Lunch and Learn: Uncovering Maryland's LGBTQ+ History with Ben Egerman
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Lunch and Learn returns with special guest Ben Egerman in conversation with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George's County Memorial Library System.
Click here to watch this program live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2RkoFl7O6A
Ben Egerman (he/him) is a public librarian and researcher living in Baltimore. His work with Preservation Maryland on the Maryland LGBTQ Historic Context Study yielded a preliminary list of over 300 sites related to LGBTQ+ history in the state and an interactive map displaying them, and has been recognized by the American Historical Association’s Committee on LGBT History, who awarded the project the Allan Berube Prize for community history in early 2024. He has worked with a fellow librarian and two community elders to bring various stories from Maryland’s LGBTQ+ past to audiences in libraries, universities, and community groups across the state. He aims for his work to lie at the intersection of community building, advocacy, and public history.