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Improving Health Care for LGBTQ+ youth

Improving Health Care for LGBTQ+ youth

Thanks to generous funding from the Maine Cancer Foundation and Maine Health Access Foundation, OUT Maine is developing online training modules to make Maine health care services accessible, equitable, and inclusive for LGBTQ+* youth. “We are developing accessible...

GLAAD Visibility Project

Have you heard of GLAAD’s Visibility Project? Check out the website here for more information! “Across the media landscape, LGBTQ inclusion is expanding every day, but not in advertising. A recent study found that only 1.8% of characters in ads at the Cannes Lions...

New Beginnings for 2024

New Beginnings for 2024

Let’s start the new year off with some radical self-love and not have resolutions based off of all the ways you need to change. Let’s try something different this year and focus on how you can be an even better YOU and make it the gayest year ever! Below are some ways...

Talking to Relatives about LGBTQ+ Issues 

Talking to Relatives about LGBTQ+ Issues 

As families gather for the holiday season, LGBTQ+ individuals and allies may be preparing to interact with relatives who have different opinions or questions about LGBTQ+ issues.  This can lead to some challenging and potentially tense conversations, and we hope the...

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2023

On November 28, 1998 an African American trans woman named Rita Hester was killed in Allston, Massachusetts.  No arrests were made in her murder.  Trans activists and community members in Boston had enough of these stories, and started the annual Transgender Day of...

Being LGBTQ+ then and now

Being LGBTQ+ then and now

October is LGBTQ+ history month. This month provides us with a reminder that LGBTQ+ people have always existed – even if the words we use to describe ourselves changes. We often think of previous centuries when we think of “history”, but so much has changed just one generation. The following are quotes from LGBTQ+ people in their 30’s about what has changed since they were kids.

OUT Maine Scholarship awarded to three students

OUT Maine Scholarship awarded to three students

OUT Maine is thrilled to announce the award of scholarships totaling $31,000 to three outstanding young people to help them better their futures. This Spring, OUT Maine received over 25 applications for the OUT Maine LGBTQ+ Scholarship program. After careful...