LGBTQ+ YOUTH RESOURCES
MAINE RESOURCES
- New Beginnings
Whether a young person is facing a night on the streets for the very first time, or has been surviving on their own for years, New Beginnings can help. www.newbeginmaine.org
- PineTree Legal/Kids Legal
Free Civil legal aid specializing in areas like your rights in school and protections for LGBTQ+ youth. www.kidslegal.org - Preble St. Teen Center
The hub of services for homeless and runaway youth in the Portland area, providing immediate access and assistance.
www.preblestreet.org/what-we-do/teen-services/teen-center - Shaw House.
Assistance for homeless youth in Bangor area. www.theshawhouse.org
- Campfire Institute
Wilderness Enrichment for LGBTQ+ youth.
campfireinstitute.org - EqualityMaine
Advancing and protecting LGBTQ+ Mainers’ rights since 1984. New Leaders Project is a youth program devised to connect LGBTQ+ youth from the state, build community, gain leadership skills, and learn about advocacy. kelly@equalitymaine.org or equalitymaine.org - Maine Transgender Network
MaineTransNet provides support, education, and resources to the Trans community. They have a discord channel, support groups, and the Safe Combinations donation-based thrift store in Portland.
mainetransnet.org
- NAMI Maine
National Alliance on Mental Illness. Call 1-800-464-5767.
In crisis? Text 988. - OUT Maine
Serving LGBTQ youth of rural Maine and their Families and Allies. Providing safe space for rural LGBTQ folks. www.outmaine.org
- Mabel Wadsworth Center
Provides health care using a feminist model focused on sexual and reproductive health through education, advocacy, and clinical services. https://www.mabelwadsworth.org/ - Maine Family Planning
Affordable reproductive health care services for all Mainers, as well as primary care, help for new parents and families, and gender-affirming health services.
https://mainefamilyplanning.org/ - Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Safe Space information and sexual assault support centers near you https://www.mecasa.org/maine-sexual-assault-support-centers.html
NATIONAL AND DIGITAL RESOURCES
- GLAD Law
GLBTQ Advocates and Defenders works in New England and Nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation. glad.org - GLAAD
Promotes fair, accurate and inclusive media representations of LGBT people and events.
glaad.org - Trans Youth Equality Foundation
They provide education, advocacy and support for transgender and gender non-conforming children and youth and their families. transyouthequality.org
- Imi
Guides built for and with LGBTQ+ teens to help you explore your identity and support your mental health.
.imi.guide - It Gets Better Project
Stories, futures, resources. Queer sex ed web series.
Itgetsbetter.org - LGBT Talkline
800-246-7743
Moderated group chatrooms for youth ages 19 and younger to find community and support. One-to-one peer support chat.
lgbthotline.org/youth-talkline/ - Point of Pride
Life-Changing Access, Life-Saving Affirmation. A resource for free binders and femme shapewear in addition to other resources. pointofpride.org - Trans Lifeline
Trans Lifeline’s Hotline is a peer support service run by trans people for trans and questioning callers. Their operators are located all over the U.S. and Canada, and are all trans-identified. If you are in crisis or just need someone to talk to, even if it’s just about whether or not you’re trans, please call us. We will do our best to support you and provide you resources.
Call 877-565-8860 or visit online at translifeline.org - The Trevor Project
The Trevor Project provides information & mental health support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round. thetrevorproject.org/get-help/ - Need to talk to someone right now?
TrevorText: Text ‘Start’ to 678678
TrevorChat: trevorchat.org. TrevorLifeline: 866-488-7386 - Trevor Space
TrevorSpace is an affirming international community for LGBTQ young people ages 13-24. Sign up and start a conversation now. trevorspace.org - Queer Youth Assemble
Assembling a world of queer youth, by queer youth. Resources, pen pals, and more! queeryouthassemble.org - Yellow Tulip Project
We are the Yellow Tulip Project —smashing the stigma around mental illness — one tulip at a time theyellowtulipproject.org
- Advocates For Youth
Our bodies. Our Movement. Our Lives. advocatesforyouth.org - Scarleteen
Sex Ed for the Real World. Inclusive, Comprehensive, supportive sexuality and relations info for teens and emerging adults. Scarleteen.com - Gender Spectrum
first national transgender parent support group.
genderspectrum.org/about