Sponsored by: EqualityMaine & the ECC

Contacts: Brooke (brooke@eccmaine.org) & Izzy (izzy@equalitymaine.org)

Public event - join us for a movie!

Co-sponsored by: Equality Community Center

Welcome to Port Veritas! We meet every Tuesday night for an open mic night in person AND online. We are a diverse collaboration of creative minds, bound by a common love of creating a space for artists of all kinds to come and express themselves.

You may use this link to join us virtually:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83057477506

This meeting is designed for trans people (including non-binary and gender non-conforming identities) of all ages and topics are varied. This is a space where folks who are in early transition can come for support; those who are further in their journey can come to provide support; and everyone can come to build community.

This meeting meets on the first and third Thursday of each month.

Sponsored by: MaineTransNet

For more info, email Kris at kris@mainetransnet.org

Sponsored by: MaineTransNet
Contact: Kris Pitts (kris@mainetransnet.org, 207-531-8229)
Type of event: educational/support group
Private/Public event: open for Trans folks & allies

Event time: 2pm-3:30pm

Note: This support group is for trans folks and their allies to come together. The group meets on the second Sunday of each month.
For more information: https://www.mainetrans.net/groups

Looking for more connection, community, support, and joy? Feeling lonely or disconnected from the queer community?

We’re gathering this fall to explore what true, authentic community and connection can look like, and to discuss how we might begin to build more of this in our own lives.

We’ll use Mia Birdsong’s book, How We Show Up, to guide our conversations. When I read it, I felt more hopeful, inspired and energized than I had in a long time. The book provides a springboard to discuss how we can queer our friendships and communities. As we read stories of how social connection and community can counteract the forces of patriarchy, capitalism and white supremacy (as well as homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and poverty), I hope we will design a roadmap toward more joy, connection, meaning, and real joy in our lives.

We will explore how we can meet our needs for friendship, connection, touch, financial and emotional well-being, physical support, and community in a way that will endure as we move in and out of romantic and other relationships. We will dig into what it would look like to create a community that helped us feel safe, connected, needed, supported and loved throughout the inevitable ups and downs of our lives.

This will be a monthly gathering to discuss what this community would look like for each of us and how we might begin to build it. You are welcome to join even if you haven’t read the book. Let me know if you need help accessing a copy of the book.

***Masks are required. Please reach out to me if you need a mask for the event.

Hosted by: Jill McCain (community member) - mccainjill@gmail.com
Space sponsored by: Equality Community Center

This meeting is designed for trans people (including non-binary and gender non-conforming identities) 35 years and older. Topics are varied, but special attention is given to aging while trans, transitioning later in life, workplace-related experiences, and issues involving significant others, children, and grand-children. This is a space where folks who are in early transition can come for support; those who are further in their journey can come to provide support; and everyone can come to build community.

This meeting meets on the third Sunday each month.

Sponsored by: MaineTransNet

For more info, email Kris at kris@mainetransnet.org

Co-sponsored by: Equality Community Center

Welcome to Port Veritas! We meet every Tuesday night for an open mic night in person AND online. We are a diverse collaboration of creative minds, bound by a common love of creating a space for artists of all kinds to come and express themselves.

You may use this link to join us virtually:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83057477506

Sponsored by: EqualityMaine

Join us for our monthly community meal for older LGBTQ+ adults!

These meals will be catered by a different restaurant thanks to the Southern Maine Agency on Aging. This event is free, but if you would like to donate $8 to cover the cost of the meal, your donation is always appreciated.

If this is your first NOA Lunch/Dinner this year, please fill out this registration form. This is NOT an RSVP form or menu ordering form. All of the information provided on this registration helps Southern Maine Agency on Aging continue to provide meals like these. 

Email izzy@equalitymaine.org with any questions.

This meeting is designed for trans people (including non-binary and gender non-conforming identities) of all ages and topics are varied. This is a space where folks who are in early transition can come for support; those who are further in their journey can come to provide support; and everyone can come to build community.

This meeting meets on the first and third Thursday of each month.

Sponsored by: MaineTransNet

For more info, email Kris at kris@mainetransnet.org