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Ages 9-13 | Ages 14-22 | Youth Event Calendar | LGBTQ+ Youth Tobacco Project

    Does it cost money to participate in a youth program?

    Online programs are free. However, some activities may require purchasing craft materials, a book, etc. Whenever possible, materials are provided free or with a scholarship option. There is a fee to participate in weekend retreats, BUT, anyone can receive a scholarship to cover 25% to 100% of the fee. CLICK HERE to learn more.

    Ages 13 and younger

    Fruit Loops Sea Change Yoga Online Winter Session (ages 9-13)

    Sea Change Yoga’s LGBTQ+ instructors are hosting four sessions of yoga and meditation for OUT Maine’s Fruit Loops group every other Wednesday, January 17th through February 28th.

    Register for Fruit Loops

    Fruit Loops (ages 9-13)

    Youth hang out, enjoy workshops, play games, and connect with LGBTQ+ peers! Even if you can’t commit to coming weekly, or don’t know if this is your jam, come try it out- it’s only an hour!

    Register

    Rainbow Room After School Program (ages 11-18)

    Join the Landing Place in Rockland for their LGBTQ+ Afterschool Program, Rainbow Room, on Wednesdays, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.! Connect with LGBTQ+ youth in the midcoast, watch movies, work on art activities, and more! Email maggie@outmaine.org with any questions!

    Email Maggie with Questions!

    Ages 14-22

    Youth Advisory Board (ages 14-22)

    The Youth Advisory Board is a group of young adults in Maine with the goal to achieve a safer and more secure community for queer and trans youth through education, advocacy, and youth-driven events that provide a comfortable and understanding environment to encourage change within the systems that oppress them.

    Apply to the Advisory Board

    Queeries/Queer Futures: CMCA LGBTQ+ Artist Talk Mini Series

    Join OUT Maine and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s virtual Artist Talk Mini Series, featuring five different LGBTQ+ artists based in Maine! These talks include artists Brian Doody, Veronica Perez, Sam Finkelstein, Hope Revelto, and Chelsea Witt. 

    Register

    Queeries/Queer Futures Sea Change Yoga Online Winter Session!

    Sea Change Yoga’s LGBTQ+ instructors are hosting four sessions of yoga and meditation to facilitate mindfulness with OUT Maine’s Queeries/Queer Futures group! These free sessions will meet on Zoom every other Tuesday January 9th through February 20th.

    Register for Queeries/Queer Futures

    Queeries/Queer Futures (ages 14-22)

    Join Queeries/Queer Futures and build an affirming community while playing games, doing projects, and engaging in discussions that explore gender and queer identity! This is a space where we WANT to engage with topics like pronouns at school, clothing choices, and the process of coming out. This group is about YOU so YOU get to tell us where your passions lie, and where you’d like additional support!

    Register

    Rainbow Room After School Program (ages 11-18)

    Join the Landing Place in Rockland for their LGBTQ+ Afterschool Program, Rainbow Room, on Wednesdays, 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m.! Connect with LGBTQ+ youth in the midcoast, watch movies, work on art activities, and more! Email maggie@outmaine.org with any questions!

    Email Maggie with Questions!

    Binder Program

    OUT Maine provides free chest binders (specially-designed chest compression garments) to any transgender, nonbinary, gender-expansive, or any other LGBTQ+ Maine youth, ages 14 to 22, who needs one and cannot afford to purchase or safely obtain one.

    Learn more

    Youth Events Calendar

    Future Youth Programs (2024): Haystack/OUT Maine Art Weekend * Rainbow Ball Weekend * Scholarship Fund * Pride Art Shows & Anthology (all ages, up to 22 yrs)

    At OUT Maine, we seek to change the very systems that serve diverse queer youth in all of their intersectional identities by creating more welcoming and affirming communities.

    Our programming and training aims to empower youth in Maine’s isolated and under-resourced regions to be their most authentic selves; support their network of family and allies; and educate health care providers, educators, clergy and other professionals to better understand the needs of queer youth and provide affirmative support. OUT Maine’s work gives everyone a role in building resilience and life skills necessary to lift up queer youth in our state.

    OUT Maine. Building welcoming and affirming communities urgently needed for Maine’s LGBTQ+ youth.