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First gay bar in nyc2/6/2024 ![]() "With reporters and a photographer in tow, the activists announced that they were homosexuals, asked to be served, and were refused," reads a plaque that was installed on Julius' facade by the Village Preservation and the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project earlier this year. The “Sip-In” was spearheaded by three members of the gay rights organization Mattachine Society three years before the Stonewall riots. ![]() In fact, in 1966, the bar was the site of a “Sip-In,” a protest against certain regulations that prohibited venues from serving people suspected of being gay. Julius’, which has been open at 159 West 10th Street by Waverly Place since 1930, is clearly a great selection in the committee’s quest to highlight important LGBTQ+ sites. The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission announced its decision today. ![]() "And this has always been one that we have been thinking about." "We have staff working specifically on identifying sites that are significant to the LGBTQ community and heritage in the city," said Sarah Carroll, the Landmark Preservation Commission's chair, at the hearing. The oldest continuously operating gay bar in New York City, Julius' in the West Village, has today officially become a landmark by virtue of LGBTQ significant.īack in September, the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to “calendar” the location, which means that officials scheduled a public hearing to discuss the significance of the site in the near future.
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