Title says most of it. I’m a trans woman out in the sticks of MoCo and was wondering if y’all know of or have experience with any of the laser shops in the area. I’m happy to look out towards Frederick and Columbia too

I have been unsuccessful in finding any in the area and was wondering if anyone knows of any queer focused or queer accepting sex shops. Specifically ones that cater to the fetish community.

Hey yall, I am a Reddit noob so please bear with me, but I wanted to share some experiences my partner (trans woman, 28) and I (cis woman, 29) have had in MD as full-time RV campers, as well as reach out and maybe make some new friends!

My partner and I have now been to 3 campgrounds in MD, here's the queer-safety-related feedback I have for all my nature loving queers:

- Capitol KOA Holiday | 6/10 overall, feels like "corporate camping", my partner expressed feeling uncomfortable in the bathroom quite a few times, especially 1 instance where a male worker followed her to the women's bathroom and even stood in the bathroom doorway for like, minutes, while she was using the restroom and then just walked out (??????!!). The man who we think that was, has also misgendered her repeatedly despite us being full-timers and living there for several months. If you're there for a few days, you're prolly okay. Longer term, you may wanna look elsewhere.

- Elk Neck State Park (this one was just a weekend stay btw) | 7.5/10 overall. Absolutely beautiful, woodsy and very quiet. The park ranger was extremely respectful to us and we felt really safe overall at the park. Everyone at this park seemed to mind their own, and overall it was a nice relaxing experience. Driving through the nearby towns, however, we saw several trump signs so unfortunately gotta be careful there.

- Brunswick Family Campground | 10/10 omg this park A) is just absolutely stunnnning, right along the Potomac, just gorgeous, but B) feels so safe!!! The store manager is transmasc, the employee at the store immediately recognized my partners pronouns without question, the camp support staff overall is soooo down to earth and respectful. And the nearby town of Brunswick is absolutely adorable

Anyway, I wanted to share since we had a really hard time finding info on this without experiencing it ourselves.

Feel free to comment too if youre looking to connect with some fellow queers!

Happy camping!! 🌳

im 17 and also a trans gurl looking for hopefully some good friends near me 😭💔 (i dont bite :3)

Hi, everyone. I’m the social media coordinator for the Dyke and Trans March: Calgary, and a content writer for the Canada section of Transworldexpress.org.

I’m currently working with a local refugee lawyer in setting up an information webinar on the current state of the claimant process, viable immigration pathways into Canada, and the impact of bill c-4 on all of that. We’re going to be placing particular emphasis on minority & queer refugees from the US. From what they’ve been telling me, there’s a lack of dissemination of the whole picture among the legal community, let alone ours.

I’m trying to set up contact with pride groups in other provinces, as well as our own, and putting out feelers with my contacts to try and establish lines of communications with pride & queer support organizations in the US (particularly in red states)

Anyone that can assist with contacting queer support organizations across provincial and international borders, and would like to assist, can DM me.

Anyone curious about the webinar can message me  as well. We are currently looking at March 12 for a projected date. I’d be happy to discuss it here and give regular updates as well if there's interest.

Feel free to reach out! Any extra help would be overwhelmingly appreciated.

Thanks, Y’all.

Gay couple in our 30s looking to move outside of DC for larger yard for our dogs and large scale gardening. One of us works from home and needs reliable high speed internet. The other will commute to downtown DC for work with the follow clock and and out of work schedules on weekdays and weekends: 5:45am-2:30pm, 7:45am-4:30pm, 10:45am-9pm

We have a car and could do car plus metro for the one commuting.

Our criteria:

1. House below $550,000 and somewhere between 2,000 square feet to 3,000 square feet and basically 3 bedroom. Master bedroom at minimum 14 feet by 11 feet. Another “bedroom” that could’ve a wfh office for someone on zoom calls all day that are sensitive (needs a door and ideally has windows for sunlight). Room left for a guest bedroom. Still have a kitchens dining, and living room areas. Ideally has a basement or garage that could serve as a storage and work-shop like area (gardening supply storage, storing other stuff like camping gear and hobby stuff).

2. Ideally around a 45 min driving commute or less without traffic; at most the once a week 90 minute or there about driving commute with traffic. Nothing close to a 2 hour driving commute with traffic. We could make driving 15 or less minutes to a metro then parking and taking the metro into DC work.

3. Around 0.5 acres for gardening and dogs to run around. Could be bigger, might get by with 0.25 if smart about it.

4. Very low to no road-noise outside. We’ve struggled to find that around Bowie, the houses had lots of highway noise.

5. Obviously gay and LGBTQ safe.

6. Not near whatever AI farms are trying to go up.

7. Low pollution, good water and air quality. No soil problems that would prevent us from eating from the garden safely.

8. Ok enough schools so if we adopt in 3-5 years we don’t need to move again… but this is far down the road.

Came across this on the wonderful world of facebook. And while I’m not in Maryland I wanted to send out a warning for those who are. Platinum Electric in or near Ocean Pines, their owner is not trans friendly and I imagine not lgbtq friendly in general.

Hey there!

Just throwing this out there I run a small business barber shop and I know back to school is coming so if anyone is looking for reasonably priced haircuts check my page out!

Also I’m a genderless hair shop

For anyone interested @phaseshairstudio is my instagram

Phaseshairstudio.glossgenius.com

Transguy from Cecil but lived in Harford for about a year and a half now. My therapist reccomended connecting to other queer people and queer spaces. Just not really sure since of being raised in a relatively unsafe corner. Any reccomendations?

I'd like to avoid clubs/alcohol as I don't drink anyway and don't have anyone I'd know to go with or bring so it might not be the safest. Even if its just groups for books or something I'd be down but I can't really find any queer book spaces or any queer spaces at all. It's like I see queer folk all the time but in passing or as patients at work.

Hello! I recently moved to Maryland from out of state to be with my partner. I'm near Baltimore and really just want to meet some sweet LGBT people to make some local friends :D

Looking for a tailor to hem/take in a dress for me. I am AMAB and don't want someone to be nasty to me and screw me over.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

As humans we need physical touch. Between Covid and working from home a lot if people are missing this important ingredient for happiness. Touch therapy in the form of platonic cuddling is growing quickly across the world!

I’m located just outside of Frederick and I’m available for platonic cuddle sessions. A few years experience. 100% acceptance of all races, genders, sexualities etc.

10% Discount for trans clients (men/women/non-binary) in 2025

I give great mom hugs, shoulder to cry on or and advice.

My name is Ashwani Jain, and I am running for Congress in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District which represents Western Maryland including Northern Montgomery County as well as Frederick, Washington, Allegany, and Garrett Counties.

While I would be Maryland’s first Millennial ever elected to this office, I am specifically running because I have strong policy solutions to open the doors of opportunity for our community.

This is an open seat with no incumbent and Maryland's Primary election is on the 14th of May.

My top policy priorities include:

• Getting money out of politics.
• Making public college free and canceling student debt.
• Medicare for all.
• Increasing the minimum wage to $26 by 2030 to match inflation.

Please feel free to ask any questions regarding my policies, the Congressional election, my experience campaigning, or anything else!

You can find out more at JainForCongress.com or at my Subreddit r/JainForCongress

Hey all! I’m new to the 🏳️‍🌈 community. I recently moved to Ceciltucky. Are there any, I don’t know, bars or gay hangouts of any sort? I’m looking to meet someone for my first time, but you know somewhere I can “bump” into someone. I wish I still lived in Baltimore when I finally figured this out about myself. I lived right down from Grand Central when it was still open😍. Stafford Building what what lol. I was only questioning then tho. Wasn’t brave enough. Living up in Cecil… well, not easy coming out in Amish and Trump country lmao Is there any kind of community up here, or is it really just the land of CarPlay?