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Queer Connections: Maryland and Delaware’s LGBTQ+ History
Join public historians Ben Egerman (@MDHistory.gay) and Carolanne Deal (Delaware Queer History) to hear fascinating and fabulous stories from both states’ queer past that highlights the connections between Maryland and Delaware’s LGBTQ+ history. From an 1870s sapphic murder trial on the Eastern Shore to the lesbian heiress who helped make Rehoboth a queer destination, from the earliest gay bars on the eastern shore to rural Maryland’s pre-Stonewall gaycation spot, Ben and Carolanne will share from their research–and Ben’s new book–and show how our communities have long been intertwined.
Copies of Ben’s book, A Gay Little History of Maryland, will be available for purchase for $20.
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