by Ellie Roy | Nov 6, 2025 | General, Org News, Youth Programming
OMGLOL (OUT Maine Goes Live on the Lake) is our annual fall youth leadership retreat, where teens ages 14-18 embark on a three-day exploration of advocacy skills and community building. In 2025, program staff developed a whole new series of interwoven workshops to...
by Ellie Roy | Aug 12, 2025 | General, Org News, Parents, Youth Programming
OUT Maine is now offering FREE individualized youth mental health counseling services! For LGBTQ+ youth ages 8-18, we’re proud to offer 1-hour weekly in-person or telehealth sessions. This HIPAA-compliant program will be supervised by a Licensed Clinical...
by Ellie Roy | Apr 16, 2025 | Education, General, GSTA/GSDA/CRT, Org News, Parents, Youth Programming
OUT Maine has collaborated with several organizations throughout the state to put together this Action Alert toolkit! Several bills have been submitted in the Maine Legislature that would roll back civil rights, ban transgender girls from participating on school...
by Ellie Roy | Apr 14, 2025 | Education, General, GSTA/GSDA/CRT, Org News, Parents, Youth Programming
We’re seeing a rise in anti-trans legislation at the state and federal levels in 2025. Now is the time to contact your representatives and share your thoughts! There are so many accessible ways to advocate for trans rights effectively, you can choose the method...
by Ellie Roy | Jan 16, 2025 | Youth Programming
Calling all young artist friends! We need a new T-shirt design for Rainbow Ball Weekend 2025, our biggest youth event of the year! This is your chance to have your original artwork printed on 150+ shirts for queer and allied youth and adults across the state of Maine....
by Ellie Roy | Oct 3, 2024 | Youth Programming
At the end of September 2024 we went to Haystack Mountain School of Crafts for our biannual weekend youth art retreat! It was such a blast learning new crafts, meeting new friends, and exploring new ways to express ourselves. We had five sessions this year: fiber,...
