Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) hasn’t had the biggest national profile since she was elected to the state’s top post in 2018, but she’s been a steadfast LGBTQ+ ally and is the woman who denied former Gov. Paul LePage (R) a comeback in 2022 when she defeated the outlandish homophobe by a large margin.
Mills, 76, signed a ban on conversion therapy into law, championed a bill to protect trans Mainers from being forced to publicly out themselves when they legally change their name, and kicked off Pride Month celebrations in the state by helping to raise the Pride flag.
In 2022, ahead of her run against LePage, Mills marched in Portland’s Pride parade, where she came across a proud grandmother in search of the perfect photo-op.
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“This is a pic of Maine Governor Janet Mills and our granddaughters, Lydia and Eleanor, taken at the 2022 Portland Pride Parade,” longtime Maine resident Deb Dagnon tells LGBTQ Nation. “As I was trying to get the girls to stand so I could get the governor in the background as she passed by, she saw what I was trying to do and came running over so I could get a good picture!”
Adds Dagnon, “This picture makes me proud to have a governor who supports families like mine and also, literally, ‘walks the walk’ by participating in the Pride parade!”
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