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Welcome from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

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STEPHANIE E RAWLINGS--BLAKE Mayor 250 City Hall, 100 1 North Hollliday Street Baltimoree, Maryland 211202

July 19, 2016 2 Welcomee to Baltimo ore Pride 2016! Over th he past 41 yeears, the cellebration hass evolved frrom a small rallly of activistts to becomee Maryland s largest LG GBTQ festivaal. Each yeaar on Pride Weekend, W Baaltimore's LG GBTQ comm munity pullss out all the sstops to celeebrate the welcoming, inclu usive spirit that makes our city ann inviting pllace for peoople of all sexual ons and gender identitiees. Last yearr s Supreme Court rulinng declared m marriage equuality orientatio the law of o the land, affirming th hat same-sex x couples havve the right to marry annd live their lives the samee as any oth her American n. In Baltim more and acrross the natiion, we rejooice that gayy and lesbian Americans A caan now exprress their lov ve and comm mitment throough marriagge, and enjooy the legal ben nefits that thee federal gov vernment pro ovides only to married ccouples. I have allways been an enthusiaastic supportter of our LG GBTQ com mmunity, andd a champioon for equal rig ghts in every community y. I was thrilled and honoored to perfo form Baltimoore s first offficial same-sex x marriages at midnightt on New Year Y s Day 22013, as weell as an unnforgettable mass wedding on a glorious June afteernoon in Drruid Hill Paark. These w were proud, hhistoric mom ments for our city, c the resu ult of so man ny committeed people w working tirelessly for eqquality, and I will always ch herish those memories. In the 41 years sincce the first Pride festiv val, our counntry has com me a long way. Join m me in celebratin ng the indiv viduality, div versity, and PRIDE that at make Balttimore uniquue. Please aaccept my best wishes w for an n awesome Pride P weekend. Sincerely y,

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Mayor City of Baltimore B

phon ne: 410.396.383 35 fax: 410.576.9425 e-maail: mayor@baaltimorecity.goov

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AIDS/HIV HEALTH SERVICES AIDS Action Baltimore, Inc. 410-837-2437 aidsactionbaltimore.org AIRS AIDS Interfaith Residential Services, Inc. 410-576-5070 airshome.org Baltimore City Health Department 410-396-4398 Druid Health District 410-396-0176 Eastern District 410-396-9410 Baltimore County Dept. of Health 410-887-3740 baltimorecountymd.gov/ agencies/health Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc. 410-837-2050 chasebrexton.org Glen Burnie 410-837-2050 Randallstown Center: 410-496-6441 Columbia Center: 410-884-7831 Easton Center: 866-260-0412

MADAP Maryland AIDS Drug Assistance Program 410-767-6535 Moveable Feast 410-327-3420 mfeast.org Ryan White 410- 396-1408 STAR Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc. 410-276-8969 sisterstogetherandreaching.org

COUNSELING Phil Pecoraro 410-327-6892 office Women’s Growth Center 410-532-2476 womensgrowthcenter.com

HEALTHCARE/ WELLNESS American Psychological Association 202-336-6041 apa.org/pi/lgbt Frederick County Health Department 301-600-1029

RESOURCE CENTERS GLCCB Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland 3rd Floor, Waxter Building 1000 Cathedral St. Baltimore, MD 21201 410.777.8145 glccb.org

SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS Baltimore Men’s Chorus 443-622-2918 Brother, Help Thyself – DC 202-347-2246 brotherhelpthyself.org C.O.M.M.A.N.D.MC Corps of Men Making a Noticeable Difference 443-296-2198 commandmc.org Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington 202-293-1548 gmcw.org New Wave Singers of Baltimore, Inc. newwavesingers.org

Mental Health Association of Frederick County 301-663-0011 FCMHA.org

PFLAG/Columbia-Howard Co. 443-280-9047 pflagmd.org

Hearts and-Ears,- Inc. 410-523-1694 heartsandears.org

PFLAG/Westminster-Carroll Co. 410-795-2418 pflagwcc.org/

John’s Hopkins University 410- 502-5949

Planned Parenthood of MD 410-576-1414 plannedparenthood.org

Prime Timers of Baltimore primetimersww.org

Joseph Richey Hospice, Inc 410-523-2150 gilchristhospice.org

TurnAround, Inc. 410-837-7000 turnaroundinc.org

Franciscan Center Outreach 410-467-5340 fcbmore.org John Hopkins University Clinical Trials Unit 410-955-4370

Straight Eights Car Club Star Track Program 410-706-6000 startrackhealth.org

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ShipMates of Baltimore Leather/Levi shipmatesclub.com

Paul Lindsey straight8s.org

A Letter to Our Community

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Dear Community, How exactly did we get here? Have you learned about the lives lost and blood shed for this celebration? Are you aware of the beautiful black, brown and transgender heroes that stood on the front lines for you? Have you heard the stories of resistance? Did you hear the thud of the police stick as it cracked into the heads of our sisters and brothers? Did you see the doctor resist writing a prescription for treatment because he says your illness is your fault? Did you smell the fear of the trans man who was called into his supervisor’s office after several coworkers expressed “concern”? Did you taste the 6 a.m. morning dew, as a seventh grader walks the long way through an empty field to school so she’s not attacked in the alley? Do you feel the pain of the oppressed when you are not oppressed? Do you feel the anger, or do you only feel Pride? Pride had its intentions rooted far beyond the plastic party we have all come to expect. The first Pride celebration was birthed out of a riot started by transgender people of color. Police raided the Stonewall Inn in New York City in 1969 after a series of raids and legally defended attacks on LGBTQ people and establishments. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera led all of us towards liberation on that night at Stonewall. A brilliant display of honor, but more importantly, an unapologetic statement of resistance and a claim to live boldly and truly as LGBTQ people, even when the world tells us we can’t. State-sanctioned violence is etched into our history, but it has not made us who we are. Despite the struggle, we have taken our spot as key players in what makes this world work. Figures like Bayard Rustin, Sally Ride, Alan Turing, and Audre Lorde, to name a few, have made lasting impressions on our world and have left huge footprints for today’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities to live boldly and excellently with courage and talent. This past year marked tremendous growth for our organization, the GLBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland, as we work towards a tradition of excellence and a culture of unconditional love for all parts of our community. While we continue to heal and rebuild, we recognize our success relies on strong support from a unified community. We are not all the same, but all of us can take Pride in identifying as LGBTQ in Baltimore and across Maryland. Let us not let race, gender or class divide us. Make your neighbor’s problem your problem. Lead your life with compassion, honesty, and of course, Pride. We are many voices, One Baltimore. Happy Pride. Genuinely yours, Jabari M. Lyles GLCCB President & Chair of Baltimore Pride OUT Proud 2016 ▼ 5

One baltimore Baltimore Pride 2016 Block Party Event Map

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CHASE STREET

GC main stage

EAGER STREET

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BAR 21+ PP TOILETS

FIRST AID CB chase brexton

WX waxter center

GC grand central

TH youth stage

READ STREET

LOVEGROVE ST

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dance stage

CATHEDRAL STREET

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VP VENDOR PARKING

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DJ Watson Rebecca Blaqueout

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Brooke Lane Shawnna Alexander