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Preserving spaces are integral to maintaining Americas gay communities and keeping the memory of their members hard work in establishing physical sites of resistance in the face of legal repression, violence, and generational intolerance. Terms like

The New York City home of indelible playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry is now officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Though she kept her sexuality private throughout her lifetime, Hansberry routinely addressed LGBTQ+ topics in her writing and had romantic relationships with women. Her home’s designation as a historic place follows the advocacy efforts of the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project.  “Honoring the very place where Lorraine Hansberry lived and worke...