Boston + Stonewall50

In 2019, Queer History Boston joined forces with Boston Pride to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising in New York City, an action that helped launch the modern LGBTQ rights movement. In June, 2019, banners and posters spung up around Boston and Cambridge on buildings where LGBTQ history was made, with each banner including a link to this interactive map that describes each location's connection to Boston's LGBTQ history.

We are grateful to Boston Pride, the mayor's offices of Boston and Cambridge, and to the building owners and managers who have supported this effort to celebrate our history.

A note about this project: The locations described in the Stonewall50 project's online map were identified and selected through an open community survey, and only those locations selected through this survey are included at this time. In addition, despite our best efforts, we were unable to secure permission to hang banners or posters from all of the selected locations. We know there's much more to Boston's LGBTQ history, to our complex, evolving story as a community. We want to know: What historical sites, buildings, events, individuals, and stories are important to you? Contact us at info@queerhistoryboston.org.