LGBTQ+ Youth Programs in Maine
Creating Welcoming Communities for Queer and Trans Youth, Kids, and Teens With All Intersectional Identities
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At OUT Maine, we have an ambitious goal:
to create more welcoming and affirming communities for Maine’s diverse queer kids and teens in all their intersectional identities. We do this by changing the very systems that serve them.
One in four
teenagers in Maine identify as as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning.
That's roughly 13,860
high school students across Maine who identify as LGBTQ+ (Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey, 2023).
Many of our LGBTQ+ youth face serious challenges. The prevention-focused resources OUT Maine provides to these kids, and for the adults and professionals who serve as their safety net, can help save lives.
By supporting LGBTQ+ youth and their families, empowering queer youth in our communities, and educating providers, OUT Maine works to lift up genderqueer, nonbinary, gay, bisexual and other kids in Maine’s isolated and under-resourced regions.
Reach out to find out more about Youth Programs, Training, and Consultations, or be part of our support network by Donating to OUT Maine.
LATEST NEWS
Help Defeat Anti-Trans Bills
OUT Maine has collaborated with several organizations throughout the state to put together this Action Alert toolkit! Several bills have been submitted in the Maine Legislature that would roll back civil rights, ban transgender girls from participating on school...
Take Action (with help from guides by Maine Women’s Lobby)
We're seeing a rise in anti-trans legislation at the state and federal levels in 2025. Now is the time to contact your representatives and share your thoughts! There are so many accessible ways to advocate for trans rights effectively, you can choose the method that...
Coalition stands together against child harassment
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 25, 2025 Organizations Unite to Condemn Harassment of Maine Youth Coalition stands together to call for adults to protect children from harassment AUGUSTA, ME - Last week, an elected official used her online social media to share a photo...
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