Maine | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:06:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png Maine | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More. https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/ https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:47:30 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=934914 Much has happened this week in positive changemaking for the LGBTQ community at this time of challenge and uncertainty. Heroes in government, law, and in faith communities, are standing up to enormous pressure by the Trump administration and those emboldened by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Standing Up for LGBTQ Protections in Employment At the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/trumps-trans-attacks-vs-economy/feed/ 0 Queer Fantasy ‘Playland’ Explores Boston’s Oldest Gay Bar; Sets Limited Theatrical Release https://glaad.org/queer-fantasy-playland-explores-bostons-oldest-gay-bar-sets-limited-release-date/ https://glaad.org/queer-fantasy-playland-explores-bostons-oldest-gay-bar-sets-limited-release-date/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:00:31 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=922084 Directed by Georden West, Playland is described as “a raucous work of queer fantasy and history” as it plays with time in the titular bar which is Boston’s oldest and most notorious gay bar. The film has been hitting the festival circuit, premiering in 2023 at the Rotterdam Film Festival before making its North American debut at [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/queer-fantasy-playland-explores-bostons-oldest-gay-bar-sets-limited-release-date/feed/ 0 Our Pride Won’t Hide: Celebrations and Protest Coast to Coast https://glaad.org/our-pride-wont-hide-celebrations-and-protest-coast-to-coast/ https://glaad.org/our-pride-wont-hide-celebrations-and-protest-coast-to-coast/#respond Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:07:05 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=907744 Pride rolled on in towns large and small the second weekend of June, including events that faced down challenges with overwhelming support. Bar Harbor Pride Rangers from the National Park Service and nearby Acadia National Park wore their park service uniforms and Pride colors for the Bar Harbor Pride Festival.   View this post on [...]

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