Annapolis Pride

Ecumenical Pride Worship Service
2024-04-16 20:00 (America/New_York) | MD
Join the Anne Arundel Affirming Alliance of churches for an Ecumenical Worship service at Eastport United Methodist Church. The Preacher will be Rev. Mi-Hee Kim-Kort of First Presbyterian Church, Annapolis, and the Annapolis Pride Advisory Committee. We’ll have singing, rainbow cookies and Fresca, a beautiful children’s message, and more.
Contact Rev. Chris Broadwell of Eastport United Methodist Church (and former Annapolis Pride Board Member) for questions.

Pride on the Pier
2024-04-19 20:00
Join Annapolis Pride and Bread and Butter Kitchen for Pride on the Pier. Enjoy the beautiful waterfront in Eastport while listening to a DJ, sipping drinks, and gnoshing on bites provided by Bread and Butter Kitchen.
Bring your friends and reminisce about the 2025 Parade and Festival in a chill atmosphere with summer breezes.
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door ( plus fees) and are available for purchase here. Food and soft drinks are included, and alcohol will be available for purchase.
The Menu (included in your ticket):
◦ Savory cannoli with goat cheese and roasted strawberries
◦Crab Balls GF
◦Caprese Skewers
◦Falafel Skewers
◦Roast beef sliders
◦Fruit skewers
◦Rainbow cake
◦Cake pop
This annual event is a fundraiser for Annapolis Pride, and we are grateful for Bread and Butter Kitchen’s donations of food and soft drinks. Bring your friends and reminisce about the 2025 Parade and Festival in a chill atmosphere with summer breezes.
This event is for those 21+ years old.

Annapolis Bike Party Pride Ride
2024-04-19 20:00
Join us for a Pride Bike ride on June 28, 2024. The ride starts from Acton Cove at 7:30pm. Wheels up at 8pm. Finish by ~9:15pm.

From Twilight into Sunshine: LGBTQ+ History in Maryland
2024-05-02 20:00
For as long as there has been a place called Maryland, there have been people whom we would today see as fitting within the LGBTQ+ community.
As cities grew in the 19th century, newspapers began to offer tantalizing clues that all was not straight and narrow and that LGBTQ+ people were becoming more visible, finding each other, and building communities.
Join Enoch Pratt Free Library Librarians and Baltimore Heritage LGBTQ+ History Walking Tour Guides as we present the fascinating and fabulous history of our community going all the way back to the 1830s: from trans sailors to lesbian philanthropists, from the West Baltimore drag balls of the Jazz era to the repression and bar raids of the 1950s and 1960s, and ultimately to the 1970s and beyond, when activists formed Baltimore’s earliest organizations championing LGBTQ+ rights.

Rainbow Storytime
2024-05-08 20:00
Families of all kinds are invited for stories and songs of diversity, love and friendship.

Share Your Story with Pride: Art Show Reception
2024-05-09 20:00
Join us for the opening celebrations of our Pride Art Show with contributions made from customers, community, and staff.
Information for how you can submit artwork can be found here, or by calling the Odenton Library at (410) 222-6277.

Finley Hines
2024-05-14 20:00
Singing guitar and ukulele songs.

Library Lock-In: Pride Night
2024-05-15 20:00
Teens are invited to enjoy a low key night of crafts, snacks, video games, and more! Bring your friends or make new ones at this after-hours program just for teens! Registration for this event will be open from May 31, 2024 @ 10:00am to June 14, 2024 @ 5:30pm. Allowed Ages: 11 to 17

Annapolis: In My Lifetime an Annapolis Pride Documentary Premiere
2024-05-16 20:00
Join us for the theatrical premiere of a 45-minute documentary by Erica Jaros about the first Annapolis Pride Parade! The film will be shown in Theater 1 at the Landmark Theater at Harbour Center here in Annapolis on May 29. A showing at 7 p.m. will be followed by a Question-and-Answer session with Annapolis Pride founder Jeremy Browning and a current member of the Annapolis Pride board. There will be a second showing at 9 p.m.

The theater holds 100 people, so get your tickets now!

The First Pride was a Riot: The Enduring Legacy of Stonewall
2024-05-16 20:00
Saundra Mitchell, acclaimed editor of the LGBTQIA+ anthology series All Out, Out Now, Out There, and author of the award-winning Shadowed Summer and All The Things We Do in the Dark, presents “The First Pride was a Riot: The Enduring Legacy of Stonewall.”
This program presents an informal history of the Stonewall Uprisings and how they form the basis for today’s Pride Parades and Festivals, but also remain a call to arms for LGBTQIA+ people and their allies to stand up and demand equality for all under the law.

Pre Pride Parade Prep at the Arts Hub
2024-05-21 20:00
Help us kick off Annapolis Arts Week AND Annapolis Pride!
Stop by the Annapolis Arts HUB and get ready with us!
We’ll have lots of fun accessories for you to get into the Pride spirit before the parade and festival. Add some colorful tattoos, gemstones and body paint to your wardrobe and celebrate this wonderful day with us!
All ages are welcome!

Speak your Truth
2024-06-10 20:00
SYT is back for an 8th year of stopping the stigma of mental illness through words & art. We’ll again have live performances with “Speakers” of all varities (e.g., poets, singers, comics, etc.). Click for more info on being a “Speaker.”
New this year is a deluxe, large vendor space with dedicated hours before the performance, making it conducive for more artists/advocates to set up & connect with attendees. Click for more info on being a vendor.
Like before, we’ll be live streaming the performances on YouTube. There will again be an accompanying video of “Speakers” from across the world who submit their work. Click for more info on video submissions.
SYT is a great event for people who…
-appreciate the arts & want exposure to a wide range of local, passioned artists
-are struggling with mental illness & want to connect with others and/or express their battles in a supportive space
-aren’t familiar with mental illness & want a better understanding or find ways to help

Lunch & Learn: Unearthing, Preserving, and Promoting LGBTQ+ History in Maryland
2024-07-02 20:00
An 1870s lesbian gunslinger. Extravagant 1930s drag balls. Mass protests of the 1980s and 1990s. All are a part of our story.
In 2018, Preservation Maryland engaged in a project to create the first comprehensive study of LGBTQ+ history and historic preservation across Maryland. In conducting the research for this project, Ben Egerman was able to identify a wide array of places associated with LGBTQ+ history and create a number of resources to help those interested in the subject learn more about our communities’ rich and vibrant history in the state.
Since then, he has presented with another librarian and community elders on the subject of local LGBTQ+ history to audiences across the state, as well as working with students, artists, and academics to promote and build awareness of Maryland’s LGBTQ+ past.
This talk will discuss these projects, what they tell us about Maryland’s history, and some of the difficulties in doing research in this area–all punctuated by amazing and eye-opening stories of LGBTQ+ people and life in the state stretching back nearly 200 years.
Ben Egerman (he/him) is a public librarian and researcher living in Baltimore. His work with Preservation Maryland on the Maryland LGBTQ Historic Context Study yielded a preliminary list of over 300 extant sites related to LGBTQ+ history in the state, and has been recognized by the American Historical Association’s Committee on LGBT History, who awarded the project the Allan Berube Prize for community history in early 2024. He has worked with a fellow librarian and two community elders to bring various stories from Maryland’s LGBTQ+ past to audiences in libraries across the state. He aims for his work to lie at the intersection of community building, advocacy, and public history.
ASL interpretation will be available for attendees.
Presented in partnership with The Maryland State Archives and The Maryland Four Centuries Project.

Registration not required, but encouraged. Please register for the event here.

Military & Veteran Drag Show for Suicide Prevention
2024-09-09 20:00
Join Veteran Pride Suicide Prevention for a free drag show (use QR code, but donations are welcome)! Doors open at 5 PM and the show starts at 6 PM. September is suicide prevention month and let’s support our veterans.

Transgender Name Change Event
2024-09-09 20:00
Annapolis Pride Board Member Valerie Anias, Esq. will offer the services of her firm, A Team Family Law, LLC, to assist members of the Transgender community in filing the paperwork needed for a name change in the state of Maryland. This is a free event to help you navigate the process for getting your name changed.

Glamityville Horror Burlesque and Variety Show
2024-09-22 20:00
Tippitywitchet Productions has gathered a group of ghouls to do the Monster Mash and Graveyard Smash! Join us at ArtFarm Annapolis for a night of glamourous and ghoulish burlesque and variety, featuring the fiendish talents of:
Catlessi
Eboni X Pyre
Glitter Macabre
Hannibal Lickher
KimBurly
London St. Juniper
Luna Rei
Maggie McMuffin as Tiffani with 2 I’s
Mary Cyn
Morticia Atoms
Doors open at 7pm for drinks an unique shopping opportunities offered by Hannibal Lickher, Catlessi, and Glitter Macabre, and the show starts at 8pm.
VIP with reserved seats in the first two rows: $30
Advance Purchase GA $20
Door Tickets $25

Outside -- Quarterly Dance Party!
2024-09-23 20:00
Mark your calendar and for an unforgettable night of music, dancing, and fun at Outside for people 16+!
Get your tickets now because space is limited!
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Big tunes | Beautiful space | House party vibes
Outside is a quarterly dance party from Darin Michelle and davOmakesbeats
Hip-hop, house, club, techno sounds from DJ Face and davOmakesbeats
Date: Friday, October 4, 2024, 8p-12a
Location: AND Creative studio: 1851 McGuckian Street #Suite B Annapolis, MD 21401
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/outside-tickets-1015328263167?aff=oddtdtcreator
Very LGBTQ+ friendly, 16+
space is limited – tickets encouraged

LGBTQIA+ Halloween Dance Party
2024-10-07 20:00
Join a Halloween-themed dance party at Tsunami on October 26 in the tradition of the Tsunami “family night” of old! Come dressed in costume (or not) and dance to music provided by DJ FO4. It will be a great time when the LGBTQIA+ family over over 21 years old gets together!

LGBTQIA+ drop-in grief support group
2024-10-08 20:00
This group provides grieving LGBTQIA+ adults (18+) the opportunity to
come together to feel supported in their grief. Group allows participants to
share their feelings, obtain support from a Chesapeake Life Center team
member as well as from each other, and participate in activities designed to
provide assistance with the grief process.

Out Joy!
2024-10-08 20:00
Celebrate National Coming Out Day with fellowship, food, and song, and hear from Queer folx about their journeys and their living into their being fearfully and wonderfully made in God!

A Nostalgic Burlesque and Variety Show
2024-11-17 19:00
Tippitywitchet Productions, an Annapolis queer-founded nonprofit, is wrapping 2024 with a celebration of nostalgia, from cartoons and music, to favorite holiday traditions.
The timelessly amazing Callie Pigeon is ready to lead you on a trip down a memory lane of books, movies, and that thing you totally used to love and can’t believe you forgot about until now.
Log on with Tricia McMillan
Read with Salem Sirene
Take a trip to the movies with Bearcat Betty and Lady Bladie
Groove with Orion St. Michael
Tune in to the boob tube with Kalypso Kraken and Melrose Moon
Live your best life with Betty Rumble
And celebrate some holidays with Sally Stardust and Luna Rei
Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm.
VIP with reserved seats in the first two rows: $30
Advance Purchase GA $20
Door Tickets $25
Purchase Tickets: https://www.marylandburlesque.com/events/like-the-one-i-used-to-know

Double Date Burlesque and Variety Show
2025-01-05 19:00
The third annual Double Date is coming back to ArtFarm Annapolis on Saturday, February 8. Come delight in burlesque and variety so enchanting you have to see it twice.
Hosted by London St. Juniper and Wayne Manners, and featuring:
Coco Gateaux and Yatty Matty
Delilah Dentata and Orion St. Michael
Luna Rei and Miss Leo Dymond
Pretty Rik E and Cicada the Clown
Rat Aghast the Babe and Thrill Nigh
Doors are at 7pm for drinks and shopping, and the show starts at 8pm.
First row seats: $40
Second row seats: $30
Advance GA: $20
Door tickets: $25
https://www.marylandburlesque.com/events/double-date

Monthly EQUAAC Happy Hour
2025-02-11 19:00
New location for Equality Anne Arundel County Happy Hour.
We meet for Happy Hour the third Friday of every month at Toast the 21st. Stop by and meet the locals for a drink and food provided by Bread and Butter Kitchen!
Toast the 21st is the blue door behind General’s liquor store.

Mountain Road Adventurer's Guild
2025-02-11 19:00
Program Type: Games, LGBTQIA+ Interest

Audience: Teens (Ages 11+)

The five kingdoms are on the brink of war, the realm is in chaos, and Dame Peritchkova’s Academy of Speechcraft and Calligraphy is closed for the foreseeable future as the Dame themself has left for battle – leaving you without a graduation gala! As if that wasn’t enough, the saboteur you’ve been chasing for the past several months has turned out to be Andrea, your best friend’s betrothed, and the evidence is ironclad that they are responsible for the chaos and strife unfolding across the continent. But you suspect all is not as it seems with your friend and there is more at work leading Vanda into peril. Guess you’ll just have to prove your friend’s innocence and save Vanda yourself, won’t you?
Join us in an ongoing D&D campaign with an eye to inclusion and queer liberation.
Registration for this event will close on February 20, 2025 @ 5:30pm.
REGISTER HERE: Mountain Road Adventurer’s Guild | Anne Arundel County Public Library

LGBTQ-lue Board Game Brunch
2025-02-11 19:00
Program Type: Games, LGBTQIA+ Interest, Special Events

Audience: All

Event Details

Gather round the table with your fellow Lejebetequa family and friends and let the world’s worries fall away for a couple hours with some games, coffee, and pastries.

Rainbow Story Time
2025-02-11 19:00
Program Type: Kindergarten Readiness, Storytimes, LGBTQIA+ Interest, Special Events

Audience: All

Join us for a Rainbow Storytime celebrating solidarity, community, and building empathy with stories, music, and a fun craft. Don’t miss this joyous story time for the whole family!

Share Your Story With Pride Community Art Project
2025-02-11 19:00
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, LGBTQIA+ Interest, Special Events

Audience: Kids (Ages 6 – 10), Teens (Ages 11+), Adults

Come and create a multimedia masterpiece that will become part of a community art project that will be displayed at the 3rd Annual “Share Your Story With Pride” Art Show this June. For more information, please call the Odenton Library at 410-222-6277.

Anime & Manga Club for Adults!
2025-02-11 19:00
Program Type: Arts & DIY, Books and Writing, Games, LGBTQIA+ Interest, Neurodivergent / Neurodiverse, Special Events

Audience: Adults

Anime/Manga Club
Share in the love of Japanese animation and comics! Come join your fellow Otaku and enjoy anime watching, manga discussions, games, creating, and more! Light snacks provided and cosplay is always welcome!
Disclaimer(s) Food Allergies
We cannot guarantee that food served at library programs has not come into contact with tree nuts, soy, or other allergens.
Alergias Alimentarias: La Biblioteca no puede garantizar que la comida servida en los programas no ha estado en contacto con las nueces de árbol, la soya, u otros alérgenos.

PFlag Annapolis/AACo In-Person LGBTQ+ Adults Support Meeting
2025-02-11 19:00
The Chapter’s LGBTQ+ Adult support group will resume in-person meetings the first Tuesday of each month and a third Tuesday of each month.Where: Unitarian Universalist Church Annapolis: 333 Dubois Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21401Meeting rooms are on ground floor.Enter directly from parking lot through the double-green doors.When: 7:30 to 8:30 pm Eastern TimeContact the Chapter if you have questions at: in*******@************is.org

Black as UR Film Screening
2025-02-13 19:00
In honor of Black History Month, The Pride Center of Maryland, in collaboration with GILEAD Sciences, is proud to present the highly anticipated premiere of Black As UR, an event that promises to be an unforgettable celebration of Black culture, resilience, and pride. The screening will take place at The Parkway Theatre on Saturday, February 15th, at 5 PM.
This landmark event will feature Angelica Ross, the trailblazing star of the hit TV series POSE, as a special guest. Ross, an accomplished actress, businesswoman, and passionate advocate for transgender rights, will grace the audience with her presence, sharing her unique perspective on Black and LGBTQIA+/SGL representation in media and beyond.
The premiere of Black As UR aims to celebrate the multifaceted experiences within the Black community while fostering conversations about visibility, inclusion, and progress. Through powerful storytelling and intimate narratives, this award-winning documentary sheds light on the intersectionality of racial and queer justice.
Get your free tickets now
