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.
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
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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
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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.
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. 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.
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 *
” 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. 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.
It’s also been dited to LGBTQ rights general and serv as a remr of the area’s rich history as pertas to the gay muny.
Then, 1966, the then-nightclub and rtrant favored by the LGBTQ muny was purchased by members of the mafia and turned to a gay bar.
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This event eventually led to the emergence of gay pri paras around the natn — ually held durg the month of June to honor the Stonewall Rts.
From the Holot Europe to the civil rights movement the Uned Stat, there’s a lot to learn about the fight for gay and lbian equaly. Kameny is also creded wh helpg to elimate homosexualy as a mental illns om the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual of Mental Disorrs. If you’re takg a stroll through Green Park Darlghurst (a Sydney gayborhood), you won’t miss the large pk triangle built to memorate the liv of thoands of gays and lbians killed the Holot.
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 *
The most inic gay Holot monument is a large grane triangle ma up of three smaller pk triangl the center of Amsterdam. The bar that served at the first battleground of the gay liberatn movement the Uned Stat is a signated Natnal Historic Landmark. The Stonewall Natnal Monument is likely the most known LGBTQ+ landmark the Uned Stat that highlights the early uprise agast wispread homophobia and queer discrimatn.
On June 28, 1969, New York Cy was a place where many proud gays, lbians, and transgenrs rid and the lol police raid the popular gay club that was lled the Stonewall Inn at the time which led to street rts. This was nsired the earlit moment the gay rights movement spurred on by queer muny members and has spired future LGBTQ+ trailblazers to take a firm stance agast vlence and hatred. The entertament warehoe beme the epicenter for gay activism as LGBTQ+ people grouped together to prott agast the police force who nsistently harassed their bs owners and visors.
The 172-acre island New York’s harbor, Governors Island, is a historil se where some of the earlit documented gay activism was rerd om active members of the Army. This was the first gay and lbian rights anizatn formed the Uned Stat and he did so bee he migrated om Europe where gay subculture was more accepted. Gerber equently wrote for major publitns to build more awarens for gay dividuals durg the trialg tim the Uned Stat when queer people were persecuted for their sexual orientatn.