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Prince George's County task force approves first set of LGBTQ+ recommendations
Summary
The Prince George's County LGBTQ+ Task Force approved its first set of recommendations in a virtual meeting, advancing proposals on emergency youth shelters, mobile health clinics, peer support and trainings for service providers. The recommendations will be finalized and submitted to the county executive and county council within 30 days.
The Prince George's County LGBTQ+ Task Force approved a first package of recommendations during a virtual meeting on Oct. 26, 2025, advancing proposals aimed at reducing homelessness, improving HIV/AIDS outreach and strengthening nondiscrimination and cultural competency across county services.
The approved recommendations call for emergency shelter options that would offer safe, affirming space for LGBTQ youth for up to six months; mobile health clinics to provide free HIV testing, counseling and basic care in underserved areas; peer-led support groups (including a recommended component for caregivers and families); legal aid clinics for discrimination claims; job-training partnerships with affirming employers; and mandatory cultural-competency training for county-contracted service providers.
The package also includes education and school-related items: implementing inclusive sex education curricula K–12 that incorporates LGBTQ history and health, strengthening anti-bullying and safe-school policies, funding LGBTQ-specific mental-health supports in schools, and ensuring contracted telehealth or app-based mental-health vendors include LGBTQ competency. For public safety, the recommendations urge police departments to assign LGBTQ liaisons and improve hate-crime reporting and interagency coordination. The task force recommended expanding LGBTQ-inclusive housing and homelessness programs for youth and seniors and strengthening safeguards for access to gender-affirming health care and provider training.
Task force members said the proposals are intended to address geographic gaps and service barriers in Prince George's County, noting that parts of the county with higher HIV/AIDS case counts lack dedicated clinics. The recommendations suggest partnering with existing county facilities — such as libraries and recreation centers — to host peer groups and one-stop resource hours instead of building new standalone centers.
A member asked that peer-support programming explicitly include components for caregivers and families, citing family rejection as a leading contributor to youth homelessness and mental-health crises; the co-chair agreed and asked staff to add that component to the peer-support recommendation.
The co-chair moved to approve the set of recommendations read during the meeting; another participant seconded the motion. The motion was approved by voice vote with no nays or abstentions recorded. The task force said the draft will be circulated to members for a 30-day review period before submission to the county executive and county council.
The group also announced a county pride flag raising and a small reception at the Wayne K. Curry Building and said it will publish a master list of county pride events on the county website and social media. The task force will meet one more time to review remaining topics and finalize any additional recommendations.
