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What Equailty Maine Has to Show For Itself 25 Years Later

Before there was the .org domain name, there was Equality Maine. For twenty-five years equality advocates in the nation’s northeastern state have been fighting for anti-discrimination legislation, hate crimes protections, and yes, even same-sex marriage rights. We’re sort of obsessed with this video retrospective of Equality Maine’s quarter-century battle, but we’re suckers for any memory lane road trip that includes the phrase “gay militant lobby.” And also, because we heard groups like this are kinda important these days.

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