Federal complaint challenges transgender inclusion in girls' sports

Maine State Rep. Talks About Being Censured for Defending Girls’ Sports

Mainers Rally at Capitol in Support of Girls Sports

A 13-year-old Cassidy Carlisle got an unwelcome shock when she encountered a biological male in the girls’ locker room at her school in Presque Isle years ago. When she complained to the school administration, she was told that if she chose to change in a private bathroom instead, she might be late for class. Years [...] The post Mainers Rally at Capitol in Support of Girls Sports appeared first on The Maine Wire.

Barbara Kay: A chance for fairness in women's sport

Politicians who lose elections find “we were wrong” the hardest thing to say out loud. So gender ideology remains a hill to die on for most congressional Democrats. U.S. President Donald Trump, who read the national room accurately on this file long ago, effectively front-loading it as a campaign issue, thus attracted support from many normally strange political bedfellows.

Rally to oppose Maine's policy on transgender athletes draws crowd in Augusta

Speakers at the "Girl First" rally want the state to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports — an issue that has landed Maine in the national spotlight during the past month.

Maine’s rules on girls’ sports a sad leap back in time

All of the progress that women's sports has made over the years is being swept away.

Letter: Trump administration interpretation of Title IX is step backward

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com Thank you to the Bangor Daily News for the extensive coverage of the recent determination by the Trump administration that Maine’s transgender-inclusive athletic policies violate Title IX. To clarify one important point that I don’t think has received sufficient attention: This determination fundamentally — and deliberately, …