In the early morning of June 28, 1969, a group of queer villages, many of whom are people of color and transgender, bravely fought back the police raid on the Stonewall Inn Inn Bar in Greenwich Village, New York City. This kind of rebellious behavior is considered for launching the modern LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement. The world’s first coordinated pride demonstration was held on the first anniversary of the Stone Wall Rebellion, and June has since been recognized worldwide as Pride Month.
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The place of the Stone Wall Rebellion remains a beacon of rebellion of hope, inclusion and justice. You can show unity with queer and allies by visiting this poignant historical site and other meaningful landmarks around the world, to lgbtqia+ rights, and ongoing boycott of those seeking silence and marginalized communities.
Stonewall National Monument, New York
Stonewall Inn closed shortly after the Stonewall rebellion in 1969, but it reopened in 2006 and has been a beloved LGBTQIA+ Hangout ever since. In 2016, the National Park Service designated a portion of Christopher Park across the street as the Stonewall National Monument.
In 2025, the Trump administration mentioned trans people, while queer people scrub from the official page of the monument. However, this behavior never eliminates the fact that trans people play a central role in the Stonewall Rebellion and continues to be an important part of today’s LGBTQIA+ PRIDE movement. The signs and historical photos on the fence of Christopher Park continue to tell the story of this pivotal moment in queer history.
Be sure to set aside time to explore the surrounding and very charming West Village, which contains the history of several queer bars, including the bar in Julius and the Cubbybyhole.
Memorial for Persecution of Gays under Nazism, Berlin
On the eastern edge of the Queer Tiergarten Park, the stages from the neoclassical Brandenburg Gate, this serious and moving concrete cube contains a viewing window through which you can watch historical footage of two strange people kissing. Memorials of homosexuals persecuted under Nazism from across the street and affiliated with the incredibly powerful memorials of murdered Jews in Europe.
Near Nollendorfplatz, the hub of queer life in Berlin in the 1920s, the Schwules Museum in Berlin was located in a converted printing factory and contains excellent documentation and artifacts about the LGBTQIA+ history.
Frida Carlo Museum, Mexico City
On the tree-shaded streets near the city’s historic Wild Mountains, it’s a very popular (buy tickets online in advance if possible) Frida Kahlo Museum occupies the striking cobalt blue formerly cobalt blue and beloved queer idol who married painter Dieter Rivera but also has a relationship with female photographer Tina Modotti and other photographers Tina Modotti and others.
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Close to the city center, check out the lively bars and clubs in Zona Rosa, one of Latin America’s oldest queer districts. About 35 miles southeast of the city, in the shadows of the Hulk’s Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl volcanoes, you can visit Hacienda Panoaya, a beautifully restored mansion (now part of the resort), where Sor sor sor sor sor sor sor in sor in la cruz rcurz spent her childhood. The museum here explains the fascinating life of the 17th-century poet and nun, who are considered the earliest feminist ideal writer and lesbian romance poem in the New World.
Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial in Sydney
This pink steel sculpture, completed in 2001 in the shape of a triangular prism, is located in a prominent corner of Green Park, in the heart of Darlinghurst, the historic LGBTQIA+ community in this inclusive city. The Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial is located across the street from the Jewish Museum in Sydney, which is currently closed to the public, and the building underwent a major reconstruction that is scheduled to be completed in early 2027. In early 2027, there were several blocks, Queer Bars, Eateries and other businesses – some businesses, some for nearly 50 years, and nearly 50 years – line Colleful coxford coreford coxford coreford coxford coreford coxford coreford coyford coreford coxford coreford coxford coreford.
Castro, San Francisco
This hilly area is perhaps the world’s most well-known LGBTQIA+ community, covered with colorful Victorian homes, and some of the country’s oldest gay bars are a landmark in their own right and home to several famous queer ruins.
Among them is the 575 Castro St., a camera store formerly run by legendary activist and politician Harvey Milk, now a co-op gallery queer art, and a huge 20 x 30-foot-tall flag, paying tribute to Gilbert Baker, the Rainbow Flag, who lived in New York City in 1978 and on the stage in 1978. Mid-term and illuminating GLBT Historical Society Museum in 2026.
Homogenous, Amsterdam
This trampled pink granite platform is a homage to the battle against LGBTQIA+ oppression. When it was unveiled in 1987, it was considered the world’s first monument to the common public sexual rights. Consisting of three sides, each with dimensions of 10 meters (33 feet apart), homologs are on the picturesque canal, Keizersgracht. It is in the medieval old center of the city, which is also the center of the queer scene in Amsterdam, taking steps from another profound symbol of courage to face the Nazi persecution: Anne Frank House.
Ximen Red House in Taipei, Taiwan
This large and unique octagonal brick building dates back to 1908 and was originally a public market. Since the dramatic restoration in 2007, Ximen Red House has been the cultural hub and de facto hub for the city’s LGBTQIA+ scene. It contains a theater and connects with a range of manufacturers’ shops and studios, cafes, bars and restaurants, most of which have obvious gay presence. The Red House is the highlight of its queer-centric visit to Taiwan, the largest pride celebration in Asia and became the first country to have same-sex marriage rights on the European continent in 2019.
Oscar Wilde House in Dublin
Oscar Wilde, one of the most prominent literary figures of the late 19th century, grew up in this beautiful 1760s residence near the Trinity College campus. Photos, souvenirs and exhibitions at the Oscar Wilde House extend the long but most unfortunate life of the famous playwright, poet and novelist, who wrote “The Importance of Seriousness”, “Pictures of Dorian Gray”, “Pictures of Dorian Gray” and “Reading Prison Ballads”, which are his time after the “score” he created with men, which is a circumcision of men.
Across the street of the house, around the corner of a dense landscape of a dense Merrion Square Park, this is a life-size Oscar Wilde Monument carved from colorful half cakes, a stunning photo.
Philadelphia Giovanni’s Room
Founded in 1973 and named after James Baldwin’s groundbreaking queer novel, Philly Aids in Giovanni’s Room (formally known since 2014) is the oldest LGBTQIA+ and feminist bookstore in the country. (Toronto’s Happy One Day Bookstore is three years old and worth a visit.)
Apart from being a great place to pick up queer lighting, this airy space sells music, art and fashion, and hosts LGBTQIA+ events. It is in Philadelphia’s vibrant “Gayborhood” which includes many community-focused businesses, including the Camac’s bistro, which has attracted queer people since the 1930s. When you absorb LGBTQIA+ history, visit Walt Whitman House (5 miles away in Camden, NJ), where the gay poet lived for the last decade of his life.
Weird England, London
Opened in 2022 in the historic grain horticultural complex, the Regent Canal next to it opens next to Kings Cross, the Queer Britain is an extensive repository of LGBTQIA+ history and culture, showing off a engaging rotating exhibition and on display along with its extensive permanent collection. From here, to the half-hour trendy Bloomsbury community, you can enjoy busts of bisexual novelist and poet Virginia Woolf outside the Georgian mansion that lived in the early 1900s. Another 15 minutes south, you can explore Soho, the queer cultural centre in London for over a century and home to several historic gay bars including Admiral Duncan.
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