Resources from GLAD

Know Your Rights, Maine LGBTQ+ Youth

Creating Safe and Affirming Schools for LGBTQ+ Maine Youth

Know Your Rights in the Juvenile Justice System

Existing Protections in Schools — Know Your Rights!

Juvenile Justice Resources

Legal Resources in Maine

GLAD 答案
Free & confidential legal information, assistance, and referrals
Monday – Friday 1:30 – 4:30 pm at 800-455-GLAD(4523)

ID项目
Free legal representation for transgender people seeking to update their legal name and gender on federal and state documents (in collaboration with Ropes & Gray LLP and MTPC)

Juvenile Justice Resource Organizations in Maine

波特兰直接

Maine InsideOut

Disability Rights Maine

LGBTQ Organizations in Maine

缅因州平等组织
207-761-3732
info@equalitymaine.org

GLSEN Downeast Maine
PO Box 373
Ellsworth, Maine 04605
207-217-9873
downeastme@chapters.glsen.org

GLSEN Southern Maine
PO Box 10334
Portland, Maine 04104
207-619-1417
glsensomaine@gmail.com

缅因州交通运输网
511 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
207-370-0359
info@mainetransnet.org 

Out & Allied Youth Theatre

缅因州以外
63 Park Street
Rockland, ME 04841
Mailing Address: PO Box 1723, Rockland, ME 04841
1-800-530-6997
info@outmaine.org

Outright Lewiston-Auburn
134 College Street
Lewiston, ME 04243
info@outrightla.org

PFLAG Houlton
207-532-7165
janddholden@myfairpoint.net

波特兰亲友会
207-831-3015
pflagportlandmaine@gmail.com

PFLAG Waterville
207-873-4444

波特兰直接
56 North Street, Suite 100
Portland, ME 04101
207-558-2429
portlandoutright@gmail.com

Trans Youth Equality Foundation
PO Box 7441
Portland, ME 04112
207-478-4087
contact@transyouthequality.org

Additional Maine Resources

American Civil Liberties Union of Maine
207-774-5444

Consumers for Affordable Health Care
1-800-965-7476

缅因州人权委员会

Health Equity Alliance
Bangor:     207-990-3626
Ellsworth:  207-667-3506
Machias:   207-255-5849
Augusta:    207-242-0709
info@mainehealthequity.org

Kids Legal
207-774-8246

Shelters in Maine

Preble Street Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter
Licensed emergency overnight shelter for youth ages 12 through 20 from 8:00 pm – 8:00 am every day.
38 Preble Street
Portland, ME 04101
207-775-0026
info@preblestreet.org

新的开始
Emergency shelter for up to twelve youth ages 12 through 19. Maximum length stay is three weeks. Additional services, including transitional living programs for youth ages 16 to 21, are also available.
134 College Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
207-795-4070 (staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
info@newbeginmaine.org

Shaw House
Emergency shelter for youth ages 10 to 20 open 7:00 pm – 8:00 am. Day Drop-Program open 8:00 am – 7:00 pm. Additional services, including a transitional living program for youth ages 16 to 20, are also available.
136 Union Street
Bangor, ME 04401
207-941-2874 or Toll Free: 1-866-561-SHAW (staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week)
info@theshawhouse.org

其他资源

Gender Spectrum
510-788-4412
info@genderspectrum.org

GLSEN (National)
212-727-0135
info@glsen.org

移民平等
– Confidential form to ask a legal question:
– Legal resources
– For a legal emergency: 212-714-2904

PFLAG (National)

Sylvia Rivera Law Project
– Legal Help
– Legal Help Line: 212-337-8550, ext. 308
info@srlp.org

特雷弗计划
– TrevorLifeline: 866-488-7386 (available 24/7 for young people in crisis, feeling suicidal, or in need of a safe and judgment-free place to talk)
– TrevorChat: Online 7 days a week 3pm-10pm
– TrevorText: Text “Trevor” to 1-202-304-1200 M-F 3pm-10pm

跨性别法律中心
– Request legal information
– Legal assistance: 415-865-0176

Sample Reading Lists

Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt
The inspiring true story of Nicole Maines, a transgender girl from Maine, and her family.

Ithaca College Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services Reading List

Gender Spectrum Books and Media

GLSEN Journals and Books