Speakout Programs

Walk with the Ones You Love

Walk with the Ones You Love is a statewide event that celebrates significant relationships in the lives of all Mainers. Families and couples, LGBT and straight, walk openly and safely together as a celebration of their love. The goal of Walk with the Ones You Love is to promote safety and respect for LGBT families. Walks have been held in Portland, Bangor, Kennebunk and Rockport.

Speakouts

Our speakers all narrate a life event as a springboard to discussion. Speakers can be lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or straight allies. Typically they relate a personal experience however, we can design a program to reflect the needs of your community. Each speaker talks for 3 – 5 minutes and then answers questions from the audience. Our speakers, as long at it is respectfully asked, will respond to any question. Speakers are well trained in answering difficult questions with tact and grace. Speakouts take place in schools, churches and community events.

Everybody Counts in the Workplace

Based on the Speakout model, Everybody Counts in the Workplace uses the life and work experiences of LGBT people to begin the discussion on the importance of sexual and gender diversity in the workplace. Speakers engage the audience in a discussion of the impact of discrimination and why diversity is important to Maine business.

Charlie Howard Memorial Library

The Charlie Howard Library is an extensive collection of books, periodicals and film for lend to members of the Maine community. The library project is dedicated to and in honor of Charlie Howard. Charlie Howard was a young, out gay man from Bangor who was killed as a result of hate and violence in 1984. The collection will reopen to the public in late Summer, 2005.