Bangor's LGBTQ+ community has always been here. There's no hiding anymore.

Images from decades of struggle, joy and transformation in the Queen City

An image from one of the Maine chapter of ACT UP’s many actions across the state in 1992. Photo courtesy of the Bangor Daily News archive at the Bangor Public Library.

To the rest of the country and much of the rest of the state - and despite intentional and crucial work to reverse the association - Bangor’s LGBTQ+ history is intertwined with violence. T…