In conjunction with the exhibition Lost Boys: Amos Badertscher’s Baltimore, the the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents a panel discussion, LGBTQ+ Oral Histories: Ethics and Practice.

The discussion will feature Kate Drabinski (UMBC), Joseph Plaster (Johns Hopkins University), Hunter O’Hanian (independent scholar and curator), and students of the 2023 Interdisciplinary CoLab, “LGBTQ+ Oral History Project.”

Howard Community College is celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month with the return of the Drag[on] Extravaganza, an educational, entertaining drag show featuring performances by regional celebrity drag artists with a panel discussion and Q&A with the cast!

The evening begins at 6 p.m. with an LGBTQ+ resource fair in the Grand Hall of the Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center. The show will begin at 7 p.m. in the Smith Theatre. Be sure to stay after the show for a meet and greet with the performers.

At a time when book bans and censorship are on the rise throughout the country, the renowned political cartoonist Signe Wilkinson and historian Jonathan Zimmerman will speak on free speech and the arts.

They are the co-creators of the new book Free Speech & Why You Should Give a Damn.