LGBTQ

For many LGBTQ couples, entering parenthood comes with financial, time-consuming, and sometimes discriminatory barriers to securing parenting rights. But now, Maine’s new confirmatory adoption law is easing those burdens.

This month marks 50 years since the University of Maine student senate formally recognized Wilde Stein, an LGBTQ+ student club and the first major gay rights organization in Maine. The club is still up and running on campus, and its long history is being recognized with an exhibit that opens today.

Gia Drew, Executive Director of Equality Maine, says she's hopeful the ruling is narrow and specific to Lorie Smith's 303 Creative case and won't impact gains made in Maine to support the LGBTQ+ community.

Crosspoint Church, the operator of Bangor Christian Schools, argues new rules were intentionally created so that the school could not receive tuition payments.

79-year-old Marie King reached a landmark settlement with Adult Family Care Homes of Maine after she filed a human rights complaint against the company.

LD 1900 eliminates the requirement that name changes be published. In a signing ceremony on Wednesday, Mills announced the passage of the bill, in addition to two other bills that were priority legislation for Maine’s LGBTQ+ policy coalition.

A 78-year-old woman has filed a discrimination complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission alleging that she was denied admission to an assisted living center because she is transgender.

The traveling, pandemic-inspired outdoor show is the invention of veteran Maine drag performers Gigi Gabor and Cherry Lemonade. With most indoor venues closed last year, the business partners took their show on the road, performing in driveways, lawns and parking lots.

For the first time in Maine, an openly transgender person has been elected to public office. Geo Neptune was elected to the school board in Indian…

The legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee is recommending the creation of a new office in the Bureau of Veterans Services to handle requests…