Lawmakers will debate the measure, which has been approved as a statewide referendum, on Tuesday morning.
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Supporters object to trans sports referendum ballot language
The secretary of state released draft language this week for how the initiative, which seeks to limit school sports participation and use of bathrooms and similar spaces to a student’s assigned sex at birth, would appear on the November ballot.
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Inmate at women’s prison files suit over housing of transgender prisoner
The suit by Katie Mountain claims she faced regular harassment and assault, and was punished by prison staff for complaining.
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Winthrop School Board refuses to delay transgender student policy change
Work rewriting school policy to ban transgender students from playing sports that align with their gender identity will continue, despite looming state referendum question on same issue.
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Judge gives DOJ access to school sports rosters amid lawsuit over trans athletes
But U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen Frink Wolf ruled against the federal government in its requests for lists of all known transgender athletes in Maine or results from events in which they competed.
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US Supreme Court won’t hear Maine case about parental rights on gender in schools
Amber Lavigne sued a Damariscotta-based school district in 2023, arguing it violated her rights by not informing her about her 13-year-old’s gender expression.
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Trans sports referendum signatures are not valid, lawsuit argues
The lawsuit filed Friday in Cumberland County Superior Court by 3 Maine residents says the referendum should not be sent to voters.
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Feds investigating Maine’s practice of placing transgender inmates in women’s prison
The U.S. Justice Department says it will also investigate the practice in California, citing reports of sexual harassment and assault by transgender inmates in both states.
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Judge weighing privacy concerns after DOJ seeks Maine’s trans student-athlete records
The Maine Principals’ Association says it doesn’t have many of the records that the Department of Justice requested as part of a federal lawsuit against the state.
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Maine judges won’t recuse themselves from DOJ trans athlete lawsuit
The Trump administration asked 2 federal judges to remove themselves from the case, a lawsuit over transgender athlete participation in sports.