Harvey Milk Plaza, San Francisco
Following is a list of LGBT monuments and memorials:
Americas
Brazil
- My Heart Beats Like Yours, Sculpture in Praça da República, 2018, São Paulo
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
- Memorial por la Diversidad de Chile, in Santiago de Chile, 2014.
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
- Legacy Walk, Chicago
- LGBT veterans monument (Chicago)
- LGBT veterans monument (Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery)[9]
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
- Stonewall National Monument, Manhattan, New York City
Ohio
- Natalie Clifford Barney Historic Marker, Dayton; dedicated on October 25, 2009[12]
Oregon
- Never Look Away, Portland
Pennsylvania
- John 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
- Giovinni's Room, 345 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia
- Gloria Casarez Marker, Philadelphia
- Reminder Day Marker, Philadelphia
- Richard 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
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Pink Dolphin Monument, 2014
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[15]
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
- Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual, 2014, Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo
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
- Escultura al colectivo homosexual, Sitges
- Monolito en memoria a las personas represaliadas por el franquismo por su opción sexual, Durango
- Monumento en memoria de los gais, lesbianas y personas transexuales represaliadas, Barcelona
- Glorieta de la transexual Sònia, Barcelona
- Placa homenaje a los homosexuales encarcelados en la cárcel de Huelva, Huelva
- Plaza de Pedro Zerolo, Madrid[21]
- Monuments in the Colonia Agrícola Penitenciaria de Tefía, Fuerteventura
Australia
Asia
Israel
- Tel Aviv Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial
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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