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PublishedApril 30, 2025
The biggest difference between Miss Maine’s 2 high-profile contestants | Column
With the pageant's first transgender contestant and Bill Belichick's girlfriend both competing this month, the event is drawing more attention than usual.
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PublishedApril 21, 2025
Maine’s battle with Trump over Title IX could have national consequences
The way the Trump administration has approached the Title IX probes in Maine has been unusual, legal experts told The Maine Monitor, citing both the speed and lack of procedure.
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PublishedApril 20, 2025
Maine banned transgender discrimination 20 years ago. Few noticed — until now.
Dozens of trans students have competed in high school sports in Maine since 2013, but such participation has suddenly become a flashpoint in a high-stake political and legal battle with the Trump administration.
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PublishedApril 20, 2025
Timeline: Gender identity in Maine’s Human Rights Act
The state antidiscrimination law has a 20-year history that long predates a nationwide debate over transgender athletes in sports.
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PublishedApril 17, 2025
Gov. Mills on transgender athletes lawsuit: ‘I’m happy to go to court’
The governor doubled down Thursday on her position that the federal government can't pull funding from Maine because the state allows transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
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PublishedApril 16, 2025
The first transgender woman to compete in Miss Maine is a farmer who loves to dance
Isabelle St. Cyr wants to use her platform to challenge stereotypes about trans people.
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PublishedApril 16, 2025
Justice Dept. announces lawsuit against Maine over trans athletes
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Wednesday that Maine's refusal to ban transgender athletes from girls sports violates federal antidiscrimination law, while Gov. Janet Mills said the state is fighting to uphold state and federal laws.
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PublishedApril 15, 2025
Aroostook school district votes to follow Trump administration on Title IX
The board of Hodgdon-based MSAD 70 approved a motion to 'align with federal Title IX by recognizing only two sexes,' in line with the administration's interpretation.
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PublishedApril 14, 2025
Gov. Janet Mills blasts President Donald Trump on national TV
The Maine governor went on MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' to talk about the state's legal battles with the Trump administration.
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PublishedApril 9, 2025
Trump administration rejected idea of pausing Title IX actions to let Maine Legislature consider reforms
Two Republican-sponsored bills to exclude transgender girls from girls sports in Maine were a topic of conversations between the federal agency and the Mills administration.
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