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The Midcoast’s gayest dance party returns for a third year
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (324+ words) ROCKLAND " OUT Maine and The Right Track Band are teaming up again for the "GAYEST event in midcoast Maine" " the Rainbow Gala & Dance Party! On the evening of Friday, Feb. 27 OUT Maine will host an out-of-this-world event: the third annual…...
Opinion: The threat to your daughters is misogyny, not a handful of trans kids
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (562+ words) Gwen Higgins of Bangor is a visual-performing artist. There's a mythic, violent trans woman invading girls' bathrooms and attacking whomever they find, but this urban legend gives itself up from the jump. "You want men in the women's restroom? You…...
Newport co-ed middle school cheerleading squad target of federal discrimination investigation
4+ week, 1+ day ago (287+ words) A Maine school district said it was surprised by the federal government announcing an investigation into alleged discrimination. The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights started a Title IX investigation'Wednesday into Regional School Unit 19, which covers Newport, St. Albans,…...
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports
1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (813+ words) Lower courts ruled for the transgender athletes in Idaho and West Virginia who challenged the state bans, but the conservative-dominated Supreme Court gave no indication after more than three hours of arguments that it would follow suit. Instead, at least…...
Maine joins lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s move to ban youth gender-affirming care
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (354+ words) NEW YORK " Maine is part of a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia that on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services;its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; and its inspector general over a declaration that could…...
Richmond school board keeps transgender policy in place despite lawsuit
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (321+ words) The Richmond school board voted Thursday to keep the district's transgender policy in place'despite a lawsuit from the Maine Human Rights Commission. Richmond's policy states that students must use the restroom, locker room, and play on the sports team that…...
Maine Human Rights Commission sues 5 school districts over transgender policies
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (449+ words) Maine's Human Rights Commission sued five'school districts that recently passed policies banning'transgender students from playing sports and using bathrooms that align with their gender identity, claiming they violate state law. The districts named as defendants are Maine School Administrative District…...
US bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
3+ mon, 18+ hour ago (791+ words) U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly…...
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (350+ words) WASHINGTON " The Supreme Court'on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage'nationwide. The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to…...
Meet the groups pushing Maine school boards to change transgender policies
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (715+ words) As far as Kelly Smith is aware, there are no transgender athletes competing on sports teams in the Augusta school district. She's running for the school board to help keep it that way. On Tuesday, Smith will face incumbent Rita…...