Queerly ME
fostering strong support networks and strengthening community belonging for LGBTQIA+ adults in Maine.
Queerly ME fosters strong support networks and strengthens community belonging for LGBTQIA+ adults in Maine.
Through our three initiatives to increase and create visibility, resource accessibility, and community building outdoors, we strive to facilitate meaningful, long-lasting connections and foster a sense of community belonging for LGBTQIA+ folks statewide. Each of Queerly ME’s initiatives is vital in fostering spaces where individuals can form support networks and community connections while feeling empowered to engage in nature as their authentic selves.
Our Vision
Queerly ME aims to create thoughtful, intentional spaces in Maine where Queer people can thrive without pressure to conform to the heteronormative or the constraints of binary identity.
Traditional outdoor recreation culture often centers cisgender, heterosexual white men; Queerly ME aims to dismantle the marginalization that the LGBTQIA+ community faces in the outdoors by creating spaces where Queer people feel supported and empowered to engage in nature as their authentic selves.