Mapping, Documenting, and Highlighting LGBTQ+ History in Maryland
Preservation Maryland has been leading a statewide effort to research and preserve LGBTQ+ history in the Old Line State for several years, and the project outcomes and resources are available here online.
![The Baltimore Gay Alliance was the city’s first Gay and Lesbian (later LGBTQ+) activist and service group founded in 1975.](https://i0.wp.com/preservationmaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/baltimore-gay-alliance.jpeg?resize=800%2C542&ssl=1)
The Baltimore Gay Alliance was the city’s first Gay and Lesbian (later LGBTQ+) activist and service group founded in 1975.
![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.](https://i0.wp.com/preservationmaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-03-at-9.35.40-AM.png?resize=1024%2C811&ssl=1)
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.
Maryland’s LGBTQ+ Historic Context Study
The 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. 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 Context Study is a milestone in Preservation Maryland’s multi-year commitment to LGBTQ+ heritage visibility and diversification of the historic record.
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