Rainbow Ball Weekend with Out Maine 2026
Safety Team and Cabin Counselor
Started in 2007, Rainbow Ball Weekend is more than just a one-off event. It’s a 3-day weekend of educational and social programming for 150+ Maine’s LGBTQIA2S+ and allied high school students. Rainbow Ball Weekend builds community and connections, opens youth to a wider world of acceptance and opportunity, and encourages educational aspirations.
Rainbow Ball Weekend’s programming and activities directly address the creative limitations, academic challenges, health risks, and other risk factors faced by many queer youth in Maine. Each workshop that is run by OUT Maine staff or volunteers follows at least one social and emotional learning (SEL) outcome.
Each year, youth look forward to this weekend, which includes a safe prom, workshops, and leadership skill-building. Rainbow Ball Weekend is a direct youth suicide prevention intervention, giving participants a lasting sense of community, hope, joy, and motivation to complete high school which is supported by ongoing regional youth events in the following months with OUT Maine.
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