20 Sites
Gay Activists Alliance
The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) was formed in December 1969 by Jim Owles, Marty Robinson, Arthur Evans, Arthur Bell, and others, who became disaffected by the Gay Liberation Front (GLF),... Learn More
1446 First Avenue
Founding of the Gay Activists Alliance at the Arthur Bell Residence
1335 Sixth Avenue
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the Inner Circle Dinner at the New York Hilton Hotel
120 East 56th Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York Republican State Committee Headquarters
West 42nd Street (between Eighth Avenue & Broadway)
Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
240 Centre Street
Gay Activists Alliance Protest at New York City Police Headquarters
June 16, 2020 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
ZAP!: A Virtual Tour of Post-Stonewall Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) Actions
67 Wall Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
110 Livingston Street
Gay Activists Alliance Zap at the New York City Board of Education
March 9, 2020
Forgotten but pivotal moment in gay-rights movement took place 50 years ago in NYC
April 26, 2022
PHOTOS: Plaque Unveiled at Julius’ Bar, Commemorating History-Making Act of Civil Disobedience
39 Whitehall Street
Picket in Front of U.S. Army Building, First-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
Picket at Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, Fourth-Ever U.S. Gay Rights Protest
June 16, 2021
New York’s gay bars are still vital, especially post-COVID, owners say | Pride and Pandemic
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
May 28, 2019
A Gay Theater and James Baldwin’s N.Y. Apartment May Get Landmark Protection
March 14, 2018
Earl Hall at Columbia University Listed on National Register of Historic Places
July 20, 2023
VIDEO: NYC Pride Grand Marshal reflects on being one of nation’s first gay rights activists
September 14, 2022
Julius’, New York City’s oldest gay bar, is one step closer to becoming a city landmark
March 1, 2023
A proposed Prospect Park development could eliminate important LGBT historic site, advocates say
April 26, 2022
Photos: John Cameron Mitchell & More Acknowledge Julius’ Significance to LGBT Activism & History
2 Fifth Avenue
Larry Kramer Residence / Edie Windsor & Dr. Thea Clara Spyer Residence
16 East 8th Street
Founding of the New York Area Council of the Mattachine Society, Inc. at the Sam Morford Residence
March 30, 2023 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
“Celluloid Activist: The Life and Times of Vito Russo,” with author Michael Schiavi
May 28, 2019
These Six NYC LGBTQ Historical Sites Are Being Considered for Landmark Designation
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
124-130 West 43rd Street
Stephen Sondheim Theater (originally Henry Miller’s Theater)
July 20, 2023
Where have Staten Island’s LGBTQ+ bars gone? How a once-vibrant scene has shifted in the 2020s
May 28, 2019
6 New York City LGBTQ landmarks might be created to keep the city’s queer history alive
June 16, 2021
Pride Month: NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project ‘Making An Invisible History Visible’
June 26, 2018
Place and Community: An Interview with the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
June 28, 2022
Queer Landmarks Are Everywhere—and This Group Is Working to Keep Them In Plain Sight
September 27, 2023 | 6 PM
Building Stonewall: Past, Present & Future, with Build Out Alliance
19 Sites
Homophobia & Transphobia
...by forming organizations and protesting, picketing, and demonstrating across the city. A separate theme, Gay Activists Alliance, covers the numerous “zaps” that GAA organized to fight homophobia in the 1970s.... Learn More
June 23, 2020
“Marching for Pride: The Basics,” Fact Sheet for Pride March Anniversary, Released
February 15, 2019 | 7:00pm-10:00pm
“Queer Quiz Show” with Making Gay History at New York Public Library
October 16, 2017
“Why We Are Marching:” Remembering the October 1979 March on Washington
May 5, 2019
Project Consults on Upcoming Exhibition Highlighting LGBTQ Nightlife and Activism
April 6, 2018
An Urgent Effort to Document New York’s LGBTQ History Before It Disappears
135-139 West 31st Street
Father Mychal F. Judge at St. Francis of Assisi Church & Friary
June 28, 2017
Interview: The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Talks Gay History and Advocacy in NYC
May 18, 2020 | 6:15PM to 7:30PM
#DamesAtHome: Virtual celebration of Caffe Cino and the Birthplace of Gay Theater
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s Home Is Now a Nationally Registered Historic Place
August 15, 2018
Elmhurst corner co-named for Latino activist added to interactive map of historic LGBT sites
26 Sites
Gay-Owned Businesses
...restaurants, bathhouses, self-defense centers, and bookshops. Sites such as Isaia NYC Fashion House, F.W.I.L. Lundy Brothers Restaurant, and the Modulightor Building housed businesses that were owned and operated by gay... Learn More
June 30, 2016
NYC Pride: Tracing the History of NYC’s Gay Neighborhoods from Past to Present
March 2, 2023
Proposal to restore Prospect Park’s Vale faces criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates
April 6, 2019 | 1:00pm-5:00pm
Stonewall 50: Defining LGBTQ Site Preservation, at Columbia’s Earl Hall
September 21, 2021
Women’s Liberation Center listed to National Register of Historic Places
23 Beekman Place
Katharine Cornell & Guthrie McClintic Residence / Paul Rudolph Residence
April 26, 2018
PHOTOS: LGBT advocates honor 52nd Anniversary of historic “Sip-In” with trailblazer Dick Leitsch and advocate/influencer Adam Eli
February 28, 2019
Threat to Club Langston Underscores Risks to LGBT-Dedicated Venues in Brooklyn
April 15, 2019
Leaders in LGBTQ History Documentation, Interpretation, and Outreach Create Stonewall 50 Factsheet
April 21, 2020 | 6:00PM to 8:00PM
#StayHomeSipIn: Music, Cocktails & Conversation for the Julius’ “Sip-In”
227 West 42nd Street
American Airlines Theater (interior) (originally Selwyn Theater)
226-236 West 46th Street
Richard Rodgers Theater (originally Chanin’s 46th Street Theater)
149-155 Christopher Street
Village AIDS Memorial at St. Veronica’s Roman Catholic Church
September 14, 2017
It’s Unanimous: Caffe Cino listed on the NY State Register of Historic Places
September 12, 2019
James Baldwin NYC residence added to National Register of Historic Places
486 Greenwich Street
Geoffrey Hendricks, Brian Buczak & Sur Rodney (Sur) Residence & Studio
March 1, 2019
With Bum Bum Bar Closed, Only Three Lesbian Bars Remain in New York City
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBTQ History Month with this interactive map of historic N.Y.C. sites
14 Sites
Bar Raids & Forced Closures
In the 19th and 20th centuries, gay and lesbian bars and clubs were subject to various oppressive forms of social control. At first, there were the police and religiously-affiliated individuals... Learn More
24 Sites
Activism Outside Manhattan
...curated theme features the residences of LGBT activists, from community organizers, such as Bronx resident Ronald I. Jacobowitz and trans activists Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin in Brooklyn, to... Learn More
April 14, 2019 | 2:00pm-4:00pm
“Stonewall 50” Tour of Greenwich Village, with the Municipal Art Society
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
November 5, 2018
Groundbreaking Study to Identify and Evaluate Historic LGBT Sites in NYC
170 West 130th Street
National Headquarters for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
May 14, 2018
Project takes NYC’s LGBT history out of the closet, and into the spotlight
June 2, 2021
Interactive map reveals lesser-known landmarks in Queens’ LGBTQ rights movement June 29, 2020
June 24, 2021
Initiative uncovers historical sites linked to the LGBTQ+ movement across New York City
November 17, 2022
Testimony in Support of the Proposed Designation of the Julius’ Bar Building as a New York City Landmark
100-01 Northern Boulevard
Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, Queens Public Library
September 16, 2019
James Baldwin’s former Upper West Side home receives national landmark status
November 22, 2022
Brooklyn Gets First LGBTQ+ Landmark With Designation of Lesbian Herstory Archives
12 Sites
Transgender History
New York City has been home to a number of influential transgender activists who helped advance gay and trans equality, even as they had to fight for their own inclusion... Learn More
13 Sites
Downtown Arts Scene
...the 1980s, in particular, a number of residences and studios there were associated with a network of gay visual artists who often drew inspiration from each other and the neighborhoods... Learn More
9 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
March 24, 2021 | 6:30PM to 7:30PM
MAKING A KILLING: 34th Anniversary of ACT UP’s First Protest
June 29, 2021 | 6:00PM to 7:30PM
From the Queen City to the Big Apple: LGBTQ Historical Connections in WNY and NYC
19 Sites
Pre-20th Century History
Documentation of gay men and lesbians living and socializing in New York City dates back well over 150 years. By 1859, the renowned poet Walt Whitman became known for his... Learn More
170 Central Park West
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman (Lord Cornbury), New-York Historical Society
March 8, 2016
Bayard Rustin Residence Listed on the National Register of Historic Places!
November 3, 2017
Caffe Cino Recommended for State and National Registers of Historic Places
May 28, 2019
Preserving Walt Whitman’s Clinton Hill house: Poet’s 200th birthday improves odds
October 12, 2018
Celebrate LGBT History Month With a Special Trolley Tour of Green-Wood Cemetery
