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PublishedMay 29, 2022
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.
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PublishedApril 29, 2022
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.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2022
Florida governor signs ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
Republicans say parents, not teachers, should be broaching subjects of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2022
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.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2021
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.
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PublishedJune 28, 2021
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.
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PublishedMay 10, 2021
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
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PublishedApril 5, 2021
Arkansas Republican governor vetoes transgender youth treatment ban
However, the measure could still be enacted if the majority of the House and Senate override the veto.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2021
Arkansas passes bill restricting access to medical treatments for transgender children
The legislation – titled 'Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act' – is the first to pass among a series of similar bills introduced by Republican lawmakers in more than 17 states.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2021
A first: U.S. Senate confirms openly transgender doctor for key post
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is one of 2 Republicans to vote in favor of confirming former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be the nation's assistant secretary of health.
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