Belfast, Maine senior may be first transgender valedictorian in US
A winning combination of intelligence, hard work and inspiring character are surely among the top qualities that brought Belfast, Maine senior Syd Sanders to this moment. Not only has Sanders earned the...
OUT Maine maintains much of its youth programming by going online
Though forced to cancel, or postpone, many of its highly anticipated gatherings, OUT Maine is moving much of its programming for youth online during the COVID-9 pandemic.
Its...
Emergency grants for LGBTQ youth projects offered to individuals, groups
This just in from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth:
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth is offering a minimum of $10,000 in emergency grants to help individuals and...
OUT MetroWest moves LGBTQ youth support online in response to COVID-19
As of March 12, as a precautionary measure against coronavirus, OUT MetroWest has canceled its in-person youth meetings ... but they replaced them with sessions online. The next scheduled online sessions will be held...
Boston’s Theater Offensive’s ‘Beyond the Stage’ benefit postponed
Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) concerns, The Theater Offensive's March 12 "Beyond the Stage" benefit event has been postponed.
The event is the premier annual fundraiser of Boston's LGBTQ youth theater program, the longest running such...
Connecticut GOP to honor high school athletes for suing trans competitors
Connecticut Republican party chairman J.R. Romano announced this week that his state's GOP will honor three high school girls whose families filed a federal case to block transgender athletes from competing in high school...
Three Conn. families file federal lawsuit to oust trans students from girls sports
The families of three Connecticut high school track team runners filed a federal lawsuit on Feb. 12 to exclude transgender female athletes from participating in girls sports—despite a state law on the side of...
Fuentes named East Boston YMCA’s youth and family program director
East Boston YMCA's new Youth and Family Program Director Carlos Fuentes has worked hard to grow teen, sports and family engagement programs at the branch over the past eight years. In his new role,...
Marblehead school counters trans bullying with professional training
After a transgender student at the Village School in Marblehead was bullied in December, the school, which educates about 700 fourth-to-sixth graders, quickly responded by organizing a professional training session on gender identity and...
YMCA of Southern Maine selected to participate in national LGBT+ Inclusion and Equality Initiative
Partnering with the Biden Foundation, the YMCA of the USA selected the YMCA of Southern Maine to participate in its LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Equality Initiative.
“The goal of this initiative is to work with YMCAs...
