Mabel Wadsworth Center

05/29/2026

It's your favorite time of the month--Reproductive Left! Join us as we kick off our 2026 Summer Season with an interview with Gia Drew (she/her) of EqualityMaine! In this episode, we chat LGBTQ+ advocacy in Maine, finding joy in movement work, and fighting against attacks on the trans community.

Listen at the link to our SoundCloud below, or anywhere you enjoy podcasts.

https://soundcloud.com/mabelwadsworth/lgbtq-advocacy-an-interview

05/27/2026

Shout out to our wonderful volunteers who came together last night to make care packages for folks getting abortion care with us! And, of course, to Sassy for providing supervision.

Interested in helping with care packages? Want to donate items for care packages? Reach out to our Community Engagement Manager Aspen by email at [email protected]!

05/26/2026

We are beyond glad to see that this hateful question won't be on the ballot this fall. Trans people, including trans youth, deserve to be honored as they are and to live lives full of joy and community belonging.

This story will be updated: https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2026-05-26/maines-secretary-of-state-invalidates-transgender-referendum-question

✍️: Susan Sharon

05/22/2026

If you've been watching our stories, you know that Sassy got a spa treatment this week! By which we mean a new paint job. They've been our unofficial mascot and Bangor celebrity for over a decade, and with time, had become quite faded.

Sassy is refreshed, vibrant, and ready to see everyone at Bangor Pride in just over a month!

05/22/2026

May 19 is National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day devoted to eliminating HIV stigma in API communities. When we reduce HIV stigma and promote prevention, testing, and treatment, we can

05/21/2026

Now, there is still the potential for an appeal to be filed regarding this, but today we are breathing a little easier knowing that this horrifying anti-trans ballot question may not be on the ballot this November. This ballot question has never been anything more than targeted bullying and harassment of marginalized children.

A ruling invalidated enough signatures to disqualify the petition for the said referendum from the November 2026 ballot.

05/21/2026

Heads up, folks! We will be closed this coming Monday 5/25 for Memorial Day. We'll be back open on Tuesday 5/26. You can call our office at 207-947-5337 or by email at [email protected].

05/21/2026

🔗Learn more and take action now at www.ilapmaine.org/ice-funding.

Every day, ILAP is responding to immigration arrests in Maine. Maine residents are facing inhumane conditions in detention centers, are at risk of life-threatening deportation, families are torn apart, and Maine’s communities are losing beloved members and essential workers. So many have withdrawn from public life, are afraid to send children to school, to go to work, seek medical care, practice their religion, and move freely.

Join ILAP in calling on Maine’s Members of Congress to vote NO on any additional funding for unchecked immigration enforcement.

05/21/2026

Thank you Indigenous Women Rising for such a succinct and thorough explanation of the dangers of this approach from the federal government!

05/18/2026

Federal judges play an important role in safeguarding (or undoing) our freedoms--sign the petition against Justin Smith linked in our comments!

We and our partners at EqualityMaine, Maine Family Planning, MaineTransNet, Mabel Wadsworth Center and Planned Parenthood of Northern New England urge Sens. Collins and King to vote against the nomination of Justin Smith U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Smith has a deeply troubling pattern of support for eliminating the right to reproductive care, challenging the 2020 elections, attacking transgender rights and protecting the interests of big corporations over everyday people. He was also Trump's personal lawyer in the sexual abuse and defamation case brought by journalist E. Jean Carroll, and his law firm is representing Trump in his immunity case before the Supreme Court.

In short: we believe Smith is loyal to Donald Trump, and not the U.S. Constitution. Sens. Collins and King must reject his lifetime nomination to the court.

Sign the petition at the link in our comments. You can also call your senators using the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121 to urge them to oppose the confirmations of Justin Smith today! Thank you to Alliance for Justice for leading on this!