In celebration of LGBTQIA+ Month in October, USM's Sampson Center's LGBTQ+ Collection will be holding the Big Queer Historical Bar Tour tracing fifty three years of LGBTQ+ Bars in Portland, Maine.

Join us for an in person historical walking tour of Portland's LGBTQ+ bars. The tour will take you to seven locations that were the site of seventeen LGBTQ+ bars, past and present. We’ll be talking about the history, and importance of these spaces in the LGBTQ+ community and how they changed over time in Portland, as well as how they fit into the larger story of Maine's queer history.

 $25 per person: Advanced Registration Required. Space is limited to 20 people and the tour fills up fast.

 For more information or to register click here.

The tour is 2 miles long and will last approximately 2 hours. Rain date is October 22.

Questions or More Information? Contact Megan.Mac@maine.edu