Pride Tours NYC's LGBTQ Historical Walking Tour
Description
Pride Tours NYC’s walking tour is an NYC Pride Partner. Take the most comprehensive tour in New York City that narrates the history of the Stonewall Uprising and the rise of our modern day LGBTQ Pride Movement. This tour starts in Christopher Park, and stops at The Stonewall Inn, and all other sites of LGBTQ historical significance - all while your tour guide narrates the account of the history of our LGBTQ community before the uprising, the account of The Stonewall Uprising, the history of the immediate aftermath, and the rise of Pride! A portion of all of the proceeds of this tour are donated to Heritage of Pride.
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Itinerary
You will meet your tour guide at Christopher Park. Your tour guide will narrate the overview of LGBTQ history in the USA and New York City leading up to the Stonewall Uprising.
At The Stonewall Inn, your tour guide will narrate the account of the early morning hours of June 28th 1969 at The Stonewall Inn/Greenwich Village and the immediate days that followed, the account of The Stonewall Uprising.
At the original site of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, your tour guide will narrate the history of the shop, its founder Craig Rodwell, and Craig's role and the roles of the activities that he was a part of, that bridged The Stonewall Uprising to our modern day LGBTQ Pride Movement.
At the Gay Street sign, your tour guide will narrate the history of this sign.
At the site of the start of the first Pride March, your tour guide will narrate the story of the first Pride March and the history of Pride Marches since. Your tour guide will also narrate the history of the Rainbow Flag at this location.
At Julius Bar, your tour guide will narrate the account of the first Sip In.
At Marie's Crisis, your tour guide will narrate the history of Marie's Crisis, along with changes in the LGBTQ movement as it goes mainstream.
At the Gay Liberation Monument, your tour guide will narrate the history of LGBTQ rights and politics in the USA since the Stonewall Uprising. And your guide will also narrate the history of the Gay Liberation Monument.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(95)
Interesting & engaging storytelling, really enjoyed it. Worthwhile experience no matter how you identify, it’s such important history.
Our guide was fun, friendly, and well spoken. He made us a laugh and feel like we were old friends. Incredible tour overall, we learned so much! Happy Pride!
Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and gave a great tour. Tour was very interesting and, at times, moving. It was great going to the Stonewall Inn Visitor Center to purchase souvenirs.
Our guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. He shared lots of great information and the stop in the Stonewall Visitors Center was wonderful! The flag was beautiful back up and blowing in the wind. Thank you.
The tour was amazing! We got to meet some real hero’s of our community and hear about their stories!
This tour is well-worth attending if you want to find out more about the LGBTQI+ social history in New York City. It takes only a couple of hours and you are shown all the key locations in Greenwich Village, including the Stonewall Centre, Christopher Park and a couple of the gay bars. Joe, the guide (and owner of this tour), is (rightfully-so!) a passionate advocate of the local gay scene. My husband and I had a relaxing drink at Julius' Bar afterwards to think about the lengths of those that were here before us went to that allow us to live our lives freely now.
This tour was phenomenal. Joe is so incredibly knowledgeable and a fabulous tour guide. I learned so much about a city I have lived in my whole life
The tour was great! The tour guide was knowledgeable and passionate about the history. He took the time to show us around the neighborhood and make some good recommendations. All in all, it was a good experience.
Very interesting found out many new things about Stonewall. Joe was passionate about the history and events that occurred. Worthwhile visit to Stonewall centre. Visited the Stonewall pub at the end of the tour to celebrate the trailblazers of Stonewall
My tour guide was friendly and detailed about this historic place. I had a nice time learning about the history of the LGBTQ community.
