San Remo Café
San Remo Café
In the late 1940s and ’50s this attracted many gay artists, writers, dancers, and actors.
Crafting Your Experience
In the late 1940s and ’50s this attracted many gay artists, writers, dancers, and actors.
“Eve Adams’” was a popular after-theater club run by Polish-Jewish lesbian émigré from 1925 to 1926.
Residence of GMHC and ACT-UP founder Larry Kramer and activist and Supreme Court plaintiff Edith Windsor.
In 1960, the playwright bought this building with money earned from her play, A Raisin in the Sun.
The Bagatelle, or "the Bag," was a popular lesbian bar from 1952 to 1959.
From 1945 to1970, this lesbian bar was popular among a butch/femme, mostly white, working-class crowd.
In the 1960s and 1970s the church was home to avant-garde arts groups, and a site for LGBT gatherings.
From 1939 to 1967, this was a mob-backed club with a mixed clientele but popular with lesbians.
Between 1942 and 1949, was the New York City residence of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
The church and neighboring parish house have an LGBT history beginning in 1973.
Craig Rodwell established America’s first gay and lesbian bookstore in this storefront in 1967.
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