Timeline of LGBTQ history in New York City

God of Vengeance (1907), written by Sholem Asch opens as the first commercially produced play on Broadway with a lesbian theme.

The New York State Assembly amends a public-obscenity code to include a ban of depictions of gayness onstage in what is called 'the padlock bill.

Courts rule New York State Liquor Authority can legally close down bars that serve "sex variants.

New York Author James Baldwin publishes the novel Giovanni's Room, which features a gay male narrator.

The first known pro-LGBT radio program, a 90-minute special with Randy Wicker airs on the station, WBAI in New York City.

Craig Rodwell opens the Oscar Wilde Memorial Bookshop, the first gay bookstore in the U.S., in Greenwich Village.

1972 The Lesbian Herstory Archives is founded by members of the Gay Academic Union, and hosted in Joan Nestle's Upper West Side apartment.