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EqualityMaine is Maine’s oldest LGBTQ+ nonprofit, advocating for LGBTQ+ rights and building community with LGBTQ+ youth and older adults in Maine for over 40 years.

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EqualityMaine is the oldest LGBTQ+ nonprofit in Maine. We work to secure full equality for LGBTQ+ people through advocacy, organizing, & education.
We’re teaming up with Frannie Peabody, MaineTransN We’re teaming up with Frannie Peabody, MaineTransNet, and the Equality Community Center for an incredible lineup of World AIDS Day events this December! Learn more at peabodycenter.org/worldaidsday ❤️‍🔥 DON’T FORGET: grab your FREE tickets at portlandmuseum.org/films for a screening of AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman—followed by a conversation with Director Dante Alencastre!
During Trans Awareness Week, let’s make some thing During Trans Awareness Week, let’s make some things clear: Trans people have ALWAYS existed, will ALWAYS exist, and will ALWAYS belong in our communities. Full stop! ❤️‍🔥 Trans people have led the charge during the gay liberation movement and other civil rights movements, and cared for people with AIDs during the AIDs epidemic. They have made groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in tech, engineering, medicine, music, neurobiology, the arts and more! Let’s celebrate and honor their accomplishments. In 2025, the nationwide legislative attacks on trans people are the highest they’ve ever been throughout US history. Awareness isn’t enough: it’s time to act! If you are a cis person with privilege, use it to fight for trans people! And to our wonderful trans loved ones: Your right to be happy, healthy, included, and safe is not up for debate. We see you, we support you, we love you, and we will ALWAYS keep fighting by your side. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
You all knocked us dead with your monstrous looks You all knocked us dead with your monstrous looks at the Great Pumpkin Ball! Thank you Mia Cattan for the amazing work capturing costumes at our photo area. Head here for the full photo album: https://www.equalitymaine.org/pumpkin-ball-photos/
Love always wins. The Supreme Court will not revis Love always wins. The Supreme Court will not revisit constitutional protections for marriage equality. We breathe a sigh of relief for our community, AND we also acknowledge that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights is ongoing, as attacks on trans people continue to be on the rise nationwide. Our Executive Director Gia Drew said this: “While we celebrate this decision, there’s a lot of work to do to make sure that everyone who is LGBTQ+, here in their own country, feels like they can live their lives.”
Join EqualityMaine's New Leaders Project and Rainb Join EqualityMaine's New Leaders Project and Rainbow Arts Collective for creative nights at Ellard Studio. This youth-centered space will have an every other month rotation - youth only nights (grades 7-12) and youth & family nights! On our youth-only nights for teens, youth artists will have the opportunity to teach workshops to their peers. On our youth & family nights, youth may still attend solo or may bring their family with them. We will have artist-led workshops for our youth & family nights. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/queeryouthartclub Join us this month for Queer Youth Art Club: Youth & Families - Make Your Own Pins Youth Only Nights - LGBTQ+ Youth and Allies Grades 7-12 Queer Youth & Family Nights - LGBTQ+ Youth and Families Ellard Art Studio, Lewiston, ME Third Wednesday of the Month 4:00-6:00 PM Community, Snacks, Rotating Art Workshops Got questions? Email kelly@equalitymaine.org!
Calling all school counselors, social workers, psy Calling all school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and LCPCs - enhance your skills in supporting LGBTQ+ students with EqualityMaine’s free three hour interactive Safety Plan Intervention (SPI) Training! Led by our MSW Student Intern Cal Megan, this session combines the Stanley-Brown SPI model with the QueerCare Model, offering practical, hands-on strategies you can apply right away. Participate in engaging discussions, explore real-world applications, and connect with fellow professionals—all available in-person and virtually. Don’t miss this chance to create safer, more affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ youth! Participants will receive an EqualityMaine Professional Development Certificate and Contact Hours. Sign up here or screenshot the QR code to scan: Tinyurl.com/EQMEtrainings
Today is Intersex Day of Remembrance and Solidarit Today is Intersex Day of Remembrance and Solidarity, and we honor and celebrate the intersex community worldwide. 💛💜 An estimated 1.78% of people are intersex — about as common as having red hair or green eyes. Yet, intersex people still face discrimination, stigma, and harmful medical practices like non-consensual surgeries performed to make their bodies fit the narrow sex binary, usually as infants. This day is a call to end Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) and ensure that all intersex people can live freely, without medical violence or erasure. All people should have the right to bodily integrity and autonomy. Learn, support, and take action with @intersexjusticeproject and @interact_adv 💛 🔗 intersexjusticeproject.org . . . . . #IntersexDayOfRemembrance #IntersexSolidarityDay #IntersexJustice #EndIGM #HumanRights #IntersexVisibility
Calling all Bangor area LGBTQ+ youth! Join Equali Calling all Bangor area LGBTQ+ youth! Join EqualityMaine's New Leaders Project for a propagating plant workshop at the Bangor Region YMCA Teen Center next Friday, November 14 with our LSW intern, Cal Megan! 🌱 We will provide inch plants and pots for youth to take home! Bringing your own clippings is also optional. Paint and design your plant pot with friends!🌿 This youth-centered space is filled with a rotating inventory of activities from games, to friendship bracelets and crafts, to LGBTQ+ movie afternoons, all while making connections and building community. No registration required or cost to attend! LGBTQ+ Youth and Allies Grades 7-12 Bangor Region YMCA Teen Center Second Fridays of the Month 3:00-6:00 PM Community, Games, Snacks, Crafts Got questions? Email kelly@equalitymaine.org!
Yesterday, the Supreme Court allowed the federal g Yesterday, the Supreme Court allowed the federal government to restrict passport gender markers to the sex assigned at birth. Trans, gender expansive, and intersex people are no longer able to apply for gender marker changes that reflect their identities (for the time being). This is not a final decision, nor is it the end of the road for litigation on this issue. Legal challenges are ongoing. Our community will move forward together and we will keep fighting and caring for one another. We know you may be feeling anxious, exhausted, or unsafe. This ruling doesn’t change or define who you are. Having mismatched - and frankly, incorrect - gender markers is wrong. This is also something that is frequently experienced by trans and gender expansive folks. We can persist, even when the government takes action to make our lives harder. We will keep fighting and caring for one another until every 2SLGBTQIA+ person can live freely and thrive.
This year’s Great Pumpkin Ball was the stuff of dr This year’s Great Pumpkin Ball was the stuff of dreams ✨(....and nightmares 😈) Thanks to everyone who came out to party on Halloween Night! Dying to see photos from the pre-show Meet and Greet with our headliner, horror drag royalty and season 1 winner of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, @vandervonodd ? Check out the full album here: equalitymaine.org/pumpkin-ball-photos Photos by the incredible @mettieostrowski ! Looking for step and repeat photos and photos from the main event? We’ll be sharing them here and in a Facebook album soon! Keep an eye out!
We love good election news! ❤️‍🔥 Thanks to all of We love good election news! ❤️‍🔥 Thanks to all of your support, we defeated a ballot measure that would have restricted voting rights, and approved a measure to help create safer communities in Maine! Everyone deserves the freedom to vote safely and securely in a way that works for them, and it was so wonderful to see Mainers affirm that. Passing Question 2 empowers both families and law enforcement to go directly to a judge when they know someone with access to deadly weapons is in crisis. This would not have been possible without all of you: people who believe in a Maine where everyone has the right to safety, support, and access to participating in our democracy. 🗳
Tomorrow, November 4 is Election Day! Have you mad Tomorrow, November 4 is Election Day! Have you made your plan to vote yet? Check iwillvote.com/votinginfo/ME for info on where to vote, polling location hours and more. Swipe through to learn more about NO on 1 and YES on 2, as well as your voting rights. And, make sure to check in with your friends, family and neighbors to ensure they’ve made their plan to vote! ❌Save Absentee Voting - vote NO ON 1! Question #1 would: 🗳heavily restrict access to absentee voting and early voting 🗳Limit the number of ballot drop-off boxes a town can offer 🗳Eliminate the ability to sign up for ongoing absentee ballots for older adults and people with disabilities 🗳Shorten the time period for early voting by two days ✅Make our communities safer - vote YES ON 2! A YES on 2 would: 🚩offer Mainers a critical new avenue to help and protect their loved ones and curb gun violence in our state 🚩allow family members to go directly to a judge when a loved one is in crisis 🚩temporarily limit their access to deadly weapons if a judge finds they pose a danger to themselves or others Heads up! You may see folks at some polling locations around the state asking you to sign a petition to get a question about students’ rights to play on sports teams and use the bathroom on the 2026 ballot. Similar to the proposed (and defeated) anti-trans legislation we saw last session in Maine, if passed, this ballot initiative would overturn decades of settled law, roll back human rights in Maine schools, and encourage harassment and discrimination against trans youth. This ballot measure attempt has been on our radar, and we will continue to follow its progress and keep you updated going forward. We urge you NOT to sign the petition! As you already know, this citizen’s initiative is part of a national political agenda that threatens so many core Maine values. We know that Mainers believe in building trusting relationships with our neighbors and creating welcoming communities that give youth a chance to grow, connect, and thrive without additional hurdles. That’s why we’re asking you to decline to sign!
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