The 21-year-old actress who grew up in Maine portrays Dreamer on this season of ‘Supergirl,’ premiering at 8 p.m. Sunday on The CW.
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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.
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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.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Portland school board adopts comprehensive transgender policy
It joins about a half-dozen other Maine school districts that have approved such policies since a landmark state supreme court ruling in 2014.
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Our View: Transgender people need safe haven from violence
Transgender crime victims in Maine say that the police aren’t the resource that they should be.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Pentagon chief Mattis freezes Trump’s ban on transgender troops
The defense secretary says the Pentagon will first develop a study and implementation plan for the president’s directive.
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Supreme Court won’t hear case on transgender bathroom rights
Instead, it will be decided by a lower court in Virginia.
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Parents of Nicole Maines among those who ask to meet with Trump
Parents of 8 transgender children on Friday addressed a letter to Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
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Probe finds no mistreatment of transgender teen who committed suicide at Long Creek
Charles Maisie Knowles left a note that said he was upset about being separated from a romantic partner back home, the Attorney General’s Office says.
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UMaine student Nicole Maines shares her story in HBO’s ‘The Trans List’
The transgender woman from Portland is among the 11 individuals profiled in the documentary that aired Monday night.