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OMGLOL 2025 Recap!
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...
2024-2025 Mission Impact Report Available
Changing the Fabric of Maine One Heart at a Time The staff OUT Maine knows first hand that LGBTQ+ youth in Maine thrive when they have access to affirming people, programs, and policies. The past year has seen many challenges socially and politically. These issues...
OUT Maine Receives $20,000 Grant from United Midcoast Charities
ROCKLAND—The week of September 16th, 2025, OUT Maine received a $20,000 grant from United Midcoast Charities to support the organization’s work towards expanding support, advocacy, and affirming programs for LGBTQ+ youth in Knox and Waldo counties. “We want to extend...
OUT Maine Receives $139,000+ Grant from Jonathan Stein Fund at Maine Community Foundation
ROCKLAND—Twelve years after making its first donation of $500 to OUT Maine, a donor advised fund at the Maine Community Foundation has decided to pay out its entire value to OUT Maine through a $139,000 disbursement meant to benefit programs serving LGBTQ+ youth in...
FREE Youth Mental Health Counseling through OUT Maine
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 Professional...
OUT Maine Awards Scholarships to 7 Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:CONTACT: Ellie Roy (ellie@outmaine.org) OUT Maine Awards College Scholarships to 7 Students ROCKLAND—As of August 8th, OUT Maine has awarded a record number of educational scholarships to 7 students across the state. This year’s recipients are...
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...
Help Defeat Anti-Trans Bills
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...