2 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
15 people
English
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.
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 • Admission Ticket Free
Gay Activist Alliance Firehouse
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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 • Admission Ticket Free
Judson Memorial Church provided help to AIDS patients in the 1980’s.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
St. Joseph’s Church was the original meeting place for the Gay Officer’s Action League.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Mattachine Society Headquarters
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
In June of 1969 this mafia run gay bar became the starting point of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Here we discuss the Gay Liberation statues.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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 • Admission Ticket Free
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 • Admission Ticket Free
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 • Admission Ticket Free
The keystone of NYC LGBTQ organizing post-Stonewall.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Hosted the first meeting of Parents and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free