Earlier this week, the Office of the Maine Attorney General conceded that up to 3,014 signatures backing a referendum on trans participation in school sports might be invalid.
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Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Suit against trans sports referendum dealt potential blow by Maine officials
The attorney general’s office says the number of faulty signatures submitted in support of the referendum doesn’t appear to be enough to invalidate it. But questions remain.
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Posted inElections, Politics
Maine hearing on transgender athletes sets up high-profile November election
The ballot initiative seeks to restrict transgender athlete participation in sports and require separate bathrooms and locker rooms for students based on the sex they were assigned at birth.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Magistrate favors state prison in inmate’s suit over hormone treatments
U.S. Magistrate Judge John Nivison says Nikki Natasha Petrovickov’s demand for injunctive relief is moot because the treatments are now being administered.
Posted inNation & World
Trump plan to deny federal civil rights to transgender people draws fury
The proposal would define gender as an immutable biological condition determined by a person’s sex organs at birth.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: It’s time to improve identity documents for trans Mainers
Maybe we should get rid of gender labels on government-issued IDs altogether.
Posted inNation & World, News
Mass. transgender rights law will lie in the hands of a state’s electorate
Oppenents of a Massachusetts anti-discrimination law collected enough signatures to place a repeal question on the Nov. 6 ballot.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, News, Politics
LePage joins court brief seeking to allow companies to legally fire gay or transgender employees
The brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court argues that a portion of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that prevents discrimination against workers, including in pay and benefits, shouldn’t apply to gender identity or sexual orientation.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Transgender pioneer is inspired choice for TV role
Nicole Maines has cleared a path for Maine youth, and now she can make a national impact.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine
Nicole Maines, who played big role in fight for transgender rights, will star in vampire flick
In the indie film ‘Bit,’ she plays a transgender teenager trying to fit in with feminist vampires.