New York City's 'Gay Street' Renamed 'Acceptance Street' for Pride

The street in NYC's historic Greenwich Village is an art installation intended to make everyone feel welcome.

Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

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June 19 2019 12:06 PM EST

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In honor of Pride Month, the street sign at the historic intersection of Gay and Christopher Streets in New York City's Greenwich Village has been changed to "Acceptance Street" as part of an art installation to reflect the evolving identities of LGBTQ people, according to Good Morning America.

The sign, which is now multiple signs and was championed by the New York City Commission on Human Rights and underwritten by Mastercard, reads from top to bottom, "gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual, nonbinary, pansexual, two spirit, and (simply the symbol) +."

\u201cThe moment we\u2019ve all been waiting for! Check out the new Acceptance Street #AcceptanceMatters\u201d
— NYC Human Rights (@NYC Human Rights) 1560782587

The installation is intended to make all who come across Gay Street to feel accepted regardless of sexual and/or gender identity.

Since Worldpride is coming up in New York City later this month, organizers are considering how to make the installation a permanent symbol.