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Published
April 8, 2023

Maine Voices: Anti-trans obsessions have zero connection to reality

The term ‘transgenderism’ frames it as a choice. (Remember the gay ‘lifestyle’?) It’s not a choice, nor a modern invention.
Published
April 6, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court says transgender athlete can compete in West Virginia

The Supreme Court is allowing a 12-year-old transgender girl to continue competing on her middle school’s girls sports teams while a lawsuit over a state ban continues.
Published
April 5, 2023

Indiana, Idaho governors sign bans on gender-affirming care

Transgender youths who are taking medication to transition have until the end of the year to stop doing so.
Published
April 3, 2023

Commentary: Protect women athletes? Show me the money

Laws requiring equal financing and equal pay for men’s and women’s teams would benefit dozens of women athletes at USM and Bowdoin – and thousands nationwide.
Published
March 24, 2023

Kentucky governor vetoes Republican bill banning transgender health care for youth

The bill banned access to gender-affirming health care, restricted the bathrooms students can use, banned discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity and allowed teachers to refuse to refer to transgender students by the pronouns they use.

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Published
February 13, 2023

Maine HRC finds USM discriminated against transgender student seeking health care

The University of Maine System will enter a 90-day conciliation process following the commission's vote.
Published
February 6, 2023

Lawmakers consider bill requiring Maine voters to show photo ID at polls

Supporters say a photo ID mandate would boost public confidence in Maine elections, but opponents, including Gov. Mills, say it would do far more harm than good.
Published
February 5, 2023

In gender clash, Maine schools caught between parents, kids

The handling of gender identity at public schools has emerged as a new front in the culture war, pitting children's privacy against some parents who fear educators are cutting them out of key conversations.
Published
January 7, 2023

States seek to restrict transgender health care in first bills of 2023

More than two dozen such measures are introduced across 11 states.
Published
November 17, 2022

Local congregations organize Transgender Day of Remembrance service

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, the Beth Israel Congregation of Bath and the First Universalist Church of Yarmouth join together for a gathering Sunday to honor lives lost to transgender violence.