16 East 8th Street
Founding of the New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at the Sam Morford Residence
1446 First Avenue
Founding of the Gay Activists Alliance at the Arthur Bell Residence
Grand Central Parkway & 78th Avenue
Demonstration Against LGBT Harassment in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park Tree Grove
220 West 43rd Street
New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at Avlon Studios
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
June 28, 2022
Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them In Plain Sight
20 Sites
Gay Activists Alliance
...While the pickets and actions by earlier homophile groups in the 1960s, like the Mattachine Society’s Sip-In at Julius’, had been peaceful, the post-Stonewall groups, including GAA, GLF, and Radicalesbians,... Learn More
September 21, 2021
Women’s Liberation Center listed to National Register of Historic Places
March 14, 2018
Earl Hall at Columbia University Listed on National Register of Historic Places
West 43rd Street (Between Seventh and Eighth Avenues)
Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
7 East 7th Street
Picket at the Great Hall, Cooper Union, Second-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
September 29, 2017
New Historic Walking Tour at Stonewall National Monument Launches Today, Connecting the Public with LGBT History
April 26, 2018
PHOTOS: LGBT advocates honor 52nd Anniversary of historic “Sip-In” with trailblazer Dick Leitsch and advocate/influencer Adam Eli
2 Fifth Avenue
Larry Kramer Residence / Edie Windsor & Dr. Thea Clara Spyer Residence
February 13, 2024
Steve Ostrow, who founded famed NYC bathhouse the Continental Baths, dies at 91
September 14, 2022
Julius’, New York City’s oldest gay bar, is one step closer to becoming a city landmark
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
February 16, 2024
Steve Ostrow, who founded famed NYC bathhouse the Continental Baths, dies at 91
April 13, 2016
“Three Homosexuals in Search of a Drink”: The 50th Anniversary of the Sip-In at Julius’
June 22, 2021 | 6:00PM to 7:00PM
Saving 99 Ryerson: The Peculiar Problem of Landmarking Brooklyn’s Earliest LGBT Site
24 Sites
Activism Outside Manhattan
...for LGBT rights in New York City. Activists living in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island formed community groups and organized pride marches and protests to counter homophobia and... Learn More
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
11 Sites
The AIDS Crisis
In 1981, a “rare cancer” first seen in a group of gay men primarily in New York and San Francisco eventually became a widespread epidemic more accurately known as acquired... Learn More
26 West 56th Street
Stop the Hate Radio Actions at the Spanish Broadcasting System Headquarters
April 26, 2022
Photos: John Cameron Mitchell & More Acknowledge Julius’ Significance to LGBT Activism & History
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
120 East 56th Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York Republican State Committee Headquarters
350 Bleecker Street
Alma Routsong & Elizabeth Deran Residence / Arnie Kantrowitz Residence / Craig Rodwell Residence
June 16, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
ZAP!: A Virtual Tour of Post-Stonewall Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Actions
June 25, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
50 YEARS of PRIDE: Celebrating New York City’s First Pride March
September 12, 2019
James Baldwin NYC residence added to National Register of Historic Places
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s Home Is Now a Nationally Registered Historic Place
July 12, 2022 | 6:30PM - 7:30PM
The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
December 17, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
LEAPING LAVENDER LATKES! Honoring Jewish LGBT New Yorkers this Hanukkah
August 18, 2022 | 12pm - 1pm
Exploring History and Advocacy at the People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park
170 Central Park West
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (Lord Cornbury), New-York Historical Society
April 12, 2016 | 6:30 - 8:00 P.M.
“Three Homosexuals in Search of a Drink”: The 50th Anniversary of the Sip-In at Julius’
September 13, 2022 | 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Meet the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Team at History UnErased’s Virtual Soirée!
November 26, 2019
Artist Georgia O’Keeffe and Writer Patricia Highsmith Added to Project Website
March 24, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
MAKING A KILLING: 34th Anniversary of ACT UP’s First Protest
149-155 Christopher Street
Village AIDS Memorial at St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church
15 Sites
Bar Raids & Forced Closures
...and groups, such as the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice that dictated morality and raided bars and clubs. After the end of Prohibition and the creation of... Learn More
June 2, 2021
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s Former New York City Residence Receives Historic Distinction
June 16, 2021
New York’s gay bars are still vital, especially post-COVID, owners say | Pride and Pandemic
June 2, 2021
Residence of Lorraine Hansberry Listed to National Register of Historic Places
June 24, 2021
Historians and Preservationists Convene to Discuss LGBTQ+ Landmarks During Pride Month
April 1, 2024
Bernie Wagenblast, out trans ‘voice of the subway,’ rolls out podcast and visibility campaign
March 26, 2024
Awareness Campaign to Take Over Christopher Street Station for International Transgender Day of Visibility
February 5, 2024
Dozens of NYC’s LGBTQ historic sites in the spotlight for Black History Month
26 Sites
Hispanic Heritage
...increased in the 1960s and 1970s. Cuban-born Tony Segura, perhaps the earliest notable figure of this group, was among the most significant activists of the burgeoning LGBT rights movement in... Learn More
July 20, 2023
Where have Staten Island’s LGBTQ+ bars gone? How a once-vibrant scene has shifted in the 2020s
July 20, 2023
VIDEO: NYC Pride Grand Marshal reflects on being one of nation’s first gay rights activists
March 1, 2023
A proposed Prospect Park development could eliminate important LGBT historic site, advocates say
November 22, 2022
Brooklyn Gets First LGBTQ+ Landmark With Designation of Lesbian Herstory Archives
November 17, 2022
Testimony in Support of the Proposed Designation of the Julius’ Bar Building as a New York City Landmark
September 28, 2019 | 1:00pm-2:30pm
OPEN Finance: Tour of the LGBT History of Greenwich Village
November 6, 2022
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project honored with award for ‘making a once invisible history visible’
November 26, 2019
Manhattan Residences of Georgia O’Keeffe and Patricia Highsmith Published
April 10, 2019
NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Receives a 2019 Excellence in Preservation Award
West 42nd Street (between Eighth Avenue & Broadway)
Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
135-139 West 31st Street
Father Mychal F. Judge at St. Francis of Assisi Church & Friary
1335 Sixth Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Inner Circle Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel
67 Wall Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
181-189 Second Avenue
Peter Hujar Residence & Studio / David Wojnarowicz Residence & Studio
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
April 6, 2019 | 1:00pm-5:00pm
Stonewall 50: Defining LGBTQ Site Preservation, at Columbia’s Earl Hall
April 14, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm
“Stonewall 50” Tour of Greenwich Village, with the Municipal Art Society
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBT History Month With a Special Trolley Tour of Green-Wood Cemetery
13 Sites
Activism Before Stonewall
...groups such as the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis formed chapters in several cities and openly identified as “homosexuals” at demonstrations and in televised appearances, despite the threat... Learn More
14 Sites
Transgender History
...and Marsha P. Johnson and groups such as the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) and the Fabulous Independent Radicals for Community Empowerment (FIERCE). The earliest known site dates to the... Learn More
April 1, 2024