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Philly Gayborhood and LGBTQ History Walking Tour

August 7, 2023 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Calling all LGBTQ travelers, gaggles of local gays and their friends alike! Come on this LGBTQ history walking tour of the Gayborhood!

Calling all LGBTQ travelers, gaggles of local gays and their friends alike! Get your facts straight and your history GAY on this specialty tour of Philadelphia’s iconic Gayborhood. Get under the skin of queer Philly. Discover the controversies, paradoxes, and hidden histories of the only formalized Gayborhood in the country. Let’s talk and spill all that historical tea hunny!

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Tour Includes:

  • The evolution of Pride: from protest to parade
  • Kiyoshi Kuromiya: Inventor, Architect, Activist
  • The nation’s longest continuously-operating LGBT-focused bookstore
  • Barbara Gittings, LGBTQ Pioneer
  • Controversies of Racism in the Gayborhood
  • A tribute to Gloria Casarez

Distance: 1 mile

Duration: 1hr 30min

Venue

1300 Locust St
1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States