AIA and SOHO Celebrate LGBTQ Month

AIA and SOHO Celebrate LGBTQ Month
July/August 2021

Photo of the Truax House, 2513-15 Union Street, San Diego, before rehabilitation.

Truax House, 2513-15 Union Street, San Diego, before rehabilitation. Courtesy California Historical Resources Inventory Database

June is Pride Month, and in celebration SOHO is pleased to collaborate with the American Institute of Architects San Diego (AIASD) by highlighting five pivotal historical resources within the LGBTQ community. While only the Truax House, an early sanctuary for AIDS patients, is a designated historical resource, all of these buildings played an important role in the local LGBTQ civil rights movement. Among the others are Diversionary Theatre and the Brass Rail bar.

"These places provide a physical connection with this civil rights struggle and allow people to travel to a specific place in time that is not possible to get from just reading about it. SOHO strives to show the layered historic and cultural importance of LGBTQ places by bringing these important stories into the cultural narrative through protecting and preserving the physical sites that tell these stories best." Bruce Coons, SOHO's executive director, said.

The LGBTQ celebration also includes programs and discussions. Find info HERE.

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