Gay Pride

June 1-30

Fifty years ago, on June 28, 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village, sparked a week of rioting and protests. Gay men and women were at last fighting for their civil rights, and LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) history would never be the same again. This month, as NYC Pride welcomes WorldPride in a monthlong commemoration of the Stonewall Uprising, the city flies the rainbow flag. 2019-worldpride-stonewall50.nycpride.org

“Love & Resistance”

Thru July 14

The New York Public Library’s exhibition depicts gay life before, during and after the Stonewall riots. www.nypl.org

“Art After Stonewall”

Thru July 20

The two-part exhibition at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery and the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art surveys the impact of the LGBTQ liberation movement on visual culture in the 20 years after Stonewall. greyartgallery .nyu.edu

“Nobody Promised You Tomorrow”

Thru Dec. 8

Stonewall’s impact on today’s New York-based queer artistic community is felt in this exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. www .brooklynmuseum.org

LGBTQ Walking Tour

Daily in June

Urban Adventures offers a three-hour history, neighborhood and pub walking tour of Greenwich Village, where the Gay Lib movement took root. www .urbanadventures.com

Pride Sails

Saturdays in June Classic

Harbor Line’s schooners host Trans New York Harbor Pride Sails, benefi ting the Hetrick-Martin Institute, an organization supporting LGBTQ youth. www.sail-nyc.com

McDarrah Photographs

Opens June 6

Photojournalist Fred W. McDarrah was there, chronicling the Stonewall uprising and its aftermath in images on display at the Museum of the City of New York. www.mcny.org

“Spill the Tea”

June 15

The program at Harlem Stage gives voice to Southern black gay men, followed by a DJ set with the Illustrious Blacks, a fly and fierce duo. www.harlemstage.org

The Illustrious Blacks

The Pride Sale

June 20

Swann Auction Galleries holds its first sale of LGBTQ archives, literature, autographs, art and photography, including works by James Baldwin, Walt Whitman, Tom of Finland, Gertrude Stein, Alice Walker and Peter Hujar. www.swanngalleries.com

Fred W. McDarrah's photo of the first gay pride march

Pride Plays

June 20–24

The festival of play readings brings celebrated LGBTQ voices to the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in the West Village. www.rattlestick.org

“Stonewall”

June 21–22, 27–28

New York City Opera presents the world premiere of an American opera about the hot summer night in 1969 that gave birth to a civil rights movement. This is the fi rst opera to feature a transgender character created for a transgender singer. www.nycopera.com

The cast of the opera "Stonewall"

Opening Ceremony

June 26

WorldPride gets off to a rousing start with a star-studded concert at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper, Chaka Khan, Ciara and Billy Porter top the bill. 2019-world pride-stonewall50.nyc pride.org

Gay Men’s Chorus

June 27

The New York group performs “Quiet No More: A Choral Celebration of Stonewall” at Carnegie Hall. www.nycgmc.org

Pride Island

June 29

LGBTQ icon Grace Jones headlines the party at Pier 97. 2019-worldpride-stone wall50.nycpride.org

NYC Pride March

June 30

The annual demonstration of pride kicks off at noon on Fifth Ave. at 26th St. 2019-worldpride-stonewall50.nycpride.org

A seminal 1987 poster goes on the Block.

Closing Ceremony

June 30

WorldPride ends with a bang in Times Square. 2019-worldpride-stone wall50.nycpride.org