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Pride Month is nearly here—here's how we're celebrating in New York City!
June is Pride Month, and this year's NYC Pride theme "Rise up: Pride in Protest" resonates urgently. "As the LGBTQIA+ community faces increasing hostility and legislative attacks, this year’s theme is a reflection of the Pride movement’s origins in protest—and is a powerful call to action for our communities and allies to rally and march in defiant celebration, advocacy and solidarity," reads the NYC Pride website. The theme also honors the legacy of the first Pride March in 1970, which commemorated the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. In that same spirit of resilience, New York City's architecture and design communities are marking Pride Month by celebrating queer joy, amplifying LGBTQIA+ histories, and redefining inclusive design practices.
Currently on view at the Center for Architecture is Fantasizing Design: Phyllis Birkby Builds Lesbian Feminist Architecture (through September 2). The exhibition offers a deep dive into the life and work of the pioneering architect and activist. Birkby’s vision for inclusive spaces challenged the traditional male-dominated boundaries of the built environment. Her most groundbreaking intervention was a series of workshops that encouraged women to imagine and draw their “fantasy environments”—the home and community spaces they would like to inhabit. Told through drawings, photographs, models, and films, Fantasizing Design takes Birkby and her circle of friends, lovers, and collaborators as a lens on the broader ways feminists and lesbian feminists have worked to remake architectural practice, domestic space, and the broader built environment.
In collaboration with Village Preservation, the Whitney Museum will lead a guided Queer History Walk through the West Village, tracing landmarks and hidden stories that have shaped NYC’s LGBTQ+ legacy. From the Hudson River piers to the clubs, visitors are invited to consider their connection to the changing landscape of the neighborhood that the Whitney now occupies, as well as the city’s history.
For a celebratory start to the month, Build Out Alliance and ULI New York are hosting a networking event at the historic Woolworth Building. Connect with queer and ally professionals across design, construction, and real estate while enjoying skyline views and delicious refreshments. Don’t miss this chance to network, celebrate, and get inspired for the month ahead!
On Staten Island, the historic Alice Austen House—home of the 19th-century pioneering lesbian photographer—will host a guided museum tour. Visitors will deep dive into Austen's photographs, her close relationships, and the events in queer history during her lifetime, as well as explore the Queer Ecologies Project garden.
Delve deeper into Manhattan’s queer geography with the American Institute of Architects New York’s walking tour of LGBTQ+ history in the East Village. Led by Amanda Davis and Ken Lustbader, experts from the award-winning NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project, this tour will explore how the neighborhood became home to some of the most influential LGBTQ artists, writers, activists, and clubs beginning in the 1950s.
Archtober is a NYC-based platform that promotes the discovery of architecture and design through experiences and content, culminating in a month-long festival every October.
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