Lecture: Gay Liberation Goes to Church

The Stonewall Riots of June 1969 have been remembered and celebrated as an iconic shift in queer movement activism. This lecture explores an unmarked part of this celebrated past: the parish hall of an Episcopal Church, which functioned as a community center for New York City’s rapidly growing gay movement. This meeting space was part of the Church of the Holy Apostles and was recognized only very recently as a site significant to LGBTQ history. What insights about queer history and social change do we find in this almost-unmemorable church space?Sponsored by Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies and GenSex and co-sponsored by the BU Department of Religion, Health Humanities Project, and LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff

When 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Thursday, March 16, 2023
Location College of Arts & Sciences, 725 Commonwealth Ave (Room B36)