Following is a list of LGBT monuments and memorials:
Americas
Brazil
My Heart Beats Like Yours, Sculpture in Praça da República, 2018, São Paulo
Canada
Cherry Trees at Devonian Harbour Park, Vancouver; planted in 1985 and solemnized in 2019 with a plaque acknowledging them as one of the earliest AIDS memorials in the world[1]
Matthew Shepard Human Rights Triangle, Crescent Heights Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood; named for Matthew Shepard, and dedicated in April 1999[8]
Penny Campbell Historical Marker, 1600 McEwen Avenue, Nashville; named in honor of LGBT activist, dedicated in December 2017[13]
The Jungle and Juanita's Historical Marker, Seventh Avenue and Commerce Street, Nashville; in honor of two bars popular with gay men in the 1960s-1980s, raided by the police in 1963; dedicated in December 2018[14]
A commemorative plaque, situated rue Montorgueil in Paris, pays tribute to the couple Jean Diot and Bruno Lenoir; the two men were the last persons executed in France as punishment for homosexuality in 1750[20]
^Alex Migdal, "This cherry tree site is the first-known AIDS memorial in Vancouver". CBC News British Columbia, July 30, 2019.
^Robin Perelle, "A year in review 2016: New plaza and memorial help reclaim Vancouver’s gay village". Xtra!, December 16, 2016.
^Blair Crawford (January 23, 2020). "LGBTQ2+ memorial to be built near Library and Archives Canada". Ottawa Citizen.
^Yves Lafontaine, "Le nouveau parc de l’Espoir : plus vaste, plus vert et plus accessible". Fugues, August 17, 2021.
^Shaun Proulx (May 21, 2005). "Tall, bronzed man moves to gay village". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
^Chiland, Elijah (June 1, 2016). "How a Silver Lake Staircase Came to be a Monument to LA's Gay Rights Movement". Curbed. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
^Ocamb, Karen (January 28, 2017). "Gay author, historian Stuart Timmons dead at 60". Los Angeles Pride. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
^"City renames parkway for Mathew Shepard". The Los Angeles Times: Westside Weekly. April 11, 1999. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Monument to LGBT veterans dedicated in Elwood". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
^Smith, Ron; Blau, Reuven (2018-06-24). "LGBT memorial honoring Orlando's Pulse shooting victims unveiled in Hudson River Park". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
^"LGBT Memorial Makes Its Debut Along Hudson River". CBS New York. 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
^"OHIO HISTORICAL MARKER HONORS DAYTON-BORN WRITER: INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS LESBIAN, NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY". Family Equality Council. October 27, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
^Brant, Joseph (December 10, 2017). "Nashville LGBT pioneer Penny Campbell honored with historical marker". Out & About Nashville. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
^"More of Nashville's Gay History to Be Recognized". Out & About Nashville. December 3, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
^Mark Meinke (July 22, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2011-11-22. (22 pages, with 1 figure and 5 photos)
^"Puerto Rico dedicates first LGBT monument". www.washingtonblade.com. 2016-07-06. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
^Brydum, Sunnivie (2016-07-05). "Puerto Rico's First LGBT Monument Honors Orlando Victims". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
^"L'escalier arc-en-ciel " Les marches de la fierté " vandalisé, la mairie de Nantes porte plainte". NEON (in French). 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2020-12-27.
^Emily Dixon (25 June 2019). "Paris names four squares and streets for LGBTQ icons". CNN.
^"Affaire Diot-Lenoir : briser le silence, 250 ans plus tard". L'Humanité. January 10, 2014.
^"EL monumento al gay desconocido". Shangay (in Spanish). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2019.