Educator Tools

The NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project has collaborated with the NYC Department of Education (DOE) since 2019 to teach LGBTQ place-based history to high school students. Educators can access our content online without scheduling a visit. Use them on your own, with students, or to assign asynchronistic field trips.

By registering below, you will gain access to educational video segments that explore the city’s rich LGBTQ past.

Content includes:

• America 250 videos (about 10 minutes each) tell the largely untold story of LGBTQ Americans in U.S social justice movements, from the Progressive Era to Civil Rights, the AIDS Epidemic, and Marriage Equality. All have played a role in the collective and ongoing task of ensuring that “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness,” as written in the Declaration of Independence, in 1776, rings true for us all.
• 3 sites/1 topic videos (about 6 minutes each) dedicated to topics such as sports, protests, musicals, public art, and poetry.
• “Queering New York” videos (about 6-8 minutes each) that focus on a specific person, event, or group. Examples: James Baldwin Residence; Riis Park Beach; Queens Pride Parade; Transy House; Lorraine Hansberry Residence; Gay Activists Alliance Firehouse.
• Thematic videos (about 10 minutes each) that provide an overview of sites connected to a theme. Examples: Stonewall & Greenwich Village LGBTQ History; Transgender & Gender Variant History; the Harlem Renaissance; the AIDS Crisis; Pre-20th Century History; spotlights on the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.

This content has been made possible with funding from the New York City Council and facilitated through the NYC Department of Education. Email questions to [email protected].