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Contents:
- A TOUR OF L.A.’S GAY LANDMARKS, FROM STUD ONE TO THE WOMAN’S BUILDG
- A WALKG TOUR OF 11 LANDMARKS GAY NEW YORK
- LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
A TOUR OF L.A.’S GAY LANDMARKS, FROM STUD ONE TO THE WOMAN’S BUILDG
, statn travel guis wh a gay perspective. * gay landmarks *
First tablished 1966, the Black Cat Tavern was a popular gay bar Los Angel known for beg one of the first plac to hoe the rts prottg police harassment of LGBTQ people — takg place two years before the famed Stonewall rts. If you know anythg about LGBTQ culture, ’s likely that you’ve at least heard of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official California. This lotn ultimately beme the center of the neighborhood’s growg gay muny and the mpaign headquarters for his var ns for office.
A WALKG TOUR OF 11 LANDMARKS GAY NEW YORK
The s are Audre Lor Rince, Caffe Co, LGBT Communy Center, Jam Baldw Rince, Women’s Liberatn Center, Gay Activists Alliance Firehoe. * gay landmarks *
Listed as a US Natnal Historic Landmark, this home Chigo was origally the home of Henry Gerber, the founr of the Society for Human Rights — the first Amerin anizatn workg for gay rights. Not only that, but that same year, along wh other members of the anizatn, the first gay perdil US history lled Friendship and Freedom was created. Though the society end only a year later due to police raids and tense scty, this first gay rights anizatn is now nsired an credibly important part of history.
LONDON'S LANDMARK BUILDG DOTTED WH STRIP CLUBS, GAY VENU TO TURN TO MOSQUE
San Francis was the first cy to elect an openly gay man to public office. The Castro district gave birth to the LGBT civil rights movement. LGBT... * gay landmarks *
Known as New York Cy’s olst ntuoly operatg gay bar, Juli was opened 1840 and began attractg gay patrons the 1950s — although the management staff refed to acknowledge their prence.
Kansas Cy played an important role the early gay rights movement, even predatg Stonewall. Here's how you n honor LGBTQ history Kansas Cy this Pri Month. * gay landmarks *
Robert Mart found the Stunt Homophile League, wh permissn om Columbia Universy, Barnard College, and relig advisors. Sce s creatn, the Gay People at Columbia group has ma substantial chang the LGBT scene at the universy and beyond. Kameny moved to a rince Washgton, DC that soon thereafter beme the headquarters for a gay civil rights anizatn that began the 1960s.
In fact, acrdg to the Natnal Park Service, the Kameny Hoe “served as a meetg place, archiv, rmal unselg center, headquarters of the Mattache Society, and a safe haven for visg gay and lbian activists. ” Some time after movg to the home, Kameny found the Mattache Society, which later beme a trailblazg LGBTQ rights anizatn — and eventually helped overturn the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn’s fn of homosexualy as a mental illns.
Thought to have been gay or bisexual, his relatnships and poetry dite that the poet was very active the LGBTQ scene the 19th century.
This Pri month, we’ll take you to important lotns L.G.B.T.Q. history and tell you the stori about the gay New Yorkers, ins and activists who lived and worked there. Along the way we’ll let you know about some upg events and a few sir tips. * gay landmarks *
Loted on Christopher Street the Wt Village, the Gay Liberatn Monument, ma by Amerin artist Gee Segal, was dited on June 23, 1992, to the events that occurred at the Stonewall Inn s earlier.