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Abigail Gruskin

These LGBTQ+ adults find ‘a sense of community’ and connection in gatherings that go beyond bars

BALTIMORE — Something was missing from Adrienne Kilby’s life in Baltimore five years ago. She turned to her therapist and her friends — “who are lovely, but they’re not queer,” she said — to express a desire to meet more people who, like her, identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Specifically, Kilby, a cisgender queer woman, was searching for a hiking group.

“[My therapist] kind of laughed at me, and she was like, ‘Uh, I guess you have to start one,’” Kilby recalled.

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