State of New York
From LGBTQIA+ Archives
LGBTQIA+ history in the State of New York in the USA.
LGBTQIA+ History in New York
1920s
- (1927) New York bans Mae West's play The Drag as offensive for strong "homosexual" themes. Some of the cast is arrested.
1950s
- An article in the Minneapolis Spokesman describes gay communities "moved in TEN THOUSAND STRONG" to Harlem (February 18, 1955).