Join the DC History Center and historian José Gutierrez for a walking tour of Adams Morgan's Latinx LGBTQ+ history.

Before hitting the DC streets for a weekend of Pride festivities including the annual parade and festival, learn the LGBTQ+ Latinx history of popular nightlife spots in one of DC's most iconic neighborhoods: Adams Morgan. This is a bilingual walking tour, led by historian José Gutierrez. Party smarter this Pride by honoring the people and places who preserved, celebrated, and kept LGBTQ+ DC alive and thriving. Join us Thursday, June 6 at 7 pm for our walk, starting in Adams Morgan and ending in Columbia Heights, including information about:

Salud Inc. one of the first DC Latino HIV/AIDS organizations
El Faro the first DC Latinx LGBTQ bar
bar Noa Noa
Restaurant Perry’s
Restaurant El Migueleno
Churreria Madrid
and more!

Why this tour?

The DC History Center facilitates the Latino/a/x Advisory Group (LAG) comprised of community members, scholars, artists, activists, and educators who represent a myriad of DC’s Latino/a/x communities. The LAG is intentionally crafted to bring together diverse perspectives from a wide range of national, gender, sexual orientation, and multi-generational identities to disrupt patterns of cultural extraction and monolithic narratives. The LAG informs and influences the DC History Center’s incorporation of local Latino/a/x community histories in programs, education, exhibits, research, and scholarship. José Gutierrez is a founding member of the group.

THE DETAILS

TICKETS: It's important to us that anyone who wants to attend this program can do so and that ticket cost is not a barrier to participation. Tickets are priced from $10-50. Please pay what you can. Recommendations are on the ticketing page. Revenue is split with our tour guide. Email us at programs@dchistory.org if cost is still a barrier to you.
RESERVATIONS: Required and limited to 15 participants.
LOCATION: Meet at Starbucks of the corner of Columbia Rd and 18th St. NW. We end at the Columbia Height metro station.
DURATION: Approximately 60-90 minutes.

ACCESSIBILITY

Please note that this tour covers about seven blocks of city sidewalks from Adams Morgan to Columbia Heights. If you require accommodations for a disability, please email the DC History Center at programs@dchistory.org with your request as possible. We are committed to making events accessible for all participants.

TOUR GUIDE

José Gutierrez is a member of the Latino Advisory Group of the DC History Center, co-founder of the Rainbow History Project, founder of the Jose Gutierrez Archives and the Latino GLBT History Project.

phtos of tou guide Jose Gutierrez with a yellow background

DC History Center programs are supported by Events DC and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.