What started as a youth-led group for LGBTQ+ teens to find peer support is now an organization built by and for the LGBTQ+ community. The Frederick Center convenes over a dozen regular social groups for 500 LGBTQ+ individuals and their families. Professional, trauma-informed facilitators create environments where they can share their lived experiences, form bonds, and affirm and support each other. Throughout the year, Frederick Center partners with other local community organizations to offer social and educational events, including family game nights, drag story-times, and HIV testing drives. It also brings more than 20,000 people together for Frederick Pride, which began as a humble Pride picnic in the park in 2012 and is now Maryland’s second-largest Pride Festival. As the LGBTQ+ community faces mounting discrimination, the safe spaces The Frederick Center provides are critical.
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