New York LGBTQ History Walking Tour

This tour highlights and discusses all of the places and events relevant to the LGBTQ community in the West Village from the Stonewall Riots to now.

Meeting Point

28 Wooster St

28 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013, USA

We will meet across the street from the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. The nearest subways are the Canal Street 1 - N/Q/R/W - 4/5/6.

What's included:

• Good Looks, Charm, and Interesting Information

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art

26 Wooster St, New York City, 10013-2227, New York

The only dedicated LGBT art museum in the world with a mission to exhibit and preserve LGBT art and foster the artists who create it.

10 minutes

99 Wooster St

99 Wooster St, New York, NY 10012, USA

Gay Activist Alliance Firehouse

10 minutes

206 Thompson St

206 Thompson St, New York, NY 10012, USA

The Portofino Restaurant was a popular meeting place for lesbians in the 1950's and 60's. One of them went on to challenge the Defense of Marriage Act.

10 minutes

55 Washington Square S

55 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012, USA

Judson Memorial Church provided help to AIDS patients in the 1980's.

10 minutes

371 6th Ave

371 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014, USA

St. Joseph's Church was the original meeting place for the Gay Officer's Action League.

10 minutes

59 Christopher St

59 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014, USA

Mattachine Society Headquarters

10 minutes

The Stonewall Inn

53 Christopher St, , New York City, 10014-3530, New York

In June of 1969 this mafia run gay bar became the starting point of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.

10 minutes

Stonewall National Monument

West 4th Street, New York City, 10014, New York

Here we discuss the Gay Liberation statues.

10 minutes

250 W 10th St

250 W 10th St, New York, NY 10014, USA

Once home to John Stanley Wojtowicz and Elizabeth Eden. John famously attempted to rob a bank to pay for Elizabeth's gender confirmation surgery, but things went wrong.

10 minutes

Cubbyhole Bar

281 W 12th St., , New York City, 10014, New York

Lesbian bars were once a vibrant part of the LGBTQ infrastucture, but in recent years more and more are closing. Surprisingly NYC only has three left.

10 minutes

New York City Aids Memorial

76 Greenwich Ave, New York City, 10011-7728, New York

Located across the street from St. Vincent's Hospital, this park memorializes the people who died at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic.

10 minutes

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center

208 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

The keystone of NYC LGBTQ organizing post-Stonewall.

10 minutes

The Church of the Village

201 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Hosted the first meeting of Parents and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).

10 minutes