Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about LGBTQIA NYC. art, literature, theater and fashion means that hundreds of queer icons have made their mark here. Nevermind that the city’s reputation as the leading center of U.S. Would queer culture as we know it even exist without New York? The largest and most thrilling city in the United States has been at the center of the LGBTQIA movement for more than a century, beginning with an underground culture that kicked off in the 1800s and leading to the summer of ’69 Stonewall Riots which ignited a revolution and led to the securing of shared rights and responsibilities decades later.
