The new department regulations allow transgender people who meet military standards to enlist and serve openly in their self-identified gender.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: After decades of struggle, a place for LGBTQ+ Mainers to call home
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.
Posted inLocal & State, 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 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
Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion
The organization also kicks out two other churches for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses.
Posted inNation & World, Uncategorized
Biden reverses Trump ban on transgender people in military
President Joe Biden is signing an executive order revoking a Pentagon policy that largely barred transgender individuals from joining the military.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Feeling the wounds of Jan. 6 – embodiment as an anti-racist practice
Paying attention to physical responses to the Capitol attack can help white people see how Black, brown and queer bodies have been barred and assaulted.