Mattachine Steps

Mattachine Steps
Mattachine Steps
	The steps in 2017
Location	Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
	Mattachine Steps
	Coordinates: 34°05′42″N 118°15′39″W / 34.0951°N 118.2608°W
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The Mattachine Steps, also known as the Cove Avenue stairway, is an outdoor staircase in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, in the U.S. state of California, dedicated to the Mattachine Society in 2012 in memory of Harry Hay, who cofounded the gay rights group.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The stairs are on the hillside where Hay founded the Society on November 11, 1950.

The stairs are not painted and the historical plaque with the Mattachine Society’s history was removed.^[5]

There are 52 historic public stairways in Silver Lake.^[6]

References

^ Victor Salvo. "Harry Hay". Legacy Project Chicago. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
^ "Gay History: Silver Lake steps dedicated to pioneering Los Angeles gay rights group Mattachine Society". Out in the 562. 2014-03-21. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
^ "How Steps in Silver Lake Honor LA's LGBT Movement". Curbed LA. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
^ Brook, Vincent (2013-01-22). Land of Smoke and Mirrors: A Cultural History of Los Angeles. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813554587. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
^ "The Steepest Ways to Climb to the Top in Los Angeles". Governing. 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2025-03-31.
^ Smith, Kristina (2021-08-01). "Adopt a Stair Program". SilverLakeNC. Retrieved 2025-03-31.

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[1] Victor Salvo. "Harry Hay". Legacy Project Chicago. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-04-29.

[2] "Gay History: Silver Lake steps dedicated to pioneering Los Angeles gay rights group Mattachine Society". Out in the 562. 2014-03-21. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.

[3] "How Steps in Silver Lake Honor LA's LGBT Movement". Curbed LA. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.

[4] Brook, Vincent (2013-01-22). Land of Smoke and Mirrors: A Cultural History of Los Angeles. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813554587. Archived from the original on 2021-02-17. Retrieved 2018-06-17.

[5] "The Steepest Ways to Climb to the Top in Los Angeles". Governing. 2023-04-26. Retrieved 2025-03-31.

[6] Smith, Kristina (2021-08-01). "Adopt a Stair Program". SilverLakeNC. Retrieved 2025-03-31.

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v t e LGBTQ monuments and memorials
Australia	Sydney Gay and Lesbian Holocaust Memorial (Sydney)
Europe	Alan Turing Memorial (Manchester) Frankfurter Engel (Frankfurt) Homomonument (Amsterdam) Memorial to gay and lesbian victims of National Socialism (Cologne) Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism (Berlin) Tęcza (Warsaw)
North America	California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial (Cathedral City) Gay Liberation Monument (New York City) Harvey Milk Plaza (San Francisco) Legacy Walk (Chicago, Illinois) LGBTQ2+ National Monument (Ottawa) Mattachine Steps (Los Angeles) Pink Dolphin Monument (Galveston, Texas) Pink Triangle Park (San Francisco) Statue of Alexander Wood (Toronto) Stonewall National Monument (New York City) Transgender Memorial Garden (St. Louis)
South America	Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual (Montevideo)

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