Welcome to MaineTransNet!

Last updated on: 6/26/08 - added Pride pictures

The underlying goal of this organization is to bring people together--trans and non-trans--to build community and increase our knowledge of how gender plays a role in our lives.

We are a growing network of gendered individuals (trans and otherwise) interested in sharing our experience of gender with one another and the community. We are dedicated to educating the public about gender identity and raising awareness of the varied forms of gender expression. We provide support and consultation to transgender/transsexual individuals, their families, schools, social service organizations, and interested others.

Updates:

New Trans Resource: MaineTransNet's Buddy Program. Contact us to get involved!

 

Southern Maine PRIDE was a big success. MaineTransNet had 25 supporters march in the parade on Saturday, June 21. At the festival following the parade, we were able to distribute trans-related information, talk to the many people who came to our table, and catch up with other LGBT organizations in Maine. Click here for pictures.



 

Nutrition for Cognition:

Gender is a funny thing. It is something so personal and unique to each one of us, and yet from the moment we are old enough to turn on the TV, we are bombarded from all angles about how "real men" or "real women" are supposed to look, dress, behave, think, or feel, what activities we are supposed to enjoy, and what roles we should fulfill in our families and communities. We think it's time to smash these oppressive and outdated stereotypes.

How would you define your gender identity? Why?

What does it mean to you to be female/male?

Pretend you wake up tomorrow and you are the "opposite" sex:

The Evolution of this Website

I think we can finally safely say that we are beyond the "beginning stages" of building this website. I'd say we've graduated into the intermediate stage. Our goal is to make this THE info website for transgender issues specific to Maine and contain a multitude of useful information for all people interested in trans-related topics. We are looking for website authors who would like to contribute, especially to the "writing" and "trans info" sections, though help on any section will be valued. More people involved with this project means that we can provide more information and represent a wider variety of perspectives. Anyone with ideas about gender is welcome to contribute--you don't have to be trans or know a single thing about HTML! Email us with your ideas or if you want to be involved!  


News:

In a news update on the Maine Today website:

By Portland Press Herald Staff Report June 19, 2008 12:09 PM

The Christian Civic League of Maine has abandoned its campaign to repeal the state's gay-rights law and eliminate other safeguards for gays and lesbians.

In an e-mail to supporters and volunteers, Michael Hein, the league's administrator, announced this morning that the league had pulled the
plug because it has "neither enough funds nor enough volunteer support to continue the effort."

The league would have had to submit more than 55,000 signatures by next January to place its proposal on the statewide ballot in November 2009, but Michael Heath, the organization's executive
director, estimates that the group has collected only about 5,000 of the 15,000 signatures it hoped to have by now.

In addition to repealing a state law that bars discrimination based on sexual orientation, the referendum would have barred unmarried couples from adopting children, dropped funding for state civil-rights teams and prohibited the state from recognizing same-sex
marriages or civil unions.

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