“Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love"

"Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love:" A LGBTQ+ Audio Tour of Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston highlights the different ways the LGBTQ+ community in Beacon Hill and greater Boston area have lived, thrived, and fought for their rights.

As of February 2025, the original “Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love:" An LGBTQ+ Audio Tour of Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston is no longer available on the National Park Service website.

Work created by government employees in the course of their official duties is public domain and belongs to the American people. While recent Executive Orders may attempt to sanitize or obscure aspects of our shared history, The History Project is committed to preserving and sharing queer and trans narratives. We will not allow our community to be erased.

Read our full statement on protecting and sharing LGBTQ+ history here: There is no Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual History without the Transgender Community.

We now invite you to experience "Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love:" An LGBTQ+ Audio Tour of Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston—a tribute to the lives, loves, struggles, and resilience of our community.