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Celebrate Pride Month by getting to know the queer history that surrounds SNFL, from Bryant Park to Broadway!
Why Midtown?
Why Midtown?
Midtown is not typically thought of as a landmark area of queer history, but you might change your mind after this tour!
Map of Locations on the Route
Map of Locations on the Route
Stop 1: NYPL's Landmark LGBTQ+ Collections
Stop 1: NYPL's Landmark LGBTQ+ Collections
The New York Public Library. "Men in tuxedoes, one with back turned" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1918. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-fe16-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Stop 2: J.C. Leyendecker Studio
Stop 2: J.C. Leyendecker Studio
Photo Collection, Lesbian Herstory Archives. “FIRST NEW YORK ANNUAL DYKE PRIDE MARCH,” Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York. New York City, June 26, 1993. https://dcmny.org/do/7a6a082f-b721-4bf0-b19e-d707587cfc7b Photo © Saskia Scheffer
Stop 3: NYC Dyke March
Stop 3: NYC Dyke March
Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "GAA Fidelifacts zap, 1971 Jan 18" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-cbfb-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Stop 4: Gay Activists’ Alliance Zap at Fidelifacts of Greater New York
Stop 4: Gay Activists’ Alliance Zap at Fidelifacts of Greater New York
Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Gay Liberation Front marches on Times Square, New York City, 1969" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-57b6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Stop 5: Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
Stop 5: Gay Activists Alliance, Gay Liberation Front, and Radicalesbians Demonstration Against Police Harassment at Times Square
Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Blues bar demonstration. West on 42nd St." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1982. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-74f3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Stop 6: Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
Stop 6: Anti-Police Brutality Protest in Response to the Blue’s Bar Raids
Photo Collection, Lesbian Herstory Archives. "Gertrude and Alice" Digital Culture of Metropolitan New York. February 14, 1993. https://dcmny.org/do/eebe2572-5c03-4fbb-90c4-64cd7db130b2 Photo © Saskia Scheffer
Stop 7: Gertrude Stein Monument
Stop 7: Gertrude Stein Monument
Questions?
Questions?
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