LGBTQ+ Youth Programs in Maine
Creating Welcoming Communities for Queer and Trans Youth, Kids, and Teens With All Intersectional Identities
For Youth
For Parents
For Educators & Other Allies
Trainings for Professionals
At OUT Maine, we have an ambitious goal:
to create more welcoming and affirming communities for Maine’s diverse queer kids and teens in all their intersectional identities. We do this by changing the very systems that serve them.
21.2%, or one in five
teenagers in Maine identify as as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning.
That's roughly 11,240
high school students across Maine who identify as LGBTQ+ (Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey, 2025).
Many of our LGBTQ+ youth face serious challenges. The prevention-focused resources OUT Maine provides to these kids, and for the adults and professionals who serve as their safety net, can help save lives.
By supporting LGBTQ+ youth and their families, empowering queer youth in our communities, and educating providers, OUT Maine works to lift up genderqueer, nonbinary, gay, bisexual and other kids in Maine’s isolated and under-resourced regions.
Reach out to find out more about Youth Programs, Training, and Consultations, or be part of our support network by Donating to OUT Maine.
LATEST NEWS
Maine Legislature Rejects Bills Targeting Transgender Student Athletes
OUT Maine in collaboration with the LGBTQ+ Legislative Coalition has been organizing for months in preparation to defend transgender folks' rights here in our home state. Now, the Maine legislature has rejected eight bills that directly targeted the rights of...
Maine Public Radio Show on LGBTQ+ History, featuring OUT Maine’s Ellie Roy
This radio episode of Maine Calling, hosted by Maine Public, highlights our state's LGBTQIA2S+ history, as well as discussing a sense of belonging and safe spaces. Listen to the episode here! Description from Maine Calling: For Pride Month, we learn about different...
Our Read the Rainbow Program is Expanding!
OUT Maine Receives 3 Grants to Expand “Read the Rainbow” Book Program ROCKLAND—OUT Maine has received three grants to expand its annual “Read the Rainbow” book program, where funds are raised to send diverse book sets to Maine school and public libraries. The grants...
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