Misc
This positive identifier was previously a slur
What is Queer?
This famous musician is painted on the side of the Writers Block Rehab
Who is Lil Nas X?
This bookstore is the longest running queer bookstore in America
What is Giovanni’s Room?
Philly has more of this form of art than any other country in the world
What is a mural?
This queer activist worked to have homosexuality removed from the DSM and hosted a peaceful annual protest.
Who is Barbara Gittings?
This art club only allowed Queer men inside
What is the Philly Sketch Club?
This manual contains informations on mental disorders and used to contain homosexuality
What is the DSM?
This Queer activist founded the Philadelphia Gay News
Who is Mark Segal?
This clinic was founded to help combat the aids crisis in Philadelphia, but now offers many other services
What is the Mazonni Center?
This action was used to signal to other gay men that they were looking to hook up
What is turning left?
This author wrote the book Giovanni’s Room, inspiring the name of the bookstore.
Who is James Baldwin?
This business bought Giovanni’s Room and provides free HIV testing
What is Philly AIDs Thrift?
This kind of community acted as a second family for Queer people involved in the ballroom scene
What is a house?
This artist influenced graffiti culture and later murals in Philly
Who is Cornbread?
This intersection is known as Barbara Gittings Way
What is 13th and Locust?