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NOMINATE
YOUR 2025
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These 2025 awards honor individuals across 18 categories, recognizing the breadth of Black LGBTQIA+ excellence — from grassroots organizers and artists to advocates, storytellers, and everyday heroes.

Submit Your Nominations Today >
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HOMECOMING:
THE FUTURE IS
FAMILY

THE BALTIMORE BLAQ PRIDE 2025 THEME. It’s giving family reunions, cookouts, block parties, kickbacks, and the reminder that we’re all we got.

BLAQ OUT WEEK | OCTOBER 4TH - 12TH >
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FIND YOUR
WEEKEND PLANS

There is nothing but Black LGBTQIA+ Baltimorean joy and good energy here. Search for the right vibes and slide through!

Explore Upcoming Community Events >
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BLACK + LGBTQIA/SGL = BLAQ

Our goal? Make Baltimore a go-to spot on the East Coast for BLAQ culture and community. BLAQ freedom is our north star to getting there.

Learn More About BLAQ Equity >
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SUPPORT AND BE SUPPORTED

By supporting BLAQ Equity, you’re uplifting a community committed to building bold, beautiful things for each other.  Help fuel dynamic programming and events that celebrate, honor, and sustain Black queer life and culture in Baltimore.

Make A Donation Today >

STAY IN THE KNOW

  • BLAQ Pride Party
    BLAQ Pride Party
    Multiple Dates
    BLAQ Pride Party
    Thu, Aug 21
    The Manor
  • The BLAQ Forum
    The BLAQ Forum
    Multiple Dates
    The BLAQ Forum
    Sat, Aug 23
    Miller's Court
  • Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Multiple Dates
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Sun, Aug 24
    St. Mark's Lutheran Church
  • Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Multiple Dates
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Sun, Sep 14
    St. Mark's Lutheran Church
  • BLAQ Pride Party
    BLAQ Pride Party
    Multiple Dates
    BLAQ Pride Party
    Thu, Sep 18
    The Manor
  • The BLAQ Forum
    The BLAQ Forum
    Multiple Dates
    The BLAQ Forum
    Sat, Sep 27
    Miller's Court
  • Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Multiple Dates
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Sun, Sep 28
    St. Mark's Lutheran Church
  • Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Multiple Dates
    Gender Affirming PWYC Thrift Store Pop-Up [Skylight Boutique]
    Sun, Oct 12
    St. Mark's Lutheran Church

We outside!

It’s giving community, it’s giving connection – Here's what's on the radar:

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Celebrating the Black LGBTQIA+ community & culture in Baltimore since 2002.

BLAQ Equity exists so that we Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual/aromantic, and other sexual and gender expansive(LGBTQIA+) people in Baltimore have the power, resources, and community support to shape our futures on our terms. We also uplift and honor same-gender loving(SGL) identities— a term rooted in Black culture and created by and for Black people to affirm our unique experiences of love, identity, and connection.

 

We deserve more than survival.

We deserve to joyfully thrive — together.

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Power Our People

We're cultivating, growing, and reclaiming space — but we can’t do it alone. Your support keeps our work alive, strengthens our impact, and ensures we can keep showing up for our people. Every contribution makes a difference.

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