Digital Learning Commons: LGBTQ Education: LGBTQ Youth

Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey

LGBT Student Health

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Download a PDF version of this fact-sheet from Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey.

LGBT Student Health

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Download a PDF version of this fact-sheet from Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey.

Health Disparities of Maine Transgender Youth

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Download a PDF version of this fact-sheet from Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey.

Health Disparities of Maine Transgender Youth

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Download a PDF version of this fact-sheet from Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey.

Reports

2019 National School Climate Survey
GLSEN's most recent biennial report on the school experiences of LGBT youth in schools.
Harsh Realities: The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation's Schools
A 2009 report from GLSEN
Maine Snapshot 2017
State snapshot from the 2017 GLSEN National School Climate Survey.
Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools
A guide published by the ACLU, Human Rights Campaign, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gender Specrum, and the National Education Association.
From Teasing to Torment: School Climate Revisited A Survey of U.S. Secondary School Students and Teachers
A 2016 school climate survey of both secondary students and teachers from GLSEN.

Local Resources

Equality Maine
Equality Maine works to secure full equality for LGBT people in Maine through education, advocacy, and community events.
GLSEN Southern Maine Chapter
GLSEN aims to create safe and affirming schools for all, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
MaineTransNet
MaineTransNet is a community based organization led by transgender people for transgender people. MTN offers peer-to-peer support groups, social and community events, advocacy for the transgender community across Maine, and transgender cultural competency training for medical, mental health, and social service providers.
OUT Maine
Based in Rockland, OUT Maine's statewide, three-pronged approach: support, empower and educate are the cornerstone to building the welcoming and affirming communities urgently needed for Maine’s LGBTQ+ youth.
Outright
Portland Outright supports underserved members of the LGBTQ+ youth community through weekly member meetings, ongoing mentorship, social events, and trainings, as well as intentional support to youth navigating systems -- such as the juvenile justice system, foster care, homelessness and mental health services.
Portland Maine PFLAG
PFLAG Portland offers compassionate peer support to the parents, families and friends of, and including, LGBTQ individuals through group discussion, education, advocacy and creating connections to community resources.
Pride Portland
Pride Portland! brings people in the Greater Portland, Maine area together for an annual parade and festival to celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the LGBTQ+ movement, raise awareness of the community’s ongoing struggles, and foster an environment of inclusivity, accessibility and solidarity.

School Experiences of LGBT Youth

GLSEN 2013 National School Climate Survey

By The Numbers

About 10% of the general population identifies as LGBTQ, but many more identify as not strictly heterosexual.

According to the GLSEN 2017 National School Climate Survey Maine State Snapshot:

The vast majority LGBTQ students in Maine regularly heard homophobic remarks at school.
Most LGBTQ students in Maine experienced anti-LGBTQ victimization at school. Most never reported the incident to school staff (52%). Only 24% of students who reported incidents said it resulted in effective staff intervention.
Many LGBTQ students in Maine reported discriminatory policies or practices at their school. Nearly 3 in 5 (56%) experienced at least one form of anti-LGBTQ discrimination at school during the past year.
Fewer than 1 in 4 (22%) were taught positive representations of LGBTQ people, history, or events (inclusive curriculum). Only 1 in 10 (10%) reported receiving LGBTQ-inclusive sex education at school.

View the Maine Snapshot.