The Pride Center
Baltimore, MD
The Pride Center
2530 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA410-802-1310
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During the late'60s and early'70s a number of lesbian journals began publication in Baltimore. In 1972, the Baltimore Chapter of the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) was established. There were also groups for African-American lesbians and, in 1973, gay and lesbian Catholics. Gay student groups at local universities and the Baltimore Pride rally both appeared in 1975, and that spring the Baltimore Gay Alliance (BGA) held its first meeting.
The BGA began its work galvanizing the community into one entity, celebrating diversity and offering sanctuary. By 1977 it was clear that the BGA needed to form a unified community center; the articles of incorporation were signed on March 28th, 1977 to establish the Gay Community Center of Baltimore (GCCB). The Center was founded less than ten years after the Stonewall riots in New York, and at the time Baltimore was by no means a stranger to GLBT activism.
At first the GCCB survived only through the hard work and self-sacrifice of committed volunteers who provided the Center with meeting space, operated a switchboard, and distributed a newsletter out of homes and basements. A newly established Health Clinic, which is currently known as Chase Brexton Health Services, shared space with MCC, and in 1980 the GCCB found a more permanent home at 241 West Chase Street.
The BGA began its work galvanizing the community into one entity, celebrating diversity and offering sanctuary. By 1977 it was clear that the BGA needed to form a unified community center; the articles of incorporation were signed on March 28th, 1977 to establish the Gay Community Center of Baltimore (GCCB). The Center was founded less than ten years after the Stonewall riots in New York, and at the time Baltimore was by no means a stranger to GLBT activism.
At first the GCCB survived only through the hard work and self-sacrifice of committed volunteers who provided the Center with meeting space, operated a switchboard, and distributed a newsletter out of homes and basements. A newly established Health Clinic, which is currently known as Chase Brexton Health Services, shared space with MCC, and in 1980 the GCCB found a more permanent home at 241 West Chase Street.