Thirty people addressed the Regional School Unit 9 Board of Directors during meeting Tuesday, Sept. 13, to discuss a poster hanging at Mt. Blue High and Middle schools called “Gender 101.” People during public comment showed support for the poster, while others called for its removal. For now, Superintendent Chris Elkington has determined in a review the poster will stay in place.
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Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education
RSU 9 community debates gender-identity poster
The informational sign hangs in guidance offices at Mt. Blue middle and high schools, and the tech center in Farmington.
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Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times, Schools & Education
Dixfield-based school board bans gender book from Dirigo library
RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics, Schools & Education
Maine policy supports incorporating LGBTQ lessons, but lacking guidance, most schools aren’t doing it
The state encourages but does not require or give specific instruction for teaching about sexual orientation and gender diversity, topics many experts believe should be addressed at an early age.
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State, News, Politics
Maine Republicans adopt platform to ban sexually based material, transgender identity in schools
The Maine Republican Party kicked off its two-day convention in Augusta by also rejecting an effort to remove the party’s one woman-one man definition of marriage.
Posted inNation / World, News
Florida governor signs ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
Republicans say parents, not teachers, should be broaching subjects of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Posted inNation / World
Texas governor directs state to investigate transgender medical care as ‘child abuse’
The state is among several that have tried to restrict gender-affirming treatments for youths, along with limiting bathroom access and participation in sports.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Transgender woman from Maine files discrimination complaint against assisted living facility
The claim says Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport denied her a place to live because she wanted to share a room with another female resident; Sunrise denies the allegation.
Posted inNation / World
Supreme Court won’t revive school’s transgender bathroom ban
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas voted to hear a school board’s appeal to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban.
Posted inNation / World, Politics
Reversing Trump, US restores transgender health protections
The Biden administration says the government will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care