BCFD Pride Alliance

03/19/2025

🌈✨ THIS SATURDAY!

Join us on Saturday, March 22nd from 1 - 4 pm at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation (9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814) in the Fellowship Hall for a FREE legal name change and gender marker clinic!

If you're looking to make your name and gender marker official, we’ve got your back. Register today by filling out the legal intake form in our bio!

📋 What you’ll need:
- Birth Certificate or State-Issued ID
- Maryland address for court mail

Space is limited, so we encourage you to register in advance!

02/05/2025

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11/06/2024

We recognize that a lot of LGBTQ+ people are going to be feeling a lot of stress and anxiety right now. Your BCFD Pride Alliance will, as always, be here to offer our support.

Unfortunately, we are not certified or licensed crisis counselors. The following crisis hotlines exist to support our community:

The Trevor Project
(866) 488-7386

SAGE LGBT Elder Hotline
1-877-360-LGBT (5428)

Trans Lifeline
1-877-565-8860 (USA)
1-877-330-6366 (Canada)

For Non-LGBTQ+ specific crisis support
988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline
988 (This is just like dialing 411 for information)

For First Responders:
IAFF Center of Excellence
(844) 980-0026

11/03/2024

November is Transgender Awareness Month, which includes the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). TDOR, November 20th, is a day to gather, remember, and celebrate the lives of Transgender people who were lost to acts of hate and violence.

November is Transgender Awareness Month, a time to celebrate, honor, and stand up for our community and our transgender, non-binary, and/or gender-diverse ( ...

10/12/2024

We’re here at Laurel Pride from 10:30-4pm today! Come see us for smiles, shirts, and stickers. It’s a gorgeous day and we can’t wait to see ya! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

PREVIEW: Tomorrow we’re at Howard County Pride and Southern Maryland Pride. ❤️

10/11/2024

Your BCFD Pride Alliance team reminds you that today, October 11, 2024 is National Coming Out Day. Whether you're still wrestling with your identity, ready to come out, completely out, or somewhere before, between, or after, today is for you. We remember where we've been, appreciate where we are now, and look forward to the future for ourselves and the community. Coming out is a very personal experience. Do it in your own time and in your own way when you're ready. We are here for you no matter what you decide.

10/01/2024

In addition to being Breast Cancer Awareness month, October is also LGBT History month.

Check out https://lgbthistorymonth.com/ to see the list of influential people from the community who are being recognized each day of October.

Announcing the 2024 LGBT History Month Icons. LGBT History Month celebrates the achievements of 31 le***an, gay, bisexual, or transgender Icons. Each day in October, a new LGBT Icon is featured with a video, bio, bibliography, downloadable images, and other resources. Click above to view today's Ico...

09/21/2024

The Baltimore City Fire Department is taking part in the Charm City LIVE 2024 event today! Come down, meet some members, get yourself onto the recruitment list for future classes, and learn the basics of Hands-Only CPR.

06/15/2024

Baltimore City 911 call center came out to support the at

05/17/2024

The Capital Pride Alliance has named its honorees for the 2024 Capital Pride Honors event to be held on May 31, 2024 at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill Maryland.

Baltimore's very own Iya Dammons will be receiving the Breaking Barriers: Community Impact award for her extensive efforts to improve the lives of countless LGBTQIA+ people in Baltimore, but also across the state of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

The BCFD Pride Alliance has been proud to work with Iya on multiple projects over the years. We are now so incredibly proud of her for this achievement. Of course if you know Iya, then you know that she isn't doing any of this for the money or the honors. She does everything for the people who benefit from the services of the organization which she not only founded, but serves as the CEO and Executive Director.

Baltimore Safe Haven (Now known as Maryland Safe Haven)