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What’s a nibling? A word you may need this holiday season.
The holidays are just around the corner and that means food, friends, and family fun. But things are a little complicated this year. Your young child is gender non-conforming and you’re wondering how to inform all the aunts, uncles, and grandmas and grandpas. They...
We help queer youth transform their anger into action.
OUT Maine’s working to create a world where LGBTQ+ youth can thrive. But the world’s a scary place right now, especially for Maine’s queer kids. For many young people we work with, survival is a daily struggle and an achievement. The mental health crisis, exacerbated...
What is a Q Card?
What is the feedback from youth on the Q card? How best to present its use/purpose to youth? Here is our response: It would be better if it was talked about with more people. If providers were able to have more people use it. Some feel it is no difference than writing...
Polysexual vs. Polyamory?
Dear Chuck, what is the difference between Polysexual and Polyamorous Here are some “official” definitions to help us get started. A polysexual person is someone who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to multiple genders. It is not the same as being bisexual or...
Book bans in Maine? Really?! Yes — and what you can do about it.
“Sorry this book is coming back late. It’s just — I never expected to read a book that was so close to my own life. Like. Never. With some weirdly similar and specific details! So I had to read it twice, then I made my dad, sister, and boyfriend read it.” The student...
A New Perspective on GenderQueer
By August Sender, Training Coordinator - OUT Maine The book Gender Queer, a memoir by Maia Kobabe, has been in the news consistently recently. If you haven’t been following along, the book is a graphic novel - a comic-style story of the author's experience learning...
Transgender Day of Remembrance 2022
Transgender Day of Remembrance is November 20th November is Trans Awareness Month, and November 20th is the 23rd annual Trans Day of Remembrance. Starting in 1999, and globally recognized starting in 2010, Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) names and honors the...
Maine LGBTQ+ youth need YOU! 5 ways you can level-up your allyship (in addition to your Pride sticker!).
We love showing our allyship with a Pride flag, pin, or sticker — these are visible, eye-catching symbols of inclusivity for our LGBTQ+ community. When queer youth are out and about in the world, seeing your pronouns pin or that Safe Space sticker on your door means you’re a safe person who sees and values them.
We must stand together and tell our LGBTQ+ youth they matter!
Sue Campbell, Executive Director of OUT Maine, recently attended a school board meeting at MSAD 40 where approximately 300 people were in attendance to either give or listen to arguments for and against the book Gender Queer remaining in the high school library. ...