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Strength Through Belonging LGBTQ+ Family Event

  • Equality Community Center 15 Casco Street Portland, ME, 04101 United States (map)

Hosted by: Cumberland County Public Health

Thursday, June 25
5:30-7pm
Equality Community Center, 15 Casco St, Portland

For parents/guardians of LGBTQ+ middle & high school youth:

Join us for an evening of education, resource sharing, and community-building for our LGBTQ+ youth and families with an interactive panel discussion.

Our panelists for the event include: 

  • Karin Heim, Mental Health Coordinator at Out Maine

  • Aris Ayala Cruz, Principal at Lincoln Middle School 

  • Dustin Spencer-L'Heureux, LCSW with the Gender Clinic at MaineHealth

This will be a space for learning together in community. We encourage you to join us, no matter where you are in your parenting journey or where your young person is in exploring their identity.

Dinner will be provided. Please feel free to bring your young person with you!

If you have any questions, please reach out to Angela Giordano (she/her) at Cumberland County Public Health at giordano@cumebrlandcounty.org or (207) 632-1099