LGBT History of Washington Square Park

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LGBT History of Washington Square Park

A free virtual talk

By NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project

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Starts on Thursday, June 15 · 3:30pm PDT

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Online

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About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Mobile eTicket

FREE to all; please consider a suggested donation $5 or more.

Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village became known as a gay meeting place and cruising area from the late 19th century through the 1960s. Following the Stonewall uprising of 1969, it became a space associated with LGBT activism. Join the Project and Jeffry Iovannone for a survey of historical events that took place in the Park, as well as significant locations — former residences, bars and spaces for community gathering — in the surrounding neighborhood.

Photo: Activist and film historian Vito Russo with friend and singer Bette Midler at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day rally in Washington Square Park.

About the NYC LGBT Historic Site Project

The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project is a nonprofit cultural initiative and educational resource that is making an invisible history visible by documenting extant historic and cultural sites associated with the LGBT community throughout New York City. For more, visit www.nyclgbtsites.org, or follow on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.

About the organizer

The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, launched in 2015 by preservation professionals, is an award-winning cultural heritage initiative and educational resource documenting and presenting historic sites connected to the LGBT community throughout New York City. Its website, including an interactive map, features over 265 diverse places from the 17th century to 2000 that are important to LGBT history and illustrate the community’s influence on NYC and American culture.

The project researches and nominates LGBT sites to the National Register, advocates for the official recognition of LGBT historic sites, provides walking tours (also accessible through a free-app), presents lectures, engages the community through events, develops educational programs for New York City public school students, and disseminates its content through robust social media channels. Its goal is to make an invisible history visible while fostering pride and awareness.

For more, visit www.nyclgbtsites.org, or follow on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.