What You Will Do
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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
We will meet across the street from the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. The nearest subways are the Canal Street 1 - N/Q/R/W - 4/5/6.
1
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
10 minutes
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.
2
99 Wooster St
10 minutes
Gay Activist Alliance Firehouse
3
206 Thompson St
10 minutes
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.
4
55 Washington Square S
10 minutes
Judson Memorial Church provided help to AIDS patients in the 1980's.
5
371 6th Ave
10 minutes
St. Joseph's Church was the original meeting place for the Gay Officer's Action League.
6
59 Christopher St
10 minutes
Mattachine Society Headquarters
7
The Stonewall Inn
10 minutes
In June of 1969 this mafia run gay bar became the starting point of the modern LGBTQ rights movement.
8
Stonewall National Monument
10 minutes
Here we discuss the Gay Liberation statues.
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250 W 10th St
10 minutes
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
Cubby Hole
10 minutes
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.
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New York City Aids Memorial
10 minutes
Located across the street from St. Vincent's Hospital, this park memorializes the people who died at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic.
12
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
10 minutes
The keystone of NYC LGBTQ organizing post-Stonewall.
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The Church of the Village
10 minutes
Hosted the first meeting of Parents and Families of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).
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