Archive of LGBT History in New York

Connecting you with the LGBT collections, programs, and expertise that The New York Public Library has to offer.

LGBT@NYPL has been created to connect Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities with the exciting resources, services, and expertise that The New York Public Library has to offer. The Library has archives of international importance; exciting programs with major scholars, artists, and activists; outreach to LGBT teens and seniors, and also wide-ranging materials for both research and personal interest.

Highlights include a fascinating archive of posters from the ACT UP years, as well as a current blog detailing events in the US on LGBT rights.

• Categories

  • Collections
  • Events
  • Exhibitions
  • Fellowships
  • LGBTQ Teens
  • Press
  • Staff
  • Suggested Reading
  • Uncategorized

• LGBT Digital Collections

  • ACT UP
  • Barbara Gittings and Kay Tobin Lahusen
  • Bessie Bonehill
  • Gertrude Stein
  • Gran Fury
  • Julian Eltinge
  • Richard Wandel
  • Walt Whitman

• LGBT Health

  • Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
  • GMHC: Gay Men’s Health Crisis

• LGBT History

  • Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies
  • GLBTQ Encyclopedia
  • Lesbian Herstory Archives
  • Out History

• LGBT Seniors

  • Griot Circle
  • LGAIN-Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues Network
  • SAGE-Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders

• LGBTQ Teen Links

  • Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
  • Hetrick Martin Institute
  • HOT-Health Outreach to Teens
  • PFLAG-NYC
  • Point Foundation: LGBT Scholarships