Zines #1-6 can be purchased as “a gay little history of maryland” from Red Emma’s and other area bookstores. Learn more
The following are links to past zines and papers written by Ben, as well as some other resources I’ve worked on:
newest zines
These are my attempts to provide a fun, accessible way for people to learn about Maryland’s queer and trans past:
older zines:
These are last year’s zines–now available from Red Emma’s as a gay little history of Maryland, vol. 1. Find out more:
working papers
History papers written for eventual publication. Cited, comprehensive, and extremely dry.
- Queer Characters: defying gender norms in 19th-century Baltimore
- The Great Pepper Hill Raid of 1955: The Bar Raid the Broke the Baltimore Police
- Lillian and Ella: An Introduction
- The Friday Nights and Those that Came After


