Pride Tours NYC
About the Tour
Pride Tours NYC is an Official Partner of NYC Pride.
Take the most comprehensive tour in New York City that narrates the history of the Stonewall Uprising and the rise of our modern day LGBTQ Pride Movement.
This tour starts in Christopher Park, and stops at The Stonewall Inn, The National Monument Visitors’ Center, and all other sites of LGBTQ historical significance – all while your tour guide narrates the account of the history of our LGBTQ community before the uprising, the account of The Stonewall Uprising, the history of the aftermath, and the rise of Pride!
Pride Tours NYC serves and honors all members of the LGBTQIA+ movement. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and ally. All are welcome. Our tour is PG-rated and family-friendly.
Tour Details
Our tour starts in Christopher Park to discuss early U.S. LGBTQ history.
We then move to The Stonewall Inn to learn the history of The Stonewall Inn and The Uprising Night. We also dedicate a portion of this stop to the personal history of Stormé DeLarverie, the heroine of the Uprising.
We then go into the National Monument Visitors' Center (if the tour starts at 3 pm or earlier, as the Visitors' Center closes at 4 pm.).
We give the tour group best practices before going inside the Visitors' Center to get the most out of the Visitors' Center.
We then go to the original location of the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop for its history.
We then have a stop at the famous Gay St. sign for its history.
We then have a stop dedicated to the history of the Rainbow Pride Flag and the Transgender Flag.
We then go to the original location of the start of the first Pride March to give the history of the March.
We then go to Julius Bar for the history of the first Sip-In protests there.
We then have a stop dedicated to Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and the history of STAR.
We then have a stop honoring President Barack Obama and all he has done for the community during his presidency.
We end our tour back in Christopher Park, with the history of the Gay Liberation Monument.
