Hurricane Island partners with OUT Maine programs and hosts retreat
OUT Maine staff recently enjoyed an overnight retreat at Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership on the Center's island in Penobscot Bay. After a challenging pandemic year — plus a time...
Worcester schools launch new ‘Rights, Respect, Responsibility’ curriculum
A new curriculum aimed "to give children and teens the tools to recognize and combat abuse, prevent bullying and be respectful of others" is being rolled out in Worcester public schools at...
Outright Vermont raises nearly $900K to purchase their own home base
Outright Vermont has exceeded their goal to raise enough funds to buy the space in Burlington's Old North End where they've been operating. The capital campaign aimed to bring in the $850,000...
‘Let Trans Athletes Play’ day of sports, games and protest held in Cambridge
Last Sunday afternoon, a welcoming and inclusive group gathered in North Cambridge's Mayor Thomas W. Danehy Park to play frisbee, softball and other games from chess to the corn-hole toss and to...
LGBTQ youth in Mass. child welfare system under ‘significant threat’
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth released a disturbing report on the state's child welfare agency's ability to protect LGBTQ children and young adults in their system from violence and abuse.
Epping, NH school board weighs when, or if, to out trans students to parents
The school board of Epping, New Hampshire is grappling with a new policy of guidelines concerning transgender and nonbinary students. The major concern is over when, or if, it's appropriate to allow...
Vermont Reads program focuses on LGBTQ youth for its 2021 selection
The Vermont Humanities Council has selected the LGBTQ young adult novel "We Contain Multitudes" for its Vermont Reads program's book selection of 2021.
Partnering with schools, libraries and...
OUT MetroWest’s youth programs get permanent home in Framingham, MA
This fall, OUT MetroWest is moving its programs that support LGBTQ+ youth to a new, permanent home in the ātac*: downtown arts + music building at 160 Hollis Street in Framingham, Mass....
Leading Maine lawmakers support LGBTQ youth in Trevor Project video
Leading Maine lawmakers — including US Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, US Congressman Jared Golden and US Senators Angus King and Susan Collins — have teamed up in a Trevor Project video to support...
Vermont police treating vandalized LGBTQ school artwork as hate crime
The defacement of about a dozen chalk drawings in support of LGBTQ rights created by student volunteers at their elementary and middle school in Hinesburg, Vermont, is being treated by police as...
