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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

#OnThisDate Fashion designer Arnold Scaasi, is best known for his evening wear designs worn by first ladies, socialites, and celebrities primarily during the 1960s-80s, died. More: www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/arnold-scaasi-residence-showrooms-design-studio

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Amanda Milan was an aspiring fashion designer from Chicago who was living in Manhattan when she was brutally murdered by three men in a transphobic hate crime on June 20, 2000, days before #NYCPride. www.nyclgbtsites.org/site/murder-...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A fearless firebrand, radical artist David Wojnarowicz challenged the art world and lambasted the US for failing the #LGBTQ community. Wojnarowicz lived and worked in Hujar’s former loft at 189 Second Avenue from 1988 until Hujar's death from AIDS in 1992. More: bit.ly/181-2nd-avenue

"David Wojnarowicz Smoking - Owned by MMG, 1981." Photo by Peter Hujar. The Peter Hujar Archive LLC. Courtesy of Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York and Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

Exterior of 181-189 Second Avenue, Manhattan, c. 2016

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

#OTD 1994 the Lesbian Avengers held a demonstration at the Alice Austen House (2 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island). They called it a "National Historic Lesbian Landmark" and distributed pamphlets advocating for acknowledgment of Austen's relationship w/ Gertrude Tate. More: bit.ly/alice-austen...

Exterior of Clear Comfort, the Alice Austen House. Photo by and courtesy of the Alice Austen House

Members of Lesbian Avengers during the 1994 protest at the Alice Austen House, by Saskia Scheffer, Lesbian Herstory Archives

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In 1960, Andy Warhol, then an unknown artist who was making his living as an illustrator for I. Miller Shoes, purchased the narrow rowhouse at 1342 Lexington Avenue. He needed a house in order to store his artwork, which was not selling, and house his growing collections. More: bit.ly/warhol-res

Exterior of 1342 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, c. 2016

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Guillermo Vasquez came to the US in 1972 to attend Pace and Columbia universities and became a leading advocate for Queens' Latino community. He was instrumental in pushing for #LGBTQ visibility in Queens and raising awareness—especially among Latinos—of the #AIDS epidemic. bit.ly/vasquez-corner

Guillermo Vasquez Corner signage. Photo by Amanda Davis/NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project, 2018

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Clit Club was the first party at Bar Room 432 (432 West 14th Street in Manhattan), held July 27, 1990. It became known as a sex-positive mixed party for cis and trans women who self-identified as lesbian, queer, and androgynous, and their friends. More: bit.ly/246west14

Exterior of 432 West 14th Street, Manhattan, c. 2017

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#NYCLGBTQSites is proud to support the LGBTQ+ Heritage Alliance, a national network of people interested in historic preservation of LGBTQ+ heritage. It's second grant cycle is now open. *deadline: August 31* lgbtqheritagealliance.org

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In July, 1940, Jewish lesbian chanteuse Spivy (aka Madame Spivy Le Voe; née Bertha Levine) opened her eponymous Midtown Manhattan nightclub in the terraced penthouse of 139 East 57th Street. It remained in operation until 1951. More: bit.ly/spivys-roof

Exterior of 139 East 57th Street, Manhattan, c. 2025

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"JUSTICE IS DEAD," read the flyer produced by the Gay Activists Alliance in July, 1972. This bold statement was declared after the acquittal of Michael J. Maye, a former professional heavyweight boxer, who assaulted activist Morty Manford at a GAA zap. More: bit.ly/zapnyhilton

Gay Activists Alliance flyer. Source: Archives of Sexuality and Gender

Exterior of the New York Hilton Hotel, 1335 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan, c. 2019

Photo excerpt from "GAY" magazine, May 15, 1972

Photo by David Jones. Source: "Gay Activist" magazine, May-June 1972 issue

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Student Homophile League was founded at Columbia University in 1966 and held many of its activities in Earl Hall. In 1970, the group became the more activist Gay People at Columbia, which sponsored a series of popular Friday-night dances in Earl Hall’s auditorium. More: bit.ly/earl-hall

Exterior of Earl Hall, Columbia University, 116th Street & Broadway, Manhattan

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Let us know if you see one of our historic sites featured on LinkNYC displays around the city this Pride Month! #nycpride #lgbtqhistory #nychistory

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Black Rosie Media @blackrosiemedia.com · 04/06/2026

Last week NY 🗽 brought the community out at Barclays Center for the annual 🏳️‍🌈 Night celebration — & we were there for all of it. 🗽fans shared what uplifting the Queer Community means to them, plus activations including an exhibition by @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social . #NYLiberty #WNBAPride #WNBA #Pride

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

As an antidote to the threat of erasure facing the country’s only national monument dedicated to LGBTQ+ history, Making Gay History is re-releasing its season about the Stonewall uprising w/ the support of @savingplaces.bsky.social and @protectparks.bsky.social. makinggayhistory.org/season-five/

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨 @savingplaces.bsky.social, the national advocate for historic places, has named the Stonewall National Monument to its 2026 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. www.nyclgbtsites.org/2026/05/20/s...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

#OnThisDate 1992, activist Morty Manford — a veteran of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, an LGBTQ rights activist, and one-time president of the Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) — died from AIDS-related complications. Explore Morty's NYC legacy: bit.ly/lgbt-morty-m...

Courtesy of the NYC LGBT Community Center Archive

Exterior of 33-23 171st Street, Queens, 2016

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Here’s to all who take part in the wild rumpus!⁠ ⁠ Award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died #OnThisDate 2012. He lived and worked in a duplex apartment in Greenwich Village from 1962-72, w/ his life partner, psychoanalyst Eugene Glynn. bit.ly/sendak-resid...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

5/19: Our team will be honored at the Preservation League of NY State’s annual Pillar of New York Awards gala. Seen below, a decade of our project team leading tours, meeting with press, creating content, and sharing NYC's place-based LGBTQ history. www.preservenys.org/pillar-awards

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Thanks to all who celebrted 60 years since the "Sip-In" last night at Julius' Bar! 📸 Kyle Supley Watch our livestream of the event: www.instagram.com/p/DXaYQDqkcB7/

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

SIP WITH US as we honor the 60th Anniversary of the 1966 Mattachine Sip-In at Julius' bar! On 4/21, #NYCLGBTQSites, Julius' Bar, and Solidarity Partners across the country will organize a simultaneous moment of recognition. We'll connect virtually from zoom at Julius's! More: bit.ly/4mvSbAV

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

#OnThisDate 1991: The Heat is On "Miss Saigon": Coalition to End Racism and Sexism on Broadway held its first demonstration to protest the musical "Miss Saigon" at the Broadway Theater (1681 Broadway, Manhattan). More: bit.ly/misssaigon-d...

Protestor at "The Heat is On!" action, April 1991. Photo by Corky Lee. Source: New York Daily News

Sidewalk across from the theater, and the Broadway Theater beyond, c. 2024

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Joe Cino rented 31 Cornelia Street to operate a coffeehouse w/ art displayed, and then allowed patrons to stage poetry readings and short avant-garde theatrical performances. The coffeehouse also served as a significant meeting spot for gay men. bit.ly/site-cino

Cast and crew of "Why Hanna's Skirt Won't Stay Down (1965), including playwright Tom Eyen (right, sports jacket), Joe Cino, stage manager Magie Dominic (center). Photo by James D. Gossage

Photo by Brian Merlis. Courtesy of Magie Dominic

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

In March 1923, the entire Broadway cast and the producer of the Yiddish play "God of Vengeance" was indicted for presenting the first performance of a lesbian love scene on Broadway. More: bit.ly/prospect-the...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

"Any way you look at it – that boy was PUSHED. We are ALL being pushed." — Gay Activists Alliance flyer in response to the Snake Pit Raid, 1970 In 1970, less than a year after Stonewall, the police raided the Snake Pit bar and detained many people at the local police station. bit.ly/snake-pit-bar

Marty Robinson protesting Diego Vinales' injuries, March 8, 1970. Photo by Diana Davies. Courtesy of New York Public Library

215 West 10th Street, showing corner stairwell leading to basement bar space. Photo by John Barrington Bayley. Courtesy of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission

Exterior of 215 West 10th Street, c. 2018

Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activists Alliance protesters confront police at Charles and Greenwich Streets, on the way to the 6th Police Precinct Station House, March 8, 1970. Source: New York Post Archives

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

In March 1970, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) held its first picket at NY City Hall. 30+ members tried entering the building to meet Mayor John Lindsay over his failure to take a public stance against police harassment. Learn more: bit.ly/gaa-cityhall

(Left to right) R. Paul Martin, Steve Krotz, Jim Owles, and Arnie Kantrowitz at the Candlelight March to City Hall, held by GAA, Daughters of Bilitis, Radicalesbians, and Mattachine Society New York, June 1971. Photo by Rich Wandel. Courtesy of the LGBT Community Center Archive

Gay Activists Alliance banner at the demonstration at City Hall, April 1973. Photo by Diana Davies. Courtesy of The New York Public Library

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

In response to the AIDS epidemic, the Community Health Project (CHP) formed in 1983 as a result of a merger between the St. Mark’s Community Clinic and the Gay Men’s Health Project. 📸 Courtesy @callen-lorde.org More: bit.ly/callenlordel...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Flamingo became an instant gathering place for a new breed of gays who had just emerged: liberated, extremely sexual, devoted to and knowledgeable about current music, and confident of his/her role in NYC." — Felice Picano, “Bye Bye Big Bird,” Soho News, 1981 More: bit.ly/flamingo-lgbtq

Flamingo patrons, lc. 1974-1981. © Josemar Ribeiro. Courtesy of the Michael Fesco Papers, NYU Fales Library & Special Collections

Michael Fesco and Norma Jean at Flamingo, c. 1974-1981

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

“IT’S GREAT TO BE OUT AND PROUD.” Olympic diving legend Greg Louganis — born January 29, 1960 — came out publicly as gay in a pre-recorded welcome message shown at the opening ceremonies of Gay Games IV in June 1994, held at Columbia University’s Wien Stadium. bit.ly/louganis-gay...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This #BlackHistoryMonth, celebrate the stories and legacies of individuals at the intersection of the Black and #LGBTQ experiences. With the Project website as your guide, explore extant sites across the five boroughs that connect us to their lives. More: bit.ly/filter-poc

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

In 1997, a permanent memorial to the approximately 6 million Jews systematically murdered by the Nazis and the roughly 5 million non-Jewish victims was unveiled in Holocaust Memorial Park at the edge of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn (pictured). #HolocaustRemembranceDay

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Please join our co-directors in congratulating executive director Amanda Davis on being named to the Board of Directors for @latinoheritageus.bsky.social, the leading nonprofit dedicated to preserving Latinx places, stories, and cultural heritage in the US. 1/4

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

On January 22 1933, Elisabeth Marbury, a leading and pioneering female theatrical agent and producer, died. Marbury and Elsie de Wolfe (often credited as America’s first professional interior designer) were a celebrated lesbian power couple of Victorian New York. More: bit.ly/marbury-dewo...

Elisabeth Marbury in ball costume, 1905. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

Exterior of 122 East 17th Street, Manhattan

122 East 17th Street, c. 1900. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

In Jan 2018 our team successfully listed Columbia's Earl Hall on the NY State Register — significant on its own *and also* the first step towards the site being recognized and listed on the National Register of Historic Places (which came shortly after, in March 2018). More: bit.ly/earl-hall

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

A biracial singer, male impersonator, activist, and bouncer, can you name the self-described “babysitter of my people” who called the storied Chelsea Hotel (22 West 23rd Street) home and was born #OnThisDate December 24, 1920? Inset photo by JEB (Joan E. Biren)

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The Gay Liberation Front formed in 1969 after Stonewall, as did Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries in 1970. These groups started the utopian Gay Community Center, located at 130 West 3rd Street in Manhattan. More: bit.ly/gay-communit... 📸 Courtesy NYPL

Tony Pastor’s Downtown / Gay Community Center, 130 West 3rd Street

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) was officially founded in December 1969, after a number of activists left the earlier-formed Gay Liberation Front (GLF) in order to form an organization that concentrated solely on gay and lesbian issues. 1/3 More: bit.ly/1446firstave

Arthur Bell. Photo by Rich Wandel. Courtesy of The New York Public Library

Exterior of 1446 First Avenue on the Upper East Side, c. 2020

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Thank you to all who joined the Project last night for our final virtual program of the year — "'Homosexuals Are Different': Mattachine Society & LGBTQ Rights in the 1950s." Full recording will be available on YouTube soon — subscribe now! 👇 www.youtube.com/@nyclgbtsites

Amato Opera Theater, c. 1951-1959. Courtesy of Donna Florio

159 Bleecker Street, c. 2016, via CinemaTreasures.com

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

#DYK the first effective LGBTQ rights movement in the US began nearly 20 years before Stonewall with the founding of the Mattachine Society in 1951? Join us 12/10 for “Homosexuals Are Different: Mattachine Society & LGBTQ Rights in the 1950s." www.eventbrite.com/e/homosexual...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Best known for his 1970s Frog and Toad picture books, heralded as classics of children’s literature, award-winning author and illustrator Arnold Lobel lived in Park Slope, at 603 3rd Street, from 1973 to the early 1980s. More: bit.ly/arnold-lobel...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

In November 1969, activists Arthur Evans, Arthur Bell, and Jim Owles met to discuss forming a gay rights group devoted exclusively to gay and lesbian issues. More: bit.ly/1446firstave

"Once Upon a Time" article from 1971 leaflet. Source: Archives of Sexuality and Gender

Some of the founders of the Gay Activists Alliance, 1969. (l to r) Front row: Arthur Bell, Marty Robinson, Tom Doerr, Kay "Tobin" Lahusen," Freddie Cabellero; Back row: Fred Orlansky, Arthur Evans, Peter Marleau. Photo by Jim Owles. Courtesy of Fred Orlansky.

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Author and activist James Baldwin died on December 1, 1987. Honor his life and work by visiting extent sites across NYC which connect to his enduring legacy — in-person or virtually at nyclgbtsites.org. #NYCLGBTSites bit.ly/search-james...

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP), a political action group that sought to affect change and bring widespread attention to the AIDS crisis, formed in March 1987. Their first demonstration at the busy intersection of Wall Street and Broadway 37 years ago today. Read more: bit.ly/2UhqwIH

ACT UP member David Serko dragged by police on Broadway. Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators and police at the intersection of Trinity Place and Rector Street, March 24, 1988. Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators at Trinity Place, just north of Rector Street, with Trinity Church at back right. March 24, 1988 Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

Demonstrators on Broadway, with Trinity Church at back right, March 24,1988 Photo by and courtesy of Clay Walker

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

"It was the first time in American history that literature had been organized under the subject heading of 'gay culture.'" — historian Jim Downs The Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop's grand opening weekend was #OTD 1967 at 291 Mercer Street. 👉 bit.ly/oscar-wilde-...

Craig Rodwell at the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, c. 1971. Courtesy of the New York Public Library

Rodwell in front of the bookstore at 29 Mercer Street, 1969. Courtesy of the Craig Rodwell Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

In November 1969, activists Arthur Evans, Arthur Bell, and Jim Owles met to discuss forming a gay rights group devoted exclusively to gay and lesbian issues. More: bit.ly/1446firstave

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Before apps like Grindr came the bathhouse. 40 years ago NYS empowered @nychealthy.bsky.social to close places where "high-risk sexual activities" were reported to slow the speed of AIDS. @council.nyc.gov voted #OTD 1985 to close the City's bathhouses. More: www.nyclgbtsites.org?s=bathhouses

Collage of bath house sites around New York City

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NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project @nyclgbtsites.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Join us tonight w/ @makinggayhistory.bsky.social at @thestonewallinn.bsky.social! Our Project Director Ken Lustbader and Executive Director Amanda Davis will help with hosting duties. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 👉 bit.ly/47YKBYO

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