49. Queering Capitol Hill

Queering Capitol Hill

Tour description:
For more than 70 years, Capitol Hill has been a social and residential center for Washington’s LGBTQ+ community, with bars and clubs, youth services and innovative women’s businesses. This tour will explore the impact of radical lesbian separatists, First Amendment fights, the underpinning of LGBTQ+ religious organizations, and interactions with Marines and the Marine Barracks, among other stories.

Tour Guide: Philip Clark; Writer and Historian

Ward: 6

Tour Information:

· Tour Starting Location:

Eastern Market Metro Station

701 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20003

Meet on the plaza at the Eastern Market metro station.

· Closest Metro or Bus Line: Eastern Market

· Tour Ending Location: Mr. Henry's, 601 Pennsylvania Ave SE

· Tour Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

· Tour Distance: 1 mile(s)

· Fitness Level: Low Level (intensity of slow walking, flat terrain)

· Audio Enhancer: No

· ASL: No

· Wheelchair Accessible: Yes

· Stroller Accessible: Yes

Host or Publisher Events DC