HBO’s new streaming service orders docuseries about forgotten LGBTQ heroes

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Published
October 17, 2019

HBO’s new streaming service orders docuseries about forgotten LGBTQ heroes

The streaming service has picked up a four-part docuseries that will chronicle “landmark events and forgotten heroes of LGBTQ+ movement.”
Published
October 15, 2019

Commentary: The Supreme Court should protect trans people from discrimination

We are not asking for much: a fair chance at a job, and a safe place to live.
Published
October 11, 2019

Bill Nemitz: Educator’s life well lived holds lessons for all of Maine

Longtime educator Betsy Parsons, whose memorial service will be held Saturday, left a legacy of compassion, courage and equality for all.
Published
October 10, 2019

Dana Milbank: Will Gorsuch abandon his judicial philosophy to get what he wants?

The Trump-appointed justice could be a problem for those seeking to preserve discrimination against the LGBTQ community.
Published
October 8, 2019

Supreme Court considers legal protections for gay, transgender workers

The word 'transgender' made its first appearance in a high court argument, as well as 'cisgender' and the gender-ambiguous character Pat' from 1990s 'Saturday Night Live’ skits.
Published
October 5, 2019

Abortion, immigrants, LGBT rights top Supreme Court’s new term

The court also could be front and center in the presidential campaign itself, especially with health concerns surrounding 86-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Published
October 5, 2019

Commentary: The devil’s in the details when our differences define us

Community calls for compromise and trust, not kneejerk rejection of anyone whose worldview is slightly out of kilter with our own.
Published
September 30, 2019

Pope meets with Jesuit targeted by conservatives for LGBTQ outreach

The Rev. James Martin is the author of "Building a Bridge," a book about how the Catholic Church should reach out more to the LGBT community.
Published
September 28, 2019

Maine Voices: Let’s move forward together to address injustice, not take a step back

The We Must Do MORE Tour, a civic engagement movement grounded in the concerns of the poor, is coming to Portland on Oct. 10.
Published
September 4, 2019

‘It: Chapter Two’ film portrays painful true chapter of LGBTQ history in Maine

Bangor resident Charlie Howard was attacked and thrown off the city's State Street Bridge in 1984, an event depicted in a scene from Stephen King's book and the movie.