10 Gay Historil S NYC

Contents:

• A WALKG TOUR OF 11 LANDMARKS GAY NEW YORK
• 10 UNR-THE-RADAR GAY HISTORY S NYC
• NYC LANDMARKS SIX S ASSOCIATED WH GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
• LLIE+LOHMAN MM OF GAY & LBIAN ART
• THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS
• NYC'S OLST GAY BAR DIGNATED A LANDMARK FOR ITS HISTORY-MAKG ROLE ADVANCG LGBTQ+ RIGHTS
• CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

A WALKG TOUR OF 11 LANDMARKS GAY NEW YORK

”Below, check out 11 of the plac listed the NYC LGBT Historic S Project, and head here to view the growg database of queer history New York scriptns have been republished wh permissn om the NYC LGBT Historic S Communy CenterChristy Havranek/HuffPostSce 1983, the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr Communy Center has served as a val support system for hundreds of thoands of center has wnsed the foundg of ACT UP, GLAAD, Las Buenas Amigas, Queer Natn and the Lbian Avengers and for many years was the meetg lotn for the Metropolan Communy Church of New York and Genr Inty Project, which was tablished here 1989, is the longt-nng service provir for the transgenr and genr-nonnformg muny the state. Christopher Street PiersDamon Dahlen/HuffPostFor over a century, the Greenwich Village Hudson River wateront, cludg the Christopher Street Pier at Wt 10th Street, has been a statn for the LGBT muny that has evolved om a place for cisg and sex for gay men to an important safe haven for a margalized queer muny — mostly queer homels youths of 1971 to 1983, the terrs of the piers’ -like termals featured a diverse range of artistic work, cludg se-based stallatns, photography, murals and performanc.

10 UNR-THE-RADAR GAY HISTORY S NYC

Lorrae Hansberry RinceChristy Havranek/HuffPostDamon Dahlen/HuffPostFrom 1953 to 1960, playwright and activist Lorrae Hansberry rid the third-floor apartment of this here, Hansberry lived parallel liv: one as the celebrated playwright of “A Rais the Sun, ” the first play by a black woman to appear on Broadway, and the other as a woman who privately explored her homosexualy through her wrg, relatnships and social circle.

Stonewall InnDamon Dahlen/HuffPostFrom June 28 to July 3, 1969, LGBT patrons of the Stonewall Inn and members of the lol muny took the unual actn of fightg back durg a route police raid at the events durg that six-day perd are seen as the begng of the morn LGBT rights movement, wh large numbers of groups formg around the untry the followg Stonewall Inn was the first LGBT se the untry to be listed on the Natnal Register of Historic Plac (1999) and named a Natnal Historic Landmark (2000), wh addnal cy, state and feral regnn 2015 and ’Damon Dahlen/HuffPostOn April 21, 1966, a sip- was anized by members of the Mattache Society, one of the untry’s earlit gay rights anizatns, to challenge the State Liquor Authory’s discrimatory policy of revokg the licens of bars that served known or spected gay men and lbians.

NYC LANDMARKS SIX S ASSOCIATED WH GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT

Rivgton Hoe was ntroversially sold by the cy to a private veloper Lor RinceChristy Havranek/HuffPostAcclaimed black lbian femist, wrer and activist Audre Lor lived here wh her partner and two children om 1972 to that time, Lor was a prolific and fluential wrer, -found Kchen Table: Women of Color Prs and spoke at the 1979 Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rt RinceDamon Dahlen/HuffPostBayard Rt, one of the most important yet least-known figur of the civil rights movement, lived an apartment this Chelsea buildg plex om 1963 to his ath here, he served as the lead anizer of the 1963 March on Washgton for Jobs and Freedom and took part numero social jtice mpaigns around the HoeChristy Havranek/HuffPostTransy Hoe was a transgenr llective operated by Rty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodw om 1995 to provid shelter for trans and genr-nonnformg people need, served as a center for trans activism and was the last rince of pneerg LGBT rights activist Sylvia Rivera. For over a century, the Greenwich Village Hudson River wateront, cludg the Christopher Street Pier at Wt 10th Street, has been a statn for the LGBT muny that has evolved om a place for cisg and sex for gay men to an important safe haven for a margalized queer muny — mostly queer homels youths of lor. While here, Hansberry lived parallel liv: one as the celebrated playwright of “A Rais the Sun, ” the first play by a black woman to appear on Broadway, and the other as a woman who privately explored her homosexualy through her wrg, relatnships and social circle.

LLIE+LOHMAN MM OF GAY & LBIAN ART

On April 21, 1966, a sip- was anized by members of the Mattache Society, one of the untry’s earlit gay rights anizatns, to challenge the State Liquor Authory’s discrimatory policy of revokg the licens of bars that served known or spected gay men and lbians.

THE ULTIMATE LGBTIQ+ TRAVEL GUI TO NEW YORK CY: OM QUEER HISTORY TO THE BT GAY BARS

In that time, Lor was a prolific and fluential wrer, -found Kchen Table: Women of Color Prs and spoke at the 1979 Natnal March on Washgton for Lbian and Gay Rights.

Six s regnized for their important role gay rights history and activism, cludg the home of wrer Jam Baldw and a rtrant that beme a groundbreakg theater venue, won official cy landmarks stat today followg a well-timed vote by the Landmarks Prervatn missn's signatn cid wh WorldPri New York Cy, a monthlong celebratn of LGBTQ culture and history, as well as the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprisg, which is creded wh galvanizg the gay rights movement. A "Village Prervatn"), which began lobbyg the missn five years ago to landmark LGBTQ s Lower Manhattan, begng wh the cy's most famo gay cultural se, the Stonewall Inn. "Collectively they tell a narrative of pre-imposed Stonewall life, and the impact that the muny has had on culture, activism, polics and life New York Cy, " Ken Ltbar, a historic prervatn nsultant who is one of the group's project directors, told Wednday, the anizatn is planng to release a walkg tour app, where people n vis the s and read about their is the list of the six s along wh brief scriptns of their signifince to the gay rights movement: 137 Wt 71st Street (Courty of NYC LGBT Historic S Project)137 Wt 71st Street: Jam Baldw rince.

From 1971 to 1974, this former firehoe between Sprg and Prce served as the headquarters for the Gay Activists Alliance, nsired the most fluential gay liberatn polil activist anizatn the U.

NYC'S OLST GAY BAR DIGNATED A LANDMARK FOR ITS HISTORY-MAKG ROLE ADVANCG LGBTQ+ RIGHTS

The buildg was home to New York Cy’s “first gay muny center” and the meetg spac for emergg anizatns and groups like the Gay Men’s Health Project, Lbian Femist Liberatn, and the Catholic group Digny. The Center hosted meetgs by femist social service groups, women’s polil mte, and lbian activist anizatns, cludg the Lbian Femist Liberatn, which broke off om the Gay Activists Alliance 1972. A former school, the buildg is currently the home of the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgenr Communy Center, which provis tn, programs, servic and advocy for LGBT rights.

CANNED CKTAIL ‘GAY WATER’ AIMS TO SH ON BUD LIGHT’S DYLAN MULVANEY DISASTER

Durg the 1980s, the buildg was the headquarters for the Coaln for Lbian and Gay Rights, which fought for the passage of the 1986 ban on discrimatn agast sexual orientatn.

A wi swath of other groups met at the center, cludg Gay and Lbian Youth, the Lbian Swchboard, Digny/New York, Asian Lbians of the East Coast, Harvey Milk High School, Salsa Soul Sisters, Survivors of Transsexualy Anonymo, and the Genr Inty Project.