About this map

What are the places of lesbians and queers, including and beyond popular bars and bookstores? Compiling addresses from 25 years of lesbian publications, this in-progress map shows the complicated historical geographies of New York City lesbians, queers, and trans people assigned female at birth. Click here for more about this map and forthcoming book, A Queer New York: Geographies of Lesbians, Dykes, and Queers, 1983-2008.

Data from the Lesbian Herstory Archives and JJGieseking.

Original map authored by Gieseking / Funke 2019, updated by Gieseking and Donohue 2021.

Event

Mailing

March

Meeting

Office

Zap

NYC Demographics 1980 - 2010

Year: 1980

Medium Housing Value

Medium Household Income

Median Gross Rent

Percent White

Percent Black

Percent Hispanic

Percent Foreign Born

Percent College Graduate

Medium Housing Value

Less than $200,000

$200,000 - $400,000

$400,000 - $750,000

Over $750,000

Medium Household Income

Less than $35,000

$35,000 - $60,000

$60,000 - $80,000

Over $80,000

Median Gross Rent

Less than $750

$750 - $1,200

$1,200 - $1,700

Over $1,700

Percent White

Less than 45%

45% - 75%

75% - 85%

Over 85%

Percent Black

Less than 40%

40% - 70%

70% - 85%

Over 85%

Percent Hispanic

Less than 15%

15% - 20%

20% - 45%

Over 45%

Percent Foreign Born

Less than 15%

15% - 30%

30% - 45%

Over 45%

Percent College Graduate

Less than 10%

10% - 20%

20% - 30%

Over 30%

An Everyday Queer New York

Organizations

(1983-2008)

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NYC Demographics 1980 - 2010