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.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Review committee recommends keeping ‘Gender Queer’ at Windham High School library
The recommendation comes amid another stormy debate about book challenges in RSU 14.
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Posted inNation & World
Tennessee drag ban temporarily blocked by Trump-appointed judge
The law, which had been set to take effect Saturday, is put on hold for at least two weeks.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
Florida teen’s documentary on trans visibility premieres
The film interweaves perspectives from three young transgender people, mental health providers, advocates and allies.
Posted inNews
Transgender Day of Visibility rallies held across U.S. amid backlash
Republican lawmakers are pursuing hundreds of proposals to push back on LGBTQ+ rights.
Posted inNation & World, News
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.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Florida’s DeSantis to expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ ban to all students through high school
The Republican governor has leaned heavily into cultural divides on his path to an anticipated White House bid, aggressively pursuing a conservative agenda that targets what he calls the insertion of inappropriate subjects in schools.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, The Forecaster
Windham-Raymond schools in middle of heated debate over controversial books
A special committee is currently reviewing three challenged books and is expected to recommend soon whether they should be removed from RSU 14 library shelves.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Bill targeting preferred pronoun use in schools will have impact outside the classroom
Who is L.D. 678 for? Who is being protected? Whose rights are being upheld? Moreover, whose are not?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s girls and nonbinary youth deserve to be listened to
Young people can themselves steer our state through the youth mental health crisis – providing they have our full attention and our support.