List of LGBT monuments and memorials

Following is a list of LGBT monuments and memorials:

Harvey Milk Plaza, San Francisco

Americas

California

Pink Triangle Park, San Francisco

Mattachine Steps, Los Angeles, United States;[1] dedicated on April 7, 2012[2]
Matthew Shepard Human Rights Triangle, Crescent Heights Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood; named for Matthew Shepard, and dedicated in April 1999[3]
Harvey Milk Plaza, San Francisco
National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco
Pink Triangle Park, San Francisco

Illinois

Legacy Walk, Chicago

Indiana

AIDS Memorial, Indianapolis; dedicated on October 29, 2000

Missouri

Transgender Memorial Garden, St. Louis

New York

Gay Liberation Monument, Manhattan, New York City
Stonewall National Monument, Manhattan, New York City
LGBTQ Memorial, Hudson River Park (West Village), New York City; opened July 2018; artist Anthony Goicolea
Marsha P. Johnson Memorial Fountain, Hudson River Park (West Village), Manhattan, New York City

Ohio

Natalie Clifford Barney Historic Marker, Dayton; dedicated on October 25, 2009[4]

Tennessee

Penny Campbell Historical Marker, 1600 McEwen Avenue, Nashville; named in honor of LGBT activist, dedicated in December 2017[5]
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[6]

Brazil

My Heart Beats Like Yours, Sculpture in Praça da República, 2018, São Paulo

Europe

Germany

Frankfurter Engel, Frankfurt, 1994
Memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism, Cologne, 1995
Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism, Berlin, 2008

The Netherlands

Homomonument

United Kingdom

LGBT Memorial, National Holocaust Centre, Laxton, Nottingamshire, England
Alan Turing Memorial, Manchester, England
Alan Turing statue, Bletchley Park, England

France

French official Memorial to Gilbert Baker, Place des Emeutes de Stonewall. Paris, Le Marais, France.

Les Marches de la Fierté, Nantes[8]
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[9]
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[10]

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[11]
Monuments in the Colonia Agrícola Penitenciaria de Tefía, Fuerteventura

Australia

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial

Asia

Israel

Tel Aviv Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial

References

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.
"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)
"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. "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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[curbedhowasilverlakestaircase-1] 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.

[laprideobituarytimmons-2] Ocamb, Karen (January 28, 2017). "Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60". Los Angeles Pride. Retrieved January 29, 2017.

[cityrenames-3] "City renames parkway for Mathew Shepard". The Los Angeles Times: Westside Weekly. April 11, 1999. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[familyohio-4] "OHIO HISTORICAL MARKER HONORS DAYTON-BORN WRITER: INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS LESBIAN, NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY". Family Equality Council. October 27, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2017.

[outandaboutnashvillelgbtpioneer-5] 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.

[outmoreof-6] "More of Nashville's Gay History to Be Recognized". Out & About Nashville. December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

[nrhpreg-7] 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)

[8] "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.

[9] Emily Dixon. "Paris names four squares and streets for LGBTQ icons". CNN.

[10] "Affaire Diot-Lenoir : briser le silence, 250 ans plus tard". L'Humanité. January 10, 2014.

[11] "EL monumento al gay desconocido". Shangay (in Spanish). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

LGBT monuments and memorials
Australia	Sydney Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial (Sydney)
Europe	Alan Turing Memorial (Manchester) Frankfurter Engel (Frankfurt) Homomonument (Amsterdam) Memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism (Cologne) Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism (Berlin) Tęcza (Warsaw)
North America	Desert Memorial Park (Cathedral City, California) Gay Liberation Monument (New York City) Harvey Milk Plaza (San Francisco) Legacy Walk (Chicago, Illinois) Mattachine Steps (Los Angeles) Pink Dolphin Monument (Galveston, Texas) Pink Triangle Park (San Francisco) Stonewall National Monument (New York City) Transgender Memorial Garden (St. Louis)
South America	Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual (Montevideo)