6. Stonewall Inn

Site of the 1969 riots, Stonewall Inn has remained a place of solace for LGBTQ+ people in the city, and even hosted a surprise concert from Taylor.
Site of the 1969 riots, Stonewall Inn has remained a place of solace for LGBTQ+ people in the city, and even hosted a surprise concert from Taylor.

Taylor Swift, a known advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, made a surprise appearance at Stonewall in 2019, the 50th anniversary of the riots. There Swift performed the iconic track from her 1989 album, “Shake It Off.” In the same month, June 2019, Swift released the single “You Need to Calm Down.” The pride anthem includes overt lyrics like “Shade never made anybody less gay” and “Why are you mad when you could be GLAAD?”