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Thank you to the Camden community for supporting LGBTQIA2S+ youth during Pride Month!
The staff, board, and volunteers of OUT Maine would like to thank Allison Brzezinski, the community of Camden, and many Maine businesses and organizations for showing their love and support for LGBTQIA2S+ this past Pride Month! Allison, owner of Birch Bark Events,...
Maggie Hirshland Earns MWL’s 2024 Volunteer Champion Award!
Maggie Hirshland, the Youth Engagement Coordinator at the LGBTQIA2S+ youth organization OUT Maine, is the recipient of the Maine Women’s Lobby (MWL) 2024 Volunteer Champion Award. According to MWL, this award is given to an individual volunteer who helps MWL meet its...
Meet our New Hire & Board Members
OUT Maine is pleased to announce that our team is continuing to grow! Join us in welcoming Ellie Roy to our staff, as our new Communications Coordinator. Ellie earned her bachelor of arts degree in English from Boston University in three years, graduating directly...
8 Ways to Support LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health
1. Learn about early signs of mental illnessWhile all diagnoses have different symptoms it would be helpful for you to be aware of these common adolescent/adult warning signs: Excessive worrying or fear, Feeling excessively sad or low Confused thinking or problems...
GSTA Activity: Superheros!
Is your GSTA looking for an engaging activity? Consider using this Superheros activity. Could a student-created superhero become the mascot for your GSTA? As an extension or activation to this activity, discuss queer representation in superhero characters like the...
Queer and Neurodiverse Youth
A 2018 study of 310 adults diagnosed with Autism showed that 70% of them were not heterosexual. Another study reviews data from multiple countries and shows a pattern of increased Gender Dysphoria in patients at autism-focused health clinics. The overlap between...
Trans Day of Visibility
Transgender Day of Visibility is on March 31st. “I wanted a day that we can celebrate the living, and I wanted a day that all over the world we could all be together.” Rachel Crandall-Crocker, TDOV founderThere is so much to mourn. Every year, we lose more transgender...
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...
What do we do in times of tragedy? Crisis? Or any situation that causes stress and big emotions!
Here are some tips we found that may be helpful for how you can take care of yourselves: Talk it out. Remember that it’s OK not to be OK with the news you are hearing around you. Do not feel ashamed to talk about it with your community and how it is making you feel....
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