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70 Beach Street

Park Villa II

Located in the former Liberty Theatre, Park Villa II (later On Stage), was a popular dance club during the 1980s… Learn More

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3202 Kossuth Avenue

Ronald I. Jacobowitz Residence

Bronx gay rights activist Ronald I. Jacobowitz, who lived in this apartment building from 1986 to 1994, co-founded Gay Men… 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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215-223 West 49th Street

Ambassador Theater

Opened in 1921, the Ambassador Theater has staged multiple productions involving major LGBT performers and creators, including Mulatto by Langston… Learn More

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170 West 130th Street

National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Beginning in the 1920s, this Harlem rowhouse was home to a number of important black social and political organizations.

Most notably,… Learn More

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881 Seventh Avenue

Carnegie Hall: Studio Towers

The Studio Towers apartments were constructed atop Carnegie Hall from 1894 to 1897, a few years after the famed performance… Learn More

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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

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46-09 31st Avenue

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

From October 1995 until at least December 1999, the Queens chapter of SAGE, a social services and support group for… Learn More

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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

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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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215 West 92nd Street

Joan Nestle Residence

From 1974 to 2002, apartment 13A in this Upper West Side building was the residence of Joan Nestle, an influential… Learn More

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768 Fifth Avenue

Plaza

The Oak Room in the famed Plaza Hotel off Central Park was a discreet meeting place for gay… Learn More

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99 Ryerson Street

Walt Whitman Residence

Walt Whitman and his family lived in this house when the first edition of his epochal first collection of poems,… Learn More

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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

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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

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2 Fifth Avenue

Larry Kramer / Edith “Edie” Windsor & Dr. Thea Clara Spyer Residence

Author, playwright, and pioneering activist Larry Kramer resided in this Greenwich Village apartment for over three decades, until… 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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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

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Wall Street & Broadway / 11 Wall Street

ACT UP Demonstrations on Wall Street

Formed in New York City in 1987, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (more commonly known as ACT UP) brought… Learn More