List of LGBT monuments and memorials
Harvey Milk Plaza , San Francisco
Following is a list of LGBT monuments and memorials:
Americas
Brazil
Canada
Cherry Trees at Devonian Harbour Park , Vancouver ; planted in 1985 and solemnized in 2019 with a plaque acknowledging them as one of the earliest AIDS memorials in the world[ 1]
Jim Deva Plaza, Vancouver; launched in 2016[ 2]
LGBTQ2+ National Monument , Ottawa ; in development and planned for unveiling in 2025[ 3]
Parc de l'Espoir, Montreal ; commemorates community members who have died of HIV/AIDS [ 4]
Statue of Alexander Wood , Toronto ; dedicated May 28, 2005, destroyed April 4, 2022[ 5]
Toronto AIDS Memorial, Toronto; launched in 1993
Vancouver AIDS Memorial, Vancouver; launched in 2004
Chile
United States
California
Pink Triangle Park , San Francisco
California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial , Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City
Harvey Milk Plaza , San Francisco
Mattachine Steps , Los Angeles , United States;[ 6] dedicated on April 7, 2012[ 7]
Matthew Shepard Human Rights Triangle , Crescent Heights Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood ; named for Matthew Shepard , and dedicated in April 1999[ 8]
National AIDS Memorial Grove , San Francisco
Pink Triangle Park , San Francisco
Florida
Illinois
Missouri
New York
Gay Liberation Monument , Manhattan , New York City
LGBTQ Memorial, Hudson River Park (West Village), New York City; opened July 2018; artist Anthony Goicolea[ 10] [ 11]
A Love Letter to Marsha , Manhattan, New York City
Marsha P. Johnson Memorial Fountain, Hudson River Park (West Village), Manhattan, New York City
New York City AIDS Memorial , Greenwich Village , Manhattan, New York City
Stonewall National Monument , Manhattan, New York City
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
John E. Fryer Marker, 13th & Locust Streets Philadelphia
The Dewey's Sit-In Historic Marker, 17th and St. James streets, Philadelphia
Edith Windsor Historical Marker, 13th & Locust Streets, Philadelphia
Giovanni's Room , 345 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia
Gloria Casarez Marker, Philadelphia
Reminder Day Marker, Philadelphia
Richard L. Schlegel Marker, Harrisburg
Shapp Administration LGBT Initiatives, Harrisburg
Tennessee
Penny Campbell Historical Marker, 1600 McEwen Avenue, Nashville ; named in honor of LGBT activist, dedicated in December 2017[ 13]
The Jungle and Juanita's Historical Marker, Seventh Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville; in honor of two bars popular with gay men in the 1960s-1980s, raided by the police in 1963; dedicated in December 2018[ 14]
Texas
Pink Dolphin Monument , 2014
Washington, D.C.
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
Europe
Belgium
Germany
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
LGBT Memorial, National Holocaust Centre, Laxton, Nottingamshire, England
Alan Turing Memorial , Manchester , England
Statue of Alan Turing , Bletchley Park , England
Statue of Alan Turing, University of Surrey , England
France
French official Memorial to Gilbert Baker , Place des Emeutes de Stonewall . Paris, Le Marais , France.
Les Marches de la Fierté , Nantes[ 18]
The Council of Paris named, unanimously, squares, garden and streets after LGBT heroes: place Harvey-Milk , rue Pierre-Seel , place Ovida-Delect, Federico García Lorca Garden (Paris) , jardin Marie Thérèse-Auffray , rue Eva-Kotchever , Mark Ashton Garden , promenade Coccinelle , or events such as Stonewall Riots Square [ 19]
A commemorative plaque, situated rue Montorgueil in Paris, pays tribute to the couple Jean Diot and Bruno Lenoir ; the two men were the last persons executed in France as punishment for homosexuality in 1750[ 20]
Spain
Australia
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial
Asia
Israel
References
^ Alex Migdal, "This cherry tree site is the first-known AIDS memorial in Vancouver" . CBC News British Columbia, July 30, 2019.
^ Robin Perelle, "A year in review 2016: New plaza and memorial help reclaim Vancouver’s gay village" . Xtra! , December 16, 2016.
^ Blair Crawford (January 23, 2020). "LGBTQ2+ memorial to be built near Library and Archives Canada" . Ottawa Citizen .
^ Yves Lafontaine, "Le nouveau parc de l’Espoir : plus vaste, plus vert et plus accessible" . Fugues , August 17, 2021.
^ Shaun Proulx (May 21, 2005). "Tall, bronzed man moves to gay village" . The Globe and Mail . Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022 .
^ Chiland, Elijah (June 1, 2016). "How a Silver Lake Staircase Came to be a Monument to LA's Gay Rights Movement" . Curbed . Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
^ Ocamb, Karen (January 28, 2017). "Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60" . Los Angeles Pride . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "City renames parkway for Mathew Shepard" . The Los Angeles Times: Westside Weekly . April 11, 1999. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Monument to LGBT veterans dedicated in Elwood" . ABC7 Chicago . Retrieved 2024-01-14 .
^ Smith, Ron; Blau, Reuven (2018-06-24). "LGBT memorial honoring Orlando's Pulse shooting victims unveiled in Hudson River Park" . New York Daily News . Retrieved 2024-01-14 .
^ "LGBT Memorial Makes Its Debut Along Hudson River" . CBS New York . 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2024-01-14 .
^ "OHIO HISTORICAL MARKER HONORS DAYTON-BORN WRITER: INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS LESBIAN, NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY" . Family Equality Council . October 27, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
^ Brant, Joseph (December 10, 2017). "Nashville LGBT pioneer Penny Campbell honored with historical marker" . Out & About Nashville . Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
^ "More of Nashville's Gay History to Be Recognized" . Out & About Nashville . December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
^ Mark Meinke (July 22, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence" (PDF) . National Park Service . Retrieved 2011-11-22 . (22 pages, with 1 figure and 5 photos)
^ "Puerto Rico dedicates first LGBT monument" . www.washingtonblade.com . 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2024-01-14 .
^ Brydum, Sunnivie (2016-07-05). "Puerto Rico's First LGBT Monument Honors Orlando Victims" . www.advocate.com . Retrieved 2024-01-14 .
^ "L'escalier arc-en-ciel " Les marches de la fierté " vandalisé, la mairie de Nantes porte plainte" . NEON (in French). 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2020-12-27 .
^ Emily Dixon (25 June 2019). "Paris names four squares and streets for LGBTQ icons" . CNN .
^ "Affaire Diot-Lenoir : briser le silence, 250 ans plus tard" . L'Humanité . January 10, 2014.
^ "EL monumento al gay desconocido" . Shangay (in Spanish). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2019 .
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