List of LGBT monuments and memorials
Following is a list of LGBT monuments and memorials:
Americas
Americas
California
- Mattachine Steps, Los Angeles, California, United States;[1] dedicated on April 7, 2012[2]
- Matthew Shepard Human Rights Triangle, Crescent Heights Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California. Named for Matthew Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming who was murdered in a gaybashing near Laramie, Wyoming on October 6, 1998; dedicated in April 1999[3]
- Harvey Milk Plaza, San Francisco, California
- Pink Triangle Park, San Francisco, California
Illinois
- Legacy Walk, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Missouri
New York
- Gay Liberation Monument, Manhattan, New York City
- Stonewall National Monument, Manhattan, New York City
Ohio
- Natalie Clifford Barney Historic Marker, Dayton, Ohio; dedicated on October 25, 2009[4]
Tennessee
- Penny Campbell Historical Marker, 1600 McEwen Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. Named in honor of LGBT activist, dedicated in December 2017[5]
Washington, D.C.
- Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House, 5020 Cathedral Avenue, NW. Gay activist Frank Kameny's house, listed on the National Register of Historic Places[6]
Texas
- Pink Dolphin Monument, Galveston Island, Texas, U.S.
Uruguay
- Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Europe
Germany
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
- Alan Turing Memorial, Manchester, England
- Alan Turing statue, Bletchley Park, England
Australia
References
- ↑ 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. (Registration required (help)).
- ↑ "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. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
- ↑ 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)
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