The Equality Community Center has purchased its own building in the heart of downtown Portland.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Girls’ sports in Maine don’t need trans athlete ban
The Legislature is considering a heavy-handed fix to an invented problem.
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Posted inMaine, News, Sports, Varsity Maine
Bills seek to ban female transgender athletes from girls’ school sports
Backers of legislation in Maine and across the country say transgender girls and women have an unfair advantage in athletics. Advocates for transgender rights say these bills simply seek to discriminate against an already vulnerable community.
Posted inNation & World
Vatican says priests can’t bless same-sex unions
The note immediately disheartened advocates for LGBT Catholics and threw a wrench in the debate within the German church, which has been at the forefront of discussion on issues such the church’s teaching on homosexuality.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Collins abandons her LGBTQ constituents
The senator has not explained her retreat on the Equality Act, a civil rights bill that has passed the House.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Sen. Collins’ reversal on the Equality Act is a betrayal of our community
Confirming anti-LGBTQ+ judges, embracing a hate group’s support and flip-flopping on federal anti-bias protections aren’t the actions of an ally.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: National shortage of blood donations? As one upstanding citizen, it’s not my problem.
The FDA bans gay male blood donors as a class, while others who engage in significantly higher-risk activity are still permitted to donate blood.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people
‘I’ve proudly advocated for this bill for years, and I’m thrilled to see it pass the House today,’ said Rep. Chellie Pingree, 1st District, who is vice chair of the House LGBTQ Caucus.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted for attacking colleague’s transgender child
The exchange went viral after a contentious debate on the Equality Act, which would extend civil rights protections to the LGBTQ community.
Posted inNation & World
Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion
The organization also kicks out two other churches for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses.