Baltimore

Baltimore's LGBTQ+ community is centered in the Mount Vernon neighborhood, known for its historic architecture and vibrant queer scene. The area features popular venues like The Drinkery, Grand Central, and The Eagle. Baltimore Pride is a major annual celebration, and the city has a strong queer arts scene with organizations like the Baltimore Gay Life and numerous LGBTQ+ community groups. The city's diverse population and proximity to DC create a unique queer culture that bridges Southern charm with urban activism.

West Side Open Works

Basics of Internet Navigation

A community event teaching the basics of how to navigate the internet.

Learn to use Cricut machines and be a part of testing our Virtual Open Works (VOW) curriculum.

Cricut Workshop

Open Works

A workshop where you can learn to use Cricut machines and help test a new virtual crafting curriculum.

Learn how the internet works: its uses, definitions, domain names, web browsers, terms, and search engines. How to copy sections of a web page, and how to save a picture from the internet.

Introduction to the Internet

Enoch Pratt Library

A beginner-friendly class explaining how the internet works and how to use basic online features.

A series of workshops focused on financial literacy, including topics like banking, budgeting, and homeownership.

Bank on Your Success: Financial Literacy Workshops at Open Works

Banking and Budgeting Basics

A workshop teaching the basics of banking and budgeting.

FREE financial literacy workshops surrounding homeownership provided by Truist Bank. This program is for individuals, families, and small businesses.

Becoming a Homeowner Financial Literacy Workshop

A workshop to learn about managing finances and buying a home.

Pokemon Books 10% off!

Open Mic & Slam with Queen of Drafts. Come out and test your poems, practice your new ish, and BLESS THE MIC!!!

Free School Classroom

Bless the Mic: Open Mic & Slam

A community open mic and poetry slam event hosted by Red Emma's where people can perform and share their poetry.

Monthly open mic night with featured performer cacie and guest host vagrantdiva. Kitchen and bar will be open. Free with a two drink minimum suggested. Everyone is welcome to perform.

Mobtown Ballroom

Open Mic Night

vagrantdiva

A monthly open mic night where anyone can perform, featuring a guest host and a featured performer, with food and drinks available.

Join us for 'Love is a Drag: Friday Night Drag Brunch' on February 27, 2026. Experience an entertaining drag performance combined with a brunch experience. The event details, including start and end times, are not specified.

Love is a Drag: Friday Night Drag Brunch

Join the researchers behind Project Salt Box at Red Emma’s to explore how grassroots "citizen sleuths" are using open-source intelligence to track Homeland Security’s unprecedented growth under the One Big Beautiful Bill. By compiling often-overlooked public records — from federal procurement databases and land deeds to local plumbing and HVAC permits — Project Salt Box demonstrates how community members can identify new ICE infrastructure before it's fully built. This talk will demystify the process of following the "paper trail" of state power and discuss how we can turn raw data into a collective tool for transparency, accountability, and community defense.

Red Emma's

Project Salt Box: Open Data as Community Defense

A community event where researchers discuss how people can use public records to monitor and hold Homeland Security accountable.

Join us at our community table by making a piece for our 10th year anniversary exhibition, Have a Seat, welcoming all members and students, past and present to showcase work responding to the following prompt: Have a Seat. Works can be literal or conceptual, functional or whimsical, can be any material, dimension or made using any shop, machine or technology. Apply to show existing work OR make something new!

Have a Seat: A Community Exhibition Celebrating 10 Years of Open Works

A community art exhibition where members and students can showcase work inspired by the theme "Have a Seat" using any materials or techniques.

A social event scheduled for March 1, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, offering a fun and inclusive experience for attendees. The event features various activities, opportunities to meet new friends, and is suitable for individuals aged 21 and over. It is held in Baltimore, Maryland, at 2911 E Biddle St, with options for driving, public transport, biking, or walking to the venue.

Charles Village

Lesbian Sunday Social

Our next Analogue After Dark, our new and popular cell-phone-free event. This month, bring something you want to talk about or show someone. Good at knitting? Bring it and teach someone how. Super into talking about why all our bananas now taste the same? Now's your shot. Come ready to show-and-tell and see-and-learn. It won't be formal; you can still come and sit at the bar for a regular (albeit, phone-free) night out, but those who want to can geek out on their favorite subjects! If you want to, bring a book to swap! Please don't bring more than 3 books. The kitchen and bar will be open.

Analogue After Dark: Skill Share & Book Swap Edition

Mobtown Ballroom & Café

A phone-free social event where attendees can share skills, swap books, and discuss topics of interest while enjoying drinks.

A revolutionary feminist case for child liberation, a utopian project that helps us imagine ways to build insurgent, collective forms of care. Blending personal and political reflection with cultural analysis, Lane-McKinley examines the history of childhood as a system of private property in capitalism, showing how the idea of the child has been weaponized in the service of white supremacy and empire. She disentangles motherhood from the act of caregiving, tracing the possibilities of revolutionary mothering. And she critiques the parents’ rights movement and imagines what education might look like outside schools, considering how we might center children as we challenge the strictures of the nuclear family.

Madeline Lane-McKinely presents "Solidarity With Children"

A community event exploring revolutionary ideas about child liberation, care, and alternative education from a feminist perspective.

Join us in person for A Very Gay Literary Hour—a lively gathering celebrating queer voices and stories. This event features readings from various authors, lively discussions, and a welcoming atmosphere for book lovers, writers, and curious individuals. Hosted by Nicole Tallman, JackLeg Press, and Anhinga Press, the event includes performances by Brett Hanley, Jen Harris, Ben Kline, Rita Mookerjee, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, Julie Marie Wade, and others. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own beverages (BYOB) and enjoy an evening of community, literature, and fabulous vibes.

A Very Gay Literary Hour

An event to support and affirm LGBTQ+ youth through conversations.

Supporting Self Discovery: Conversations to Affirm LGBTQ+ Youth

Join the Rainbow Wedding Network's signature LGBTQ+ Wedding Expo at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, MD. The event is scheduled for Sunday, March 8, 2026, starting at 12:30 PM and lasting for approximately 3 hours. It offers resources and opportunities for LGBTQ+ couples planning their weddings, all in one convenient in-person setting.

Baltimore 16th annual LGBTQ+ wedding expo

Two-step workshops

A day of two-stepping workshops and an evening of excellent live music with Melissa and the Moth Men.

Honky Tonk Day with Melissa and the Moth Men

A day of two-stepping dance workshops and live music with Melissa and the Moth Men.

A BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) & LATINX speed dating event for LGBTQIA+ individuals in Baltimore & DMV, scheduled for March 13, 2026, starting at 19:00. The event includes mini dates, opportunities to connect, and is designed to foster community among diverse LGBTQIA+ folx. Participants are encouraged to complete a matchmaking questionnaire and follow ground rules promoting respectful interaction. The venue is Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore, MD.

BIPOC Queer Quality Dating-Ya Tu Sabes!

A low-pressure writing group for Baltimore-area writers of all genres and experience levels.

Charm City Writes

A relaxed writing group for Baltimore writers of all genres and experience levels.

Free series targets educational and developmental goals with stories, songs and play-based maker and sensory experiences. Designed to encourage fine and gross motor skills, creative problem solving and encourage socialization. For ages 0-5 with an adult caregiver. Preregistration not required.

Baby & Toddler Tinker Story Time

A free story time event for young children with stories, songs, and play-based activities to support their learning and social skills.

Read, sing, play and connect in this adult-child session in the Open Works Lobby. For kids ages 0-5.

Open Works' lobby

A free story time event for babies and toddlers to read, sing, play, and connect with adults.

An LGBTQIA+ inclusive dance event featuring arts & crafts, caricatures, tarot readings, games, and a drag show. Hosted at Mobtown Ballroom in Baltimore, it celebrates the start of Spring 2026 with festivities, crowning of King and Queen, and a night of queer joy and celebration. Tickets are available for presale at $10, with doors opening at 7:00 PM, and the drag show starting at 9:30 PM.

SPRING FLING: QUEER DANCE

A casual writing group for Baltimore-area writers of all genres and experience levels.

A lively event at Baltimore's 614 Water St featuring music and socializing.

FOREPLAY

An in-person LGBTQ+ singles mixer event held at The Hub Sakaki Izakaya Bar and Karaoke in Catonsville, MD. The event takes place on March 28, 2026, starting at 21:00, and lasts for approximately 4 hours. Attendees are encouraged to dress in their best 2000s-inspired outfits to enjoy a night of mingling and dancing with Y2K vibes. Participants must be 21 or older. No refunds are available for this event.

The Hub Sakaki Izakaya Bar and Karaoke

LGBTQ+ Singles Mixer

A community open mic and poetry slam event where people can perform their poems and practice new work.

A free story time event for young children with stories, songs, and sensory activities to support their development and social skills.

A free story time session for babies and toddlers to read, sing, play, and connect with adults.

A monthly open mic night where anyone can perform, featuring a guest host and performer, with food and drinks available.

A free story time event for young children with stories, songs, and sensory play activities to support their learning and development.

A monthly open mic night where anyone can perform, featuring a guest performer and host, with food and drinks available.

Filthy/Fierce will be flying south this spring to play in Orlando as the prepare for this migration to Australia late this summer.

Filthy/Fierce vs. Unknown Opponent (Home)

A rugby match between Filthy/Fierce and an unknown opponent.

A special prom event celebrating queer culture and community.

The Royal Blue

Queer Prom Night

Baltimore Pride Fest is a celebration taking place from June 7 to June 14, 2026, organized by Baltimore Pride. The event includes performances, vendor booths, and community activities, held at The Pride Center located at 2418 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. For more information, attendees can visit the official website or contact the organizers via email or phone.

Our Center

Baltimore Pride Fest

Annual Pride celebration featuring parades, performances, and community events in Baltimore.

Annual LGBTQ+ pride parade celebrating diversity and inclusion in Baltimore.

LGBTQ+ Events in Baltimore

Today

Basics of Internet Navigation

Cricut Workshop

Introduction to the Internet

Tomorrow

Bank on Your Success: Financial Literacy Workshops at Open Works

Banking and Budgeting Basics

Becoming a Homeowner Financial Literacy Workshop

Friday, February 27, 2026

Pokemon Books 10% off!

Bless the Mic: Open Mic & Slam

Open Mic Night

Love is a Drag: Friday Night Drag Brunch

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Project Salt Box: Open Data as Community Defense

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Have a Seat: A Community Exhibition Celebrating 10 Years of Open Works

Lesbian Sunday Social

Today

Basics of Internet Navigation

Cricut Workshop

Introduction to the Internet

Tomorrow

Bank on Your Success: Financial Literacy Workshops at Open Works

Banking and Budgeting Basics

Becoming a Homeowner Financial Literacy Workshop

Friday, February 27, 2026

Pokemon Books 10% off!

Bless the Mic: Open Mic & Slam

Open Mic Night

Love is a Drag: Friday Night Drag Brunch

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Project Salt Box: Open Data as Community Defense

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Have a Seat: A Community Exhibition Celebrating 10 Years of Open Works

Lesbian Sunday Social

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