Pride
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.
June 19 2019 12:06 PM EST
May 31 2023 7:18 PM EST
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The street in NYC's historic Greenwich Village is an art installation intended to make everyone feel welcome.
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.