Rep. Laurel Libby said she does not plan to take down her Facebook post, despite a request from the Maine House speaker, who said children should not be ‘used to score political points.’
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Kennebunk residents ask school board to ban transgender athletes
Two residents urged the board to ban transgender athletes from sports at a recent meeting, receiving pushback from the community.
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Trump signs executive order intended to bar transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports
The Maine Principals’ Association allows student athletes to compete on the team that aligns with their gender identity, and has indicated it will not change its policies at this time.
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In a new memoir, Jennifer Finney Boylan reflects on gender differences
‘Cleavage,’ a follow-up to the transgender writer’s earlier memoir, tackles important questions with charm and humor.
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Transgender care debate, linked to Maine lawsuit, resurfaces after Senate passes Defense Act
The $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act passed despite some Democrats’ frustration with a late addition on transgender health care from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
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House passes $895 billion defense policy bill with pay raise for troops
The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows.
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L.W., a trans teen from Tennessee, has her day in the Supreme Court
The 16-year-old is among the plaintiffs in a highly anticipated case argued Wednesday. At issue is their state’s ban on gender transition care for minors.
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Supreme Court justices seem reluctant to block state bans on medical treatments for minors
In arguments that passed the 2-hour mark Wednesday, 5 conservative justices voiced varying degrees of skepticism of arguments challenging the ban.
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Supreme Court to weigh bans on puberty blockers, hormones for trans teens
The court’s ruling might have implications for the more than 100,000 transgender adolescents living in Tennessee or one of the 23 other states that has banned using the drugs to treat minors with gender dysphoria.
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Democrats rally behind first out transgender member of Congress, decry Republican attacks
Access to bathrooms has long been an issue for women at the Capitol, which originally operated on the presumption that legislators were men.