Lnched 2015, the NYC LGBT Historic S Project maps and rerds prent and possible future lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (Lgbt) historic s
Contents:
- VIDEO: NYC PRI GRAND MARSHAL REFLECTS ON BEG ONE OF NATN’S FIRST GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
- LLIE+LOHMAN MM OF GAY & LBIAN ART
VIDEO: NYC PRI GRAND MARSHAL REFLECTS ON BEG ONE OF NATN’S FIRST GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
* nyc lgbt historic sites project *
Our groundbreakg work documents historic plac nnected to lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people New York Cy and tells the often untold story of their fluence on Amerin history and culture. Gay-Owned Bs. Gay “Be-In” at the Sheep Meadow Central Park at the end of the first NYC Pri March, June 28, 1970.
Where did lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) history happen New York Cy? While part of the Organizatn of Lbian and Gay Archects + Digners (OLGAD), they helped create the natn’s first map for LGBT historic s 1994. – For as long as Chris Ber n remember, Staten Island has been home to a small share of bars that ter to a lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr crowd.
“Jt a place for gay people to gather. But that’s mostly bee I thk gay bars are jt no longer the social hubs they once were. Acrdg to the NYC LGBT Historic S Project, several gay bars have historilly existed Staten Island, some datg back as early as the 1950s.
LLIE+LOHMAN MM OF GAY & LBIAN ART
A pri flag hangs at the entrance of Q-SINY, a gay bar and rtrant that opened 2009 Midland Beach.
“Gay bars – which were once social hubs — are not really as necsary as they once were, ” he said. At one pot we need a safe space, but now, for the most part, the gay culture is universally accepted.
The cle of the gay bar is not necsarily a bad thg. “Young people – gay, straight or otherwise – don’t go out like they ed to.