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#GAY BAR BALTIMORE FREE#
The GLCCB (now The Pride Center of Maryland) archives are at the University of Baltimore and there is microfilm of local LGBTQ+ newspapers at the Enoch Pratt Free Library. For those interested in doing their own research, there are several important collections in Maryland. Additionally, if you have documents or physical items that you would like to donate the Maryland Historical Society has an LGBTQ+ collection as do many local libraries and archives. Individuals can create accounts on HistoryPin in order to add content to existing sites or add sites of their own. Preservation Maryland’s collection and project is collaborative. From the home of Salisbury’s first gay mayor to a historic manor house that was the site of an AIDS hospice, to the filming locations from John Waters’ Hairspray, the list is varied and hopefully helps people understand more about how LGBTQ+ history and heritage fit into the physical spaces around them. This collection has just shy of 300 items reflecting the places where LGBTQ+ people lived, gathered, and advocated for themselves and each other. The pins on the map are sourced from a researched spreadsheet of sites associated with LGBTQ+ people and communities in Maryland that span the 17th century to the present. The LGBTQ+ Maryland collection is available on the National Park Service’s LGBTQ+ America map hosted on HistoryPin.
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Screenshot of the LGBTQ+ Maryland collection on HistoryPin, 2019.
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Crowdsourcing and Mapping LGBTQ History in Maryland The context study was funded in part by the Maryland Historical Trust’s Historic Preservation Non-Capital Grant Program as well as Preservation Maryland’s Waxter Memorial Internship Program and the Heritage Fund, a cooperative effort of Preservation Maryland and the Maryland Historical Trust. The 100-page document and property database of nearly 400 sites important to LGBTQ+ life in each of Maryland’s counties are now part of the historic record – and is being abridged for a forthcoming illustrated booklet and resource guide. Maryland is only the second state to conduct such comprehensive LGBTQ+ history Kentucky being the first. The Context Study is a milestone in Preservation Maryland’s multi-year commitment to LGBTQ+ heritage visibility and diversification of the historic record. The report illuminates Maryland LGBTQ+ history in rural, suburban, and urban locations, including sites associated with non-binary historical figures, leading “out” elected officials, strong community groups and popular gay bars, advocacy for AIDS treatment and marriage equality, and many other important sites. The 100-page document and property database of nearly 400 sites important to LGBTQ+ life in each of Maryland’s counties are now part of the historic record. Leon’s, 870 Park Ave in Baltimore Maryland is the oldest continually operating gay bar in Baltimore it has been a gay bar since 1957. The Baltimore Gay Alliance was the city’s first Gay and Lesbian (later LGBTQ+) activist and service group founded in 1975.