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PREVIOUS LGBT TOUR CLIENTS
Pace University Bucknell University Colorado State University LeGaL- LGBT Bar Association GALIP- American Planning Association NYLAG- New York Legal Assistance Group Seton Hall University School of Law Lambda Law Alliance Suffolk Community College Hispanic Aids Forum- Summer 2013 Roy Lamberty's Group Several Private Family Tours Featured on: Canadian Broadcasting Company - 2013 Logo's "Just Josh" Program - 2013   Stonewall Inn This is a popular Tour for classes, small groups, couples or tourists visiting NYC. $250 per 1.5 Hour Experience Maximum: 25 people per Tour  Infotrue@yahoo.com  Great Experience for a family to share together. Walking Tour can be conducted as an indoor lecture. |
Walk down Christopher Street with someone who was there in the 1970's while learning our history through his experiences. This Walking Tour will discuss our LGBT history from the personal perspective of someone who started coming out at the age of 13 in 1965. We will focus on the period after World War II up until the Stonewall Riots in 1969; and then the legal challenges thereafter exploring our struggle towards full equality. In addition to the events that occurred, you will also learn about how the legal profession fought to permit the LGBT community to end Sodomy and Cross Dressing laws, become non-profit organizations, legal defense funds, congregate in bars, use the names lesbian and gay in corporations, etc. The legal struggle started way before Marriage Equality or Don't Ask-Don't Tell. 
This hour and a half Tour starts at Christopher Street Park at Sheridan Square (across from the Stonewall Bar) and usually ends at the Christopher Street piers at the Hudson River for a discussion or picnic or visit to a local gay bar. In addition to learning our history, Rick will walk down Christopher Street turning back the hands of time showing what it was like to live during the "Sexual Liberation Movement". Daytime tours, early evening weekday tour (6 -7:30 pm) and weekend tours are available.
 
Rick Landman, your Tour Guide, founded the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) at the University of Buffalo in the "second wave of the GLF" 1970, marched in the first Gay Pride March up 6th Avenue in NYC in June 1970, participated in the First Statewide March on Albany for Gay Rights in 1971, was the one of the organizers of the First March on Washington For Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1979, was part of the CLGR (Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights) Family Diversity Taskforce that drafted NYC's first Domestic Partnership Law, and is currently the Lead Attorney at the LGBT Bar Association Walk-In Clinic for the LeGaL Foundation.  2013 Tour of students from Suffolk Community College LGBT-RELATED COURT CASES from the 1960-70's that affected our Movement, CLICK HERE. |
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LGBT LEGAL HISTORY TOUR
Learn how LGBT lawyers influenced the LGBT Movement... from someone who was there! We will not only discuss the early years of the LGBT Movement, but will specifically explore its legal history. Monday, JUNE 11, 2012 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm There was a Happy Hour at a local bar after the Talk & Walk!  LGBT Bar Association 2012 The Tour began at Christopher Street Park (Sheridan Square) and ended by the waterfront near the pier at the end of Christopher Street. This is a great way to socialize with other attorneys and learn how life was for the LGBT community (1945-present) in a new way.
"LeGaL- the LGBT Bar Association" LeGaL was one of the nation's first bar associations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) legal community and remains one of the largest and most active organizations of its kind in the country. Serving the New York metropolitan area, LeGaL is dedicated to promoting the expertise and advancement of LGBT legal professionals while serving the larger community.  Professor Art Leonard, one of the pioneers of the LGBT Legal community is expected to join us and enrich our discussions.  Richard Landman, AICP, Attorney Emeritus, Licensed Sightseeing Tour Guide, has 3 Masters Degrees and a JD from New York Law School. He is the Lead Attorney at the LeGaL Walk-In Clinic at the LGBT Community Center. He was the Director of Real Estate Development, (in-house land use attorney) at NYU for almost 20 years and an adjunct professor of Land Use Law at NYU's Wagner School for 7 years. Currently he teaches a Land Use Law class at New York Law School and gives Walking Tours on various topics. He also volunteers at Housing Court once a week and is a court appointed guardian ad litem for the elderly with housing issues. He was the chair of Community Board#1- Manhattan's Landmark Committee, Tribeca Committee and Planning and Infrastructure Committee over the years. Earlier in his career he was the Executive Director of Real Estate Development for the City of New York's Division of Real Property. TO READ SOME OF THE MAJOR LGBT-RELATED COURT CASES from the 1960-70's that affected our Movement.
THEN THIS "TALK & WALK" IS FOR YOU!
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American Planning Association -APA & Gays and Lesbians in Planning-GALIP Sponsor "THE CREATION OF A NEIGHBHORHOOD WITH THE HELP FROM ADULT USES TOUR" Open to all APA Members  AICP Continuing Education CM CREDIT HAS BEEN APPROVED for this event. LECTURE THEMES: Zoning Issues:  2011 Tour of GALIP on the APA Tour The New York Metro Chapter's autumn series of walking tours - five in total, conducted by Mr. Richard Landman, AICP, Attorney Emeritus - include lectures given as the participants walk through the various neighborhoods where the subject matter occurred. Instead of viewing photos or slides, participants are invited to take-in the entire scene to see all of the surrounding contextual aspects that influence the subject, with particular attention to the impacts on, and lessons for urban planning. This walking tour, is a CM offering being done in partnership with the APA National GALIP Division. * Richard Landman is a New York City licensed tour guide with three masters degrees and a JD from New York Law School. Richard was the Director of Real Estate Development (in-house land use attorney), at New York University for almost 20 years and an adjunct professor of Land Use Law at NYU's Wagner School for seven years. Currently, he teaches a land use law class at New York Law School and gives walking tours on various topics. He also volunteers at Housing Court once per week and is a court appointed guardian ad litem for the elderly with housing issues. Richard was the chair of Community Board #1 - Manhattan's Landmark Committee, Tribeca Committee and Planning and Infrastructure Committee over the years. Earlier in his career, he was the Executive Director of Real Estate Development for the City of New York's Division of Real Property.  ** The Gays & Lesbians in Planning (GALIP) Division of APA is a forum for the exchange of ideas and information of interest to gays, lesbians, and friends in the planning profession. GALIP addresses planning topics and issues that relate to the gay and lesbian community by providing a forum for exchanging ideas and information. The division provides a professional network for planners who are division members and a mechanism that allows friends of the division and the gay and lesbian community to support GALIP's mission. GALIP was created as a formal APA division in 1998 at the APA National Planning Conference in Boston. GALIP has been an informal network since 1992 when GALIP met for the first time at the national conference in Washington, D.C.
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ABOUT THE TOUR GUIDE
The Standard Rate for this Tour (usually for up to 25 persons) is $250. Each Tour is approximately one and a half hours long. Cash, Travelers Checks, College checks, or NYS checks are acceptable forms of payment. INSURANCE Clients assume all liability and risks during the walks. Please be vigilant when crossing the streets. LANGUAGES The tours are given in English or German (Deutsch). CANCELLATIONS Should the tour guide cancel the tour, then a total refund of any deposit will be given and no fee will be charged for the tour. No consequential damages will be offered. This includes terrible weather conditions. You must give at least 24 hours notice if you want a refund. RESERVATIONS To make a reservation, please click the email icon below and supply the following in the email. Make sure that you get a written confirmation from me before considering the reservation confirmed:
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The tour will start in front of where the Stonewall Riots of 1969 began in Christopher Street Park at 7th Avenue. Here is a photo of what it looked like in 1969. |
 Photo of one of scenes over the last weekend in June 1969 at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Christopher Street. |
 This is the corner billboard which used to demand Gay Rights Now! |
This is a photo back from the days of the battle for Gay Rights in New York City. |
 The Stonewall Bar (and Nail Shop which was part of the bar back then). |
 You will hear the discussion of how these statues came to be and how they came to be placed in this location. You will also hear about the model for one of these statues. His name was David and he was a friend of the tour guide. |
 The current location of the Monster which used to be a restaurant with belly dancers. |
 Corner where the Gay Independent Democrats (GID and now GLID) had tables to register people to vote. |
 Location of the former VD Clinic. |
 Hear the story of how the Bailey House (Residences for People with AIDS)real estate deal came to be. |
 Location of the Tiffany Diner, which used to be at this corner in the 1970's until a few years ago. It was the late night hang out for everyone. |
 The main pier during the 1970's was not where it is today. The remant of the former piers a bit further south, was the main crusing pier until the Hudson River Park renovated the area. The S.S. John Bowne ship was moored to this pier at the time. The ship was part of the Food and Maritime High School on West 13th Street which would become the LGBT Community Center in the 1980's. |
 Even though the Catholic Church was not gay friendly, this Church was friendly during the days of the AIDS epidemic. |
 This is the site of the International Stud which Harvey Fierstein made famous in his Torch Song Trilogy. |
 This is the home of the author and director of the movie Outrageous with Craig Russel. It was a Canadian film about a drag queen in the 1970's. It was the home of Bruce Calnan and Dick Brennen. |
 This is the site of where the Village Voice (when it was the paper of record for young and outsider people) was located. It then was a burger place for a few years when the Village Voice moved to the East Village. |
 Weehawken Street was so overpopulated with drinkers from the West Side Highway bars (Ramrod, Sneakers, Badlands, etc.) that many people used to relieve themselves in Weehawken Street up against the wall of these buildings. |
 The most hip retail store at the time was All American Boy and this was the location. You could get your 501 jeans here as well as your handkerchef of any color. |
 This is what the Anvil looked like then. You will hear many stories about what went on there. |
 This is the location of the Anvil today. |
