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Back to School 2026: Know Your Rights
Our friends at the ACLU of Maine, EqualityMaine, and GLAD Law have teamed up to provide comprehensive guides for students, staff, and families to know their rights ahead of the new school year. There are overviews of LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, freedom of speech,...
Rainbow Ball Weekend 2026 T-Shirt Design Contest!
Calling all young artist friends! It's time again for us to look for a new shirt design for Rainbow Ball Weekend, our biggest 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...
How can I support my adult child who just came out as trans?
Q: My son is 23. He graduated boot camp in the CAF three years ago. He has made life in the military all about being trans. He was supposed to be a soldier. He started taking hormones two years before he told me that he wanted to transition into a girl. Dropped the...
Gender Identity vs. Biological Sex?
Learning about the difference between gender identity and biological sex can be confusing at first, but it is one of the first steps to understanding a large portion of the LGBTQIA2S+ community! To make it easier, think of sex as the physical features someone is born...
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...