OUT Maine releases ‘Best practices’ for LGBTQ+ inclusive youth programming
As of 2019, 20% of Maine’s high school teens identify as LGBTQ+, according to the 2019 Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey. This is just one example, says OUT Maine, that demonstrates there...
Boston Theater Offensive’s benefit for True Colors moves online to Nov. 12
"Beyond the Stage," The Theater Offensive's premier annual fundraiser for their LGBTQ youth program, True Colors, has moved online. The event had been one of the earliest postponed back in March due...
A lifeline for LGBTQ youth, Moulton’s suicide hotline bill passes into law
Bay State Congressman Seth Moulton's bill to create a three-digit suicide prevention hotline—legislation that specifically reaches out to LGBTQ youth and other high-risk groups—passed into law this weekend. The simple three-digit "988"...
Maine Senator Justin Chenette publishes book for kids on legislating
As he heads out of office at the end of this legislative term, openly gay Maine State Senator Justin Chenette has published a full-length children’s book about state government.
Four New England universities earn ‘Best of the Best’ Campus Pride scores
In commemoration of LGBTQ History Month and National Coming Out Day, Campus Pride announced its "Best of the Best" list of colleges and universities across the nation. And New England has four...
Ellsworth, Maine school board endorses student plan to paint crosswalks in rainbow colors
A group of high school students in Ellsworth, Maine received their school board's endorsement to paint two crosswalks in the colors of the rainbow flag at the city's high school and elementary-middle...
Pride, BLM flags to fly over schools across Vermont’s Mill River district
After careful consideration by a school board in Vermont, the LGBTQ Pride flag and Black Lives Matter flag will fly over all public schools in Clarendon, North Clarendon, Shrewsbury, Wallingford and Tinmouth,...
New England’s queer proms set their sights on future dates
For many LGBTQ adults, the very idea of being able to participate in the rite of passage of a prom is hard to even imagine. Unfortunately, all of...
LGBTQ youth-focused health project receives nearly $1 million grant
With a focus on LGBTQ youth, the Positive Pathways Project of Needham, Massachusetts–based JRI Heath is receiving nearly $1 million from the federal government to support its work to help Suffolk County...
Department of Education weighs in against Connecticut trans athletes competing in high school sports
The Associated Press reported yesterday that a 45-page letter from US Department of Education's civil rights office finds that "Connecticut’s policy allowing transgender girls to compete as girls in high school sports...
