Baltimore City Historical Society & Baltimore Heritage look at Gay City History in June

The final Baltimore History Evening of the 2013 season looks at gay history.

Baltimore City Historical Society and Village Learning Place sponsor the last history evening of this season 7:00 pm Thursday June 20 at 2521 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 with a presentation by John Wood, McDonogh School teacher.

He will discuss "The Baltimore Gay Community: The Early Years."

Dr. Wood examines the connection between creating community and fighting for civil rights in the Baltimore GLBT community from 1975 to the passage of Baltimore’s “Gay Rights Bill”.  

The period saw the growth of pride in gay and lesbian identity, tensions between gay men and lesbians, the impact of AIDS, and the professionalization of the rights campaign during the 1980s. 

Jody Landers, City Council member at the time the bill passed, will be on hand to describe the impact that negative opposition testimony during the bill’s hearing had upon his vote.

For information about this and other BCHS activities and events, including an upcoming environmental history series, visit www.historicbaltimore.org 

Two days later, Baltimore Heritage resteps last years GLBT walking tour from 10am to 12pm on Saturday June 22, 2013.

To register go to www.baltimoreheritage.org or

https://www.facebook.com/events/371401909626229/ 

Over forty years ago, members of Baltimore's gay and lesbian network launched a concerted effort to organize and build a more open community. Many of these early leaders lived in Charles Village and the projects they spearheaded happened in this central Baltimore  neighborhood.  

Join LGBT leaders Richard Oloizia and Louis Hughes, and a number of other luminaries in the LGBT community, on a tour through Charles Village to learn about the early organizing campaigns and the people  behind them.