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Contents:

• RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN
• MOVG TO GAY MAE? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.
• THE MAE MILLENNIAL: ANTI-GAY RIGHTS CROWD HAS A NEW TARGET, BUT ’S THE SAME OLD HATE

RACG TO PRERVE THE HISTORY OF MAE’S 1ST GAY RIGHTS ANIZATN

Current statSce Sep 20, 2011Legal Don't Ask, Don't Tell is officially repealed throughout the Uned Stat, and gays and lbians may openly donatns by MSMs Mae? Our missn is to protect and advance full equaly for all lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer Maers by creatg an clive and tersectnal movement through polil actn, muny buildg, tn, engagement and llaboratn. 1974 – The Wil Ste Clubs, along wh 25 members of Hanck County Gays, pickets a TV statn Bangor October prottg an anti-gay televisn show.

Lois Galgay Reckt, D-South Portland, who has been advotg for both a feral and state equal rights amendment for 50 years, is behd the proposal. Chroniclg the LGBT rights movement sce the Stonewall RtsBangor Daily News: Charlie: Thirty years after the killg of a young gay man shocked Bangor, his ath is now remembered for s profound effect on Mae'We May Be A Ltle Cy, But We Have Got A Lot Of Pri' Portland Celebrat LGBTQ PriBangor Daily News: Wil-Ste, UMae's gay rights group, celebrat 40 years of changeHow A Rural Mae School Is Workg To Help LGBTQ StuntsEqualyMaeMae Human Rights ActSAGE Mae Equaly Communy Center PortlandOut Mae RocklandHealth Equy AllianceMae TransNetLGBTQ+ Collectn at Universy of Southern MaeChildren's book: The Yellow Square of Stonewall, by Sonny DeanRollg Stone: How excln om the ary strengthened gay inty AmeriLois Reed's obuaryGLAAD: An ally's gui to LGBTQ+ termology. In July 2004, the Supreme Judicial Court jtic led that a gay woman who was “mted” to her ex-partner’s blogil child was entled to full parental rights as a “ facto parent”, even though she was no longer volved wh the boy’s blogil mother [R1.

MOVG TO GAY MAE? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON.

In April 2004, a new law takg effect 90 days after the signg (on 27 July 2004), extend domtic-partnership rights to gay and non-gay upl who live together a long-term arrangement.

On 20 June 2001 Mae’s first domtic partners registry me to effect for gay and unmarried heterosexual partners over 18, jotly ridg the cy of Portland [R2.

In December 2005, Mae beme the last New England state to legally protect gay men and lbians om discrimatn ( employment, hog, cred, public acmodatns, and tn) as a law that voters refed to repeal last month went on the books. In October 2000, Attorney General Andrew Ketterer said that unr current state law gays and lbians are not protected om discrimatn employment, hog, cred, and public acmodatns [R1. In April 2000, the Mae Senate gave fal approval to a referendum bill and a November statewi vote on anti-discrimatn protectns for homosexuals [R1.

THE MAE MILLENNIAL: ANTI-GAY RIGHTS CROWD HAS A NEW TARGET, BUT ’S THE SAME OLD HATE

In September 2001, the Bangor Cy Council approved a gay rights ordance siar to one rejected November 2000 by Mae voters and prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn the areas of hog, employment, tn, cred applitns and public acmodatns but exemptg relig anizatns [R2. In April 1998, Bar Harbor beme the first town uncil Mae to extend antidiscrimatn protectn to gay men and lbians sce the state’s Human Rights Act was repealed [R2. On 21 May 2019, the Senate reportedly passed Bill LD 1025 that seeks to prohib therapi that attempt to alter the sexual orientatn or genr inty of lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr youth and the legislatn now go to Governor Ja Mills [R1.

On 26 January 2012, a aln of LGBT groups led by EqualyMae and Gay & Lbian Advot & Defenrs said more than 105, 000 signatur had been llected om Mae voters – nearly double the amount need to qualify for a ballot measure later this year aimed at strikg down a referendum passed by voters 2009 [R1. On 03 November 2009, the mpaign to overturn Mae’s gay marriage law won wh 53 percent of the vote pared to 47 percent opposed, acrdg to unofficial rults [R1. In May 2009, the lower hoe of Mae’s legislature voted favour of the state allowg gay marriag, the Senate havg prevly approved the Bill [R1.