Baltimore
Baltimore’s director of LGBTQ affairs denied surgery, claims discrimination by Johns Hopkins doctor
By John-John Williams IV | Londyn Smith de Richelieu, the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs in Baltimore, has filed a complaint alleging that she was discriminated against this past May by the Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Smith de Richelieu, who is the first person to occupy that role in the Mayor’s office, said in a complaint to the city’s Office of Equity and Civil Rights and in an interview with The Banner that the center, led by Dr. Fan Liang, denied her facial feminization surgery, claiming that Smith de Richelieu was being aggressive and used profanity with Liang’s staff. Smith de Richelieu, who is a Black transgender woman, saidshe was triggered by what she called false, stereotypic characterizations.
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The Manor, one of Baltimore’s largest gay establishments, now under new management
Bar regularly hosted ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ contestants
By JOHN-JOHN WILLIAMS IV | The Manor, an upscale gay-owned bar and restaurant in Mount Vernon, has been acquired and will reopen under new management in the coming weeks. It is unclear who the new managers of the business are, however, and whether or not it will remain gay-owned and operated.
The restaurant and nightclub has been “temporarily closed” since shortly before Christmas due to damage from broken pipes.
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Baltimore
Police investigating torn Pride flag outside Federal Hill church as a hate crime
Officers responded to destruction of property report on Monday afternoon
Baltimore police are investigating an incident in which a man reportedly tried to rip off a Pride flag from a church in Baltimore’s Federal Hill as a hate crime.
Officers were called to the Light Street Presbyterian Church around 4 p.m. Monday to investigate destruction of property.
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Baltimore
Drag queen story hour supporters form ‘rainbow wall’ in response to protesters
Event took place at Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Canton branch
About two dozen people protested a drag queen story hour hosted by the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s Canton branch at the Church on the Square on Saturday. They were met by 70 supporters of the event who showed up with umbrellas, flags and sheets to shield the families coming to the reading with a “rainbow wall.”
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