NYC's West Village was the birthplace of Pride. Now it's a battleground for survival.
New York City’s West Village has long been a haven for queer people, but gentrification threatens to displace those elders who helped it thrive.
August 19, 2025
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Take a Tour of the Nation's Historic LGBT Landmarks
Take a virtual tour of the sites where Truman Capote, Bayard Rustin, the Furies Collective, and more made LGBT history.
October 19, 2016
NYC to Landmark Historic LGBTQ Buildings, Incl. James Baldwin’s Home
The city hopes to protect structures that played a role in queer history and culture, including a restaurant where gay theater flourished.
May 16, 2019
Hadrian's Wall declared as historic LGBTQ+ landmark by British cultural society
English Heritage recently said that one of the most prominent relics of the Roman Empire is “linked to England’s queer history."
March 6, 2024
Thousands Gather in San Francisco to Celebrate Equality
The LGBT community rallied in the City by the Bay's historic Castro district to celebrate the landmark Supreme Court rulings.
June 27, 2013
Lesbian-Feminist Press Firebrand Books' Former Home Now a Landmark
The esteemed publisher's onetime headquarters has been designated a local historic landmark in Ithaca, N.Y.
October 11, 2022
Stonewall's Pole Is Lightning Rod in Trump’s Attack on Rainbow Flags
New emails show National Park Service leaders scrambling to get rid of the flag at the historic landmark.
June 25, 2019
Stonewall Inn Declared NYC Landmark
The officials who determine which New York City buildings are historic declared the Stonewall Inn a landmark following a public hearing.
June 23, 2015
No LGB without the T — queer community protests Trump's transgender erasure at Stonewall
The Stonewall Inn held a rally Friday to protest the Trump administration's erasure of transgender people from the historic landmark's website.
February 14, 2025
If You Are Trans in America Take the U.S. Trans Survey Today
Only eight days are left to take the historic U.S. Trans Survey, a landmark project that promises to better trans lives for decades to come.
September 14, 2015
New ‘Rainbow Revolutionaries’ tour reveals Boston’s LGBTQ+ history
The special Pride Month tour visits historic sites and promises to reveal the secrets of famed artists, actors, and one Revolutionary War hero.
May 27, 2024
Stonewall Inn on the Verge of Becoming a Landmark
New York City's Landmarks Preservation Commission is expected to declare the Stonewall Inn a city landmark after public hearings this week.
June 22, 2015
Op-ed: Witness to Stonewall History, 46 Years Later
Go inside the impassioned hearing that led to the protection of New York's historic Stonewall Inn.
June 28, 2015
Obama to Name Stonewall First National LGBT Monument
The designation would come just in time for New York City's June LGBT pride celebrations.
May 4, 2016
Will the Stonewall Plaque Erase Trans People's Role in Riots?
Trans activists say the use of the term 'gay' as an umbrella term erases the historic importance of trans and gender-nonconforming people in the riots that launched the modern LGBT equality movement.
October 24, 2013
Stonewall Inn, in Danger of Shuttering, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign
The country's first designated LGBTQ+ monument is struggling after being closed for three months.
June 23, 2020
Bill Cosby Hollywood Walk of Fame Star to Remain Despite Conviction
Even though the sexual abuser has been sentenced to three to 10 years, he will keep his monument.
September 26, 2018
Colonial Williamsburg May Offer LGBTQ History Lessons
A committee has launched and will research the lives of gender and sexually nonconforming people in the colony during the 1700s.
November 18, 2019
Chile Passes Historic Law Protecting Trans and Nonbinary Citizens
The law guarantees that trans and nonbinary Chileans over the age of 14 can update their names on legal documents.
passed a historic law protecting transgender and nonbinary people over the age of 14.
November 28, 2018
L.A. Gay Club Oil Can Harry’s Is Designated Historic-Cultural Monument
The gay country-western bar, which provided line dancing and a watering hole for the LGBTQ+ community in Los Angeles's Studio City neighborhood for 52 years, closed last year.
April 26, 2022