State policies banning discrimination against LGBTQ foster youth threatened by Trump administration
The Trump administration has sent letters threatening funding for states including Vermont, Massachusetts, New York and California warning that state policies supporting LGBTQ foster youth could be in violation of federal law.
Middlebury College swim team trans diver’s death deemed a suicide
Vermont State Police have announced that 21-year-old Middlebury College senior Lia Smith, a diver on the school's swim team who had been reported missing since Oct. 17 and whose body was found...
GLAD Law issues fact sheet on protections from DOJ subpoenas for trans youth and...
The Trump administration has escalated its campaign against transgender youth by issuing more than 20 civil subpoenas to health care facilities that provide care for transgender minors. At least some of these...
Fenway Health halts gender-affirming care for minors, faces backlash
The Boston-based Fenway Health — one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people — is halting its gender-affirming care (hormones and puberty blockers) for patients under 19 years...
OUT Maine receives $20K grant from United Midcoast Charities
OUT Maine recently received a $20,000 grant from United Midcoast Charities to support the organization’s work towards expanding support, advocacy, and affirming programs for LGBTQ+ youth in Knox and Waldo counties.
OUT Maine receives $139K grant from Jonathan Stein Fund
Twelve years after making its first donation of $500 to OUT Maine, a donor-advised fund at the Maine Community Foundation has decided to pay out its entire value to OUT Maine through...
Maine Crisis Line picks up after Trump admin. drops national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline
Calls to the national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline, which the Trump administration recently shut down, are now being redirected, in Maine, to the Maine Crisis Line, where counselors are trained to speak...
Boston Children’s affirms commitment to gender-affirming care for youth
Amidst news of the closure of gender-affirming programs across the country, Boston Children's Hospital has released a statement of assurance that they remain fully committed to their gender-affirming programs for youth:
GLAD Law: SCOTUS ruling has ‘no impact’ in states supporting health care for trans...
Voices decrying the US Supreme Court's harmful 6–3 ruling denying gender-affirming health care for youth in Tennessee are many and scathing, from US Senators to grassroots organizations directly providing support.
OUT Maine awarded three grants to expand ‘Read the Rainbow’ program
OUT Maine has received three grants to expand its annual “Read the Rainbow” book program, where funds are raised to send diverse book sets to Maine school and public libraries. The grants...
