EqualityMaine

11/18/2025

Thank you to our friends at Maine Family Planning and Mabel Wadsworth Center for being such fierce advocates for trans healthcare in Maine! During a time where trans rights are under attack at every level of government, we thank you for fighting for access to life-saving medical care, including in Aroostook County. Because as Aspen points out, “Trans folks are everywhere. We have always been everywhere.”

Click here to read the full article:
https://www.pressherald.com/?p=7532992&uuid=2a54c12e-4b8f-4291-aaed-4eb9525c6b1c&lid=197032

11/17/2025

Join EqualityMaine's New Leaders Project for a pizza & q***r movie night at the Equality Community Center! We’ll enjoy a movie, have the opportunity for a group discussion, as well as access to crafts, games, and more. No registration required or cost to attend!

NOTE: We are moving the meetup a week earlier to account for the school holiday break!

🌈LGBTQ+ Youth and Allies Grades 7-12
📍Equality Community Center (15 Casco Street, Portland, ME) - lower level Community Room
📆Fourth Fridays of the Month
4:00-7:00 PM
Community, Games, Snacks, Crafts
Got questions? Email kelly@equalitymaine.org!

11/16/2025

We’re teaming up with Frannie Peabody, MaineTransNet, and the Equality Community Center for an incredible lineup of World AIDS Day events this December!

Learn more at peabodycenter.org/worldaidsday ❤️‍🔥

DON’T FORGET: grab your FREE tickets at portlandmuseum.org/films for a screening of AIDS Diva: The Legend of Connie Norman—followed by a conversation with Director Dante Alencastre!

11/15/2025

During Trans Awareness Week, let’s make some things clear: Trans people have ALWAYS existed, will ALWAYS exist, and will ALWAYS belong in our communities. Full stop! ❤️‍🔥

Trans people have led the charge during the gay liberation movement and other civil rights movements, and cared for people with AIDs during the AIDs epidemic.

They have made groundbreaking discoveries and advancements in tech, engineering, medicine, music, neurobiology, the arts and more! Let’s celebrate and honor their accomplishments.

In 2025, the nationwide legislative attacks on trans people are the highest they’ve ever been throughout US history. Awareness isn’t enough: it’s time to act! If you are a cis person with privilege, use it to fight for trans people!

And to our wonderful trans loved ones: Your right to be happy, healthy, included, and safe is not up for debate. We see you, we support you, we love you, and we will ALWAYS keep fighting by your side. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

11/14/2025

You all knocked us dead with your monstrous looks at the Great Pumpkin Ball! Thank you Mia Cattan for the amazing work capturing costumes at our photo area.

Head here for the full photo album:
https://www.equalitymaine.org/pumpkin-ball-photos/

11/13/2025

11/13/2025

Reminder that we'll be seeing you at the Portland Museum of Art this Sunday, November 16th from 1-3 pm for this book launch celebration and fundraiser! This event is free, but donations to the Maine Humanities Council is deeply appreciated.

In celebration of Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention, experience the words of three Maine poets Julia Bouwsma, author of Death Fluorescence (Sundress Publications, July 2025), Samaa Abdurraqib, author of Towards a Retreat (Diode Editions, August 2025) and Maine Humanities Executive Director, and Maya Williams, author of Feminine Morbidity (The Headlight Review, October 2025).

Alongside readings of their poems, Bouwsma, Abdurraqib, and Williams—who each actively work at the intersection of poetry and community in Maine—will engage in a conversation that ranges from explorations of creative processes to questions of why and how poetry might help us, both individually and collectively, to navigate these uniquely challenging times. See you there!

11/13/2025

Love always wins. The Supreme Court will not revisit constitutional protections for marriage equality. We breathe a sigh of relief for our community, AND we also acknowledge that the fight for LGBTQ+ rights is ongoing, as attacks on trans people continue to be on the rise nationwide.

Our Executive Director Gia Drew said this: “While we celebrate this decision, there’s a lot of work to do to make sure that everyone who is LGBTQ+, here in their own country, feels like they can live their lives.”

11/12/2025

11/11/2025

Join EqualityMaine's New Leaders Project and Rainbow Arts Collective for creative nights at Ellard Studio.
This youth-centered space will have an every other month rotation - youth only nights (grades 7-12) and youth & family nights! On our youth-only nights for teens, youth artists will have the opportunity to teach workshops to their peers. On our youth & family nights, youth may still attend solo or may bring their family with them. We will have artist-led workshops for our youth & family nights.

RSVP here:
tinyurl.com/q***ryouthartclub

Join us this month for Q***r Youth Art Club: Youth & Families - Make Your Own Pins
Youth Only Nights - LGBTQ+ Youth and Allies Grades 7-12
Q***r Youth & Family Nights - LGBTQ+ Youth and Families
Ellard Art Studio, Lewiston, ME
Third Wednesday of the Month
4:00-6:00 PM
Community, Snacks, Rotating Art Workshops
Got questions? Email kelly@equalitymaine.org!