Maine

November 6, 2012

by Daryl Hannah, Director of Media and Community Partnerships

Voter Intimidation: Know Your Rights, Tell Your Story

Revised voter laws and closed polling places may present challenges for LGBT people and allies trying to vote. If you experience voter intimidation, it's important to know your rights and protect your vote!

November 6, 2012

by Aaron McQuade

Maine Anti-LGBT "Get Out the Vote" effort based on fear and lies

The official website for the campaign to defeat marriage equality in Maine may have gone further than any other state-level marriage campaign in its denouncement -- not of same-sex couples getting married - but of gay people, period.

November 5, 2012

by Daryl Hannah, Director of Media and Community Partnerships

Don't Know Where to Vote? Find Out.

Hurricane Sandy has caused several polling sites to close or be relocated. Click here to find out where and how you can protect your right to vote.

November 5, 2012

by Megan Townsend, Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis

The Hollywood Reporter Poll Finds 'Glee,' 'Modern Family,' 'The New Normal' Drive Voters to Favor Marriage Equality

An October 29 poll conducted by The Hollywood Reporter (THR) in conjunction with Penn Schoen Berland has found that series with LGBT characters such as Glee, Modern Family and The New Normal are helping drive voters to historically unprecedented levels of support of marriage equality.

November 5, 2012

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Your vote might determine the future of LGBT equality

Tomorrow, November 6, is Election Day. Unless you have voted early, or sent in your absentee ballot, we need you to vote. Our elected officials determine the future of LGBT equality for years to come, whether it is a local non-discrimination ordinance, a police force that understands the lives of LGBT people, statewide hate crime legislation, or the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

November 5, 2012

by Daryl Hannah, Director of Media and Community Partnerships

Anti-LGBT Group 'Truth the Vote' Targets Transgender Voters

Despite national attention on voter suppression, transgender voters still face unprecedented efforts to thwart their right to vote come Tuesday.

November 4, 2012

by Aaron McQuade

Vote YES on Question One in Maine to uphold New England values

New England values do include a lot of tradition. But that tradition comes from deeper values. Family. Community. Respect. Dignity. Freedom. Faith. Marriage strengthens families. Strong families strengthen communities. Strong communities endure. And nobody knows that better than we do.

November 4, 2012

by Ross Murray, Senior Director, GLAAD Media Institute

Faith Leads for Marriage Equality

As we get closer to Election Day, and as marriage equality hangs in the balance in Minnesota, Maryland, Maine, and Washington, we turn to voices we trust. More and more pro-LGBT voices of faith are leading the charge to pass marriage referenda, or at least stop the march of discrimination.

November 3, 2012

by Aaron McQuade

GLAAD and Equality Matters asking media to debunk anti-equality ads in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington

GLAAD and Equality Matters today called on the media in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Washington and around the country to bring attention to the falsehoods present in anti-LGBT "scare" ads running in the four states with marriage on the ballot on Tuesday

November 3, 2012

by Aaron McQuade

Even if your candidates are safe, your issues might not be.

Given that Maine voters are once again going to be voting on marriage equality at the ballot box, it bears looking at what happened in 2009, when polls indicated that marriage equality would emerge victorious. Why was a higher-than-anticipated turnout bad news? And what lessons can we learn from that to make sure we don't fall into the same trap again?

Maine

Voter Intimidation: Know Your Rights, Tell Your Story

Maine Anti-LGBT "Get Out the Vote" effort based on fear and lies

Don't Know Where to Vote? Find Out.

The Hollywood Reporter Poll Finds 'Glee,' 'Modern Family,' 'The New Normal' Drive Voters to Favor Marriage Equality

Your vote might determine the future of LGBT equality

Anti-LGBT Group 'Truth the Vote' Targets Transgender Voters

Vote YES on Question One in Maine to uphold New England values

Faith Leads for Marriage Equality

GLAAD and Equality Matters asking media to debunk anti-equality ads in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington

Even if your candidates are safe, your issues might not be.

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