OUT Maine youth programs awarded 11K from United Midcoast Charities
OUT Maine received an $11,000 grant from United Midcoast Charities to support its programs for LGBTQ+ youth. Specifically, the grant will help fund the Rockland-based nonprofit's weekly virtual programs, regional overnights in...
11th annual Outright Vermont Fire Truck Pull goes virtual again this year
Outright Vermont's Virtual Fire Truck Pull 2021 fundraising drive has begun. This year, the goal is $120,000, with all proceeds going to support the nonprofit's LGBTQ youth programs.
Traditionally,...
New mural in support of LGBTQ youth in the works for Springfield, Mass.
A new mural in support of LGBTQ youth is going up at the corner of Gridiron and Main streets in Springfield, Massachusetts. Work began at a paint party last weekend by community...
GLAD Legal Briefs: Urgent action needed for LGBTQ youth in the MA child welfare...
There is increasing understanding among those who advocate for children that structural biases embedded in the child welfare system hurt youth and families, and that these harms fall...
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...
