Register by March 4 for EqualityMaine’s ‘Spill the Equalit-Tea’ youth conference
EqualityMaine is proudly hosting its ninth annual LGBTQ+ youth conference on March 8 on the Biddeford Campus of the University of New England—and calling it “Spill the Equalit-Tea,” and it’s literally overflowing with activity.
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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...
Speaking out against bullying, gay high school senior harassed at Franklin, MA school committee...
An openly gay high school senior speaking out against homophobic harassment and bullying was herself harassed by a member of the audience at a school committee meeting in Franklin, Massachusetts last week....
OUT Maine partners with American Academy of Pediatrics in new training
In partnership with the Maine chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, OUT Maine will expand the network of informed health care and mental health providers serving LGBTQ+ youth in Maine. Through...
‘Summer of Sash’ brings Southern LGBT youth to ‘safe haven’ in P’town
Comedian Kristen Becker says she remembers what it was like growing up in Louisiana where she had to constantly hide that she was gay. "“You would go through your day, day after day, in a constant...
Drag queen story hour prevails over protest at Waterville, Maine’s Pride
More than 200 people came out to support a drag queen story hour in Waterville last Saturday.
Last month, the “Drag Queen Story Hour” at Children’s Book Cellar had drawn a protest planned by anti-LGBT...
OUT Maine awarded $100K to create online LGBTQ educational tools
OUT Maine, the Rockport, Maine–based LGBTQ youth support nonprofit, has been awarded $100,000 to create online educational tools for schools and providers.
Here's what OUT Maine is doing...
GLAD Legal Briefs: Discussing race, disability, sexual orientation & gender ID in the classroom
Over the past year, we have seen an alarming trend in attempts to censor classroom discussions about race and LGBTQ+ issues, from bans on teaching the history...
Mass. Attorney General Campbell co-leads multi-state coalition to support LGBTQ+ kids in public schools
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown are co-leading a multi-state coalition of 19 attorneys general in supporting a Maryland local board of education’s efforts to create...
