LGBTQIA+ Social Clubs
Moose Historical Fencing
Kasey, He/Him. Founder.
“I discovered longsword fencing because I wanted to fight with swords, but I fell in love with it and Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) for the community and friendships I made. My first instructors and club embraced that I was gay, which was welcome to me in a world where other sports had for many years seemed foreign and out of reach. It's a huge honor to start and run a HEMA club here in Maine. When I'm fighting or sparring-- I feel so full, alive, and honestly... I just have a lot of fun doing it. I want Moose Historical Fencing to be a space where everyone can have that, and where anyone can train safely and grow as fighters and as people."
Powerfolx
Queer Muay Thai of Maine. Class every third Sunday of the month.
Ellis, He/They. Founder.
“Trans joy is radical. I mean like wicked fucking awesome kind of radical. I wish more people could experience something like it. Maybe people need to look for their book nerd joy, their dog dad joy, their quilting, NASCAR, football joy. Maybe if more people found their joy they’d leave everyone else alone. Also, go adopt a pet. Then tag me in all the cute photos you post of them.”
Guerilla Queer Bar
Tanner, He/Him. Organizer.
“I moved to Portland near a decade ago from my childhood home of Vermont. I spent my 20s in Portland and I’ve seen the city change so much, but the one constant for me was our Queer community. The LGBTQ+ community here is why I stayed; I owe my friendships, my careers, my successes, and my happiness to the Queer network that we have in Maine!
In my free time I organize Portland’s “GQB” Guerrilla Queer Bar. GQB is Portlands largest LGBTQ+ event series. One Friday each month we gather at a local bar venue and “take it over” and make it into a Queer space for the evening.
Providing a space for our community to gather and grow together is what I want to give back to the Portland Queer community; a community that has given me so much to me.
Find our events at @gqb.portland.maine
Hope to see you there!”
Sapphic Saturday
Sapphic Saturday is an LGBTQ meet up based in Portland, ME.
Yūki, She/Her. Organizer.
“Coming out during a pandemic isn’t easy. But there comes a point when the world seems like such a dark and scary place that you realize is so much more painful to lie to yourself and others than to just be who you are and let things fall were they may. I’m proud of the family that has come out to support me and I hope when COVID is over to find a community in Maine I can be a part of.”
Queers On Quads
Coco, She/They, on the left. Founder.
“I began Queers on Quads because I knew I wasn’t the only one who loves park roller skating and celebrating my queerness, and I wanted more of those things! We started getting together in June 2022, and we have been carving out space for ourselves at the skate parks and on the streets, looking cute, and happily blasting music the whole way. Come skate with us!”
Queercovery
Queercovery creates opportunities for Queer people struggling with addiction to find support, access resources, and build community as they navigate their recovery. We are dedicated to confronting and dismantling barriers to both our individual and our collective healing. We nurture peer-led spaces— both physical and virtual— to discuss our addictions and support each other on our journeys.