July 20, 2023
Where have Staten Island’s LGBTQ+ bars gone? How a once-vibrant scene has shifted in the 2020s
171 West 12th Street
Marion Dickerman & Nancy Cook Residence / Molly Dewson & Polly Porter Residence
170 West 130th Street
National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
23 Beekman Place
Katharine Cornell & Guthrie McClintic Residence / Paul Rudolph Residence
11 Sites
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights became known as a center of gay life beginning in the 1920s. This collection highlights the neighborhood’s LGBT history through residences of notable LGBT figures, gay cruising areas,... Learn More
September 14, 2022
Julius’, New York City’s oldest gay bar, is one step closer to becoming a city landmark
16 East 8th Street
Founding of the New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at the Sam Morford Residence
13 Sites
Lesbian Progressive Reformers
The Progressive Era, which spanned the 1880s to the 1920s, was a time of massive nationwide political and social change in the United States, in response to rapid industrialization and... Learn More
8 Sites
Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights, where the Queens Pride Parade takes place annually, has had a gay presence since it was developed in the 1920s. This collection highlights the neighborhood’s diverse LGBT history... Learn More
11 Sites
Influential Black New Yorkers
...home to a significant portion of the Black LGBT community since the 1920s. These individuals spent all or part of their lives working during a racially segregated and homophobic era;... Learn More
13 Sites
Activism Before Stonewall
...to the 1920s when Henry Gerber — who later lived and worked on Governors Island — founded the Society of Human Rights in Chicago. In the 1950s and ’60s, “homophile”... Learn More
226-236 West 46th Street
Richard Rodgers Theater (originally Chanin’s 46th Street Theater)
124-130 West 43rd Street
Stephen Sondheim Theater (originally Henry Miller’s Theater)
February 5, 2024