The plaque stands across the street from the Stonewall Inn just behind Segal's unthreatening same-sex statues.
Ten years ago a group of historians, preservationists, and archivists nominated New York's Stonewall Inn as a historic site. The nomination was taken up enthusiastically by New York's State Historic Preservation Office which landmarked the site and then pushed the nomination to the National Park Service where in 2000 the Stonewall Inn joined the other 2000 plus National Historic Landmarks. It is still the only queer site on the national list.
It's time the National Park Service recognized this queer civil rights struggle by adding sites important to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
It's time.
Remembering and preserving the history of queer America in its buildings, its documents, its songs, and its people.
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- Black Cat Historic Site
- Harvey Milk Home & Castro Camera
- Henry Gerber Historic Site
- Historic Preservation Office, DC
- National Register of Historic Places
- NPS Guidelines: Sites Less than 50 Years Old
- Queer Music Heritage
- Stonewall Inn National Historic Landmark
- The Queerest Places
- This Place Matters Photo Gallery/NTHP
Brithplace of "Gay Is Good"
Kameny home and office
November 1978: Harvey Milk said on defeat of the Briggs Initiative
"We must destroy the myths once and for all, shatter them. We must continue to speak out, and most importantly, most importantly, every gay person must come out ... and once they realize that we are indeed their children, that we are indeed everywhere, every myth, every lie, every innuendo will be destroyed once and for all."
Save Historic Queer Sites
Historic sites disappear. We lose visibility and a visceral connection with history. Important sites in the history of queer civil rights and the evolution of the community are lost every year across the country. A handful of historic sites have been officially recognized and have received historic preservation status. To make queer history visible and tell our history, historians, archivists, preservationists, and members of our communities must begin nominating and preserving our historic sites
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