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Maine Senate Votes Against All 8 of This Session's Transgender-Related Bills
- The Maine Senate voted 21-13 to defeat a bill banning transgender girls from competing in female sports, likely putting the measure on track to die this year.
- Senator Rick Bennett was the only Republican to oppose the ban, siding with Democrats.
- President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding to Maine unless it complies with a ban on transgender athletes, escalating the ongoing legal fight.
- The political debate intensified after comments regarding a transgender student who won a state title, revealing societal divisions on the issue.
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House Passes Bill to Bar Males from Girls' Sports One Day After Senate Nixes Similar Bill
The Maine House voted narrowly on Friday evening to pass a bill that will ban transgender-identifying males from girls’ sports across Maine schools, with support from three Democrats, just one day after a similar bill failed in the Senate with the help of Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford). [RELATED: Republican Senator Votes to Keep Transgender Policies [...] The post House Passes Bill to Bar Males from Girls’ Sports One Day After Senate Nixes Similar…
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Maine Senate blocks last transgender sports bill
The bill sponsored by Rep. Richard Campbell, R-Orrington, would have prevented transgender athletes from competing in school sports consistent with their gender identity and had been the only anti-transgender bill to clear a chamber this session.
·Lewiston, United States
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