City officials seek to show support for LGBTQ community, but some worried allowing Pride flags could bring lawsuits or set precedent for other displays on city property.
Pride Month
Posted inNation & World
LGBTQ Pride at 50: Focus shifts amid pandemic, racial unrest
The coronavirus pandemic and calls for racial equality have changed the very nature of this year’s 50th anniversary LGBTQ Pride events.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
LGBTQ+ groups across Maine make adjustments for Pride month
Twelve organizations across Maine have teamed up to create a completely virtual Pride Month. The first event is a livestream of a drag queen story hour hosted by the Children’s Book Cellar in Waterville.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Augusta shopowner’s flags headed to New York City’s Pride Parade
Bishop McKechnie, who owns Merkaba Sol with his husband, David Hopkins, made a more than quarter-mile-long Pride banner.
Posted inMaine, News
Thousands turn out for Pride Portland! parade
At least 10,000 people march through downtown to celebrate LGBTQ+ rights.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: LGBTQ people have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go
Pride is the time to celebrate the rights that have been won and gather the strength to fight efforts to take them away.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: During Pride Month, focus on unfinished work
Remarkable progress has been made on LGBTQ rights, but there are still people who are marginalized.