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National Mall and Memorial Parks
1979 Rally for the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights
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At the end of the National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights, participants gathered near the base of the Washington Monument to listen to speakers proudly claim their queerness and paint a vision of a more inclusive future. One of these speakers was Charles Law, a Black gay activist based in Houston. He argued that the marchers must not fight for assimilate but integration so that all gay and lesbian people may one day enjoy the full benefits of their civil rights.
The White House and President's Park
1965 First Gay Rights Pickets at the White House
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The first-ever picket for gay rights in Washington, DC took place outside the White House in April 1965. One of the first protests of its kind in United States history, this moment stands alongside better-known protests and uprisings like Stonewall in New York as one of the origins of the American LGB rights movement. What would you picket for? Text what would be on your protest sign to someone you’d want to join your picket line.
Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Glenn Carrington and Harry Dana: A Shared “House and Home and Hearth and Heart”
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Seen through their correspondence, the relationship of Glenn Carrington and Harry Dana exemplify not just the struggles in queer life in the 1920s to 1940s, but the meaningful connections that formed just the same.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Jose Sarria
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Military history, LGB culture, immigrant stories, and much more make up GGNRA's roots. For José Sarria, a LGB activist in San Francisco, all the above apply. Born in the Bay Area to a single mother from Colombia, Sarria became the first openly gay, public figure. He ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1961.
Presidio of San Francisco
Dr. Margaret "Mom" Chung
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Dr. Margaret “Mom” Chung was the first Chinese American woman to become a physician. She founded one of the first Western medical clinics in San Francisco’s Chinatown in the 1920s. During World War II, she and her widespread network of “adopted sons,” most of them American soldiers, sailors, and airmen who called her “Mom,” became famous. Although she faced prejudice because of her race, gender, and sexuality, Dr. Chung forged a distinctive path throughout her life.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Henry Blake Fuller
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Henry Blake Fuller was a key figure in the Chicago Literary Renaissance, renowned for pioneering social realism in American literature. He is noted for being one of the first American novelists to explore homosexual themes. Fuller had a complicated love-hate relationship with Chicago. He frequently found solace at Indiana Dunes, which served as a retreat from urban life and a source for inspiration.
Stonewall National Monument
Stormé DeLarverie
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Stormé DeLarverie was a butch lesbian with zero tolerance for discrimination, or as she called it, “ugliness.” She was born in New Orleans on Christmas Eve to a Black mother and white father. She had a beautiful baritone voice and discovered a love for jazz at a very early age. She started singing in New Orleans clubs at 15, and soon after began touring around Europe, eventually landing in New York City.
Stonewall National Monument
LGBTQ Activism: The Stonewall Inn, New York City, NY
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Probably the most well-known event in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, the 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York City brought the issue of queer rights into the spotlight. It helped to build solidarity among queer groups that were ready to take a stand against police harassment and violence.
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Between 1975 and 1977, the building was occupied by the Cinema Follies, an adult film theater that catered to gay men. The Cinema Follies was frequently targeted by the Metropolitan Police Department during this short period. This building was recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey.
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The Furies Collective house in Washington, DC is directly connected with the early expression of the character, role, and ideology of the lesbian community as a social and political community in the 1970s. The house was the operational center of the“Furies,” a lesbian feminist separatist collective, which between 1971 and 1973 created and led the debate over lesbians’ place in society.
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The greater Washington, DC area is a key place for queer history and culture. Learn about the people, events, and places that make up the area's rich LGBTQ heritage.
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Over the years, queer activism has taken many shapes. Private organizations have formed to support community members and take up political causes; artists, writers, and speakers disseminate their ideas on civil justice through every medium imaginable. On some occasions, like the 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn, oppressive, discriminatory circumstances ferment to a bursting point and acts of unintentional activism become the catalyst for a broader movement for civil rights.
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In what is now the mesa-top Pueblo of Acoma, men with effeminate physical attributes or personal tendencies were known by many names including mujerado, qo-qoy-mo, and kokwina. They dressed and lived as women, had relationships with men, and fulfilled women's roles in the community. Much like today's queer culture, mujerados of Acoma appear to have experienced varied levels of cultural acceptance.
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Like other minority groups, LGB Americans have created communities, with professional and social networks, which allow more open queer expression and foster support of one another.
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Dr. Clyde Wahrhaftig was a geologist, LGBTQ activist, environmentalist, and scientist who studied the geology of Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Yosemite National Park.
Fort Dupont Park
Black Pride
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Since the mid-2000s, Fort Dupont has been a home for DC Black Pride’s, the longest continually running Black Pride in the United States and world. The first DC Black Pride took place across from Howard University at Banneker Field in 1991 on the Memorial Day Sunday, and was attended by over 800 people attended, raising more than $3,000.
The White House and President's Park
Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain
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This fountain memorializes Archibald Butt and Francis Millet, two men who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Butt and Millet were most likely involved in a romantic relationship, but because of the intense social stigma around homosexuality during their life there is no explicit confirmation of the nature of their relationship. This memorial, planned by their friends and approved by Congress, honors the two of them together, inseparable in memory as in life.
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The Slowe-Burrill House, a National Historic Landmark, was home to Lucy Diggs Slowe and Mary Burrill, Washington, DC's most prominent lesbian couple. Living together from 1922 to 1937, they built a legacy as educators and activists in the Black community. Slowe, a tennis champion and Howard University’s first Dean of Women, and Burrill, a Harlem Renaissance playwright, exemplified the intersection of professional achievements and queer identity.
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Dupont Circle
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Located at the intersection of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire Avenues in Northwest Washington, DC, Dupont Circle has served as the anchor of a neighborhood of diplomats, government officials, war commemorations, and the LGB community for over 200 years.
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Edificio Comunidad de Orgullo Gay de Puerto Rico, commonly known as “Casa Orgulllo,” served as the meeting hall for the first official gay/lesbian organization established in Puerto Rico. Founded in 1974, Comunidad de Orgullo Gay was the first organized attempt to confront social, political and legal discrimination against the local LGBTQ community.