Maryland is the second state in the nation to complete a statewide historic study of the LGBTQ+ community, nonprofit Preservation Maryland announced Tuesday.

The multi-year study culminated in a more than 100-page report detailing Maryland’s LGBTQ+ history from the 17th century through 2016, authored by Dr. Susan Ferentinos, an LGBTQ+ research expert from Indiana. The project also features a map of important LGBTQ-associated locations across Maryland, which was compiled by Benjamin Egerman, a paid intern for Preservation Maryland.

With Maryland’s study being the second of its kind in the nation–after Kentucky published its own study in 2016–Preservation Maryland communications director Meagan Baco said it “fundamentally opens the door to different approaches to public history in a way that had been shut for decades, if not centuries.”

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE