The history of the LGBTQ movement in Ithaca may have been lost forever, had it not been for the efforts of a small team of IC students, staff, and an alumna who created a self-guided walking tour.

The “Ithaca LGBTQ History Walking Tour,” available on the PocketSights app, documents accounts from local residents and includes 32 landmarks, many of which are on South Hill. For instance, a conference held by the Quakers on campus in 1972 led to one of the first statements on the bisexual movement in the country, now known as the “Ithaca Statement on Bisexuality.”

Luca Maurer, director of the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach and Services, worked with Rachel Steinmetz ’19, Cal Goodin ’19, Gianna Caputo ’19, and Rachel Kreidberg ’18 to make the tour a reality.