 45th Street
Bernard B. Jacobs Theater (originally Royale Theater)
During this venue’s time as the Royale Theater (opened in 1927), the John Golden Theater (renamed in 1934), and then... Learn More
235-243 West 44th Street
Broadhurst Theater
Opened in 1918, the Broadhurst Theater has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including the play The Green... Learn More
138-146 West 48th Street
Cort Theater
Opened as the Cort Theater in 1912, this venue has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including... Learn More
139-141 West 44th Street
Hudson Theater
Opened in 1904, the Hudson Theater has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT creators and performers, including W. Somerset Maugham,... Learn More
1890 Seventh Avenue
Edna Thomas, Lloyd Thomas & Olivia Wyndham Residence
Edna Thomas, one of the earliest Black actors of the New York stage, came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance... Learn More
