In trying to solve a problem that doesn’t exist, anti-trans bills like L.D. 1401 (among hundreds of others being considered across the country) hurt people most in need of our support, and help no one. This is quite literally a life-and-death issue. When prevented from transitioning, about 40 percent of trans kids will attempt suicide. […]

Asha A. Echeverria’s commentary in the April 4 Maine Sunday Telegram touts some of the admirable accomplishments and ideals of the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce. But bringing up the Ku Klux Klan, she skips an important step: research. The KKK plays a well-known part in Maine’s history. Portland housed its Maine headquarters beginning in […]

I enjoy reading The Maine Millennial’s columns, and columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal seems like a well-intentioned, earnest person. Which is why I’m assuming that she was naïve rather than disingenuous when claiming that she does not know what “cancel culture” is (March 28). Merriam-Webster defines it as “the practice or tendency of engaging in mass withdrawing […]

I will be frank that being in the presence of civilians who are carrying firearms while in a public space makes me feel unsafe. Faced with such a display of firearms in the voting place would keep me from doing my constitutional duty of voting, thus negating my ability to practice my right to freedom […]

I am writing to ask that Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King vote to end, or at least reform, the overused and abused filibuster, which has become a tool for the minority to obstruct the will of the majority. The requirement that a supermajority of 60 votes is necessary to pass any legislation is […]

Re: “Letter to the editor: Military veterans and ICE are not compatible” (March 26): I’m another Vietnam veteran who concurs with Robert “Sam” Kelley that combining an ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) office with a veterans health care facility is a bad idea – although for different reasons. Since 2017, 92 veterans who served […]