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https://www.europesays.com/people/43833/ Trump continues pressure on Senate Republicans to pass SAVE America Act #DC #DonaldTrump #Filibuster #GenderAffirmingCare #JohnThune #MailInBallots #POTUS #SaveAmericaAct #Senate #SenateGop #SenateMajorityLeader #SenateRepublicans #TransgenderAthletes #USSenate #VoterFraud #VoterID #VoterSuppression #voting #washington

Minnesota Softball Season Under Scrutiny Amid Trans Athlete Controversy and Legal Battle

📰 Original title: Minnesota high school softball season faces strain of trans athlete conflict as Trump admin cracks down

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Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events

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The IOC has barred transgender women from women’s events starting at the 2028 Olympics, introducing mandatory gene testing and restrictions affecting DSD athletes. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/sports/news/ioc-transgender-women-ban-2028-olympics-a65qjf8h?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Olympics #TransgenderAthletes #OlympicsEligibility #GeneTest

Trump admin targets Minnesota for allowing trans girls to participate in sports

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How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights – US Supreme Court – The Guardian

Analysis

How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights

By Sam Levin in Los Angeles

If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protectionsMon 12 Jan 2026 07.00 EST

The US supreme court will consider state bans on transgender athletes on Tuesday in a major LGBTQ+ rights legal battle that could have far-reaching consequences beyond youth sports.

The court is hearing oral arguments in two cases brought by trans students who challenged Republican-backed laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in girls’ athletic programs.

Those bans were both previously blocked by federal courts, but the states appealed to the supreme court, which is hearing a case on trans people’s access to sports for the first time. If the court’s conservative supermajority sides with the states and upholds the bans, the rulings could have significant ripple effects, paving the way for the enforcement of a range of anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

If the rulings are broad, civil rights advocates warn, the supreme court could make it easier for lawmakers and school officials to ban trans students’ access to appropriate bathrooms and facilities, restrict LGBTQ+ youth’s ability to use chosen names and pronouns, enforce strict dress codes, limit protections against anti-LGBTQ+ harassment, and further deny access to accurate identification documents.

“It’s really scary. The supreme court is poised to tell us whether dislike and moral disapproval of a specific group can be a real basis to make law,” said Cathryn Oakley, senior director of legal policy for the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ rights group.

‘This isn’t just about me’

In Little v Hecox, Lindsay Hecox, a trans college student, challenged Idaho’s first-in-the-nation law categorically banning trans women and girls from women’s sports teams, which passed in 2020, blocking her from track at age 19. She has since sought to have the case dismissed, arguing she is no longer pursuing sports and doesn’t want to be subjected to ongoing harassment. But the court decided to hear the case, anyway.

In the second case, West Virginia v BPJ, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson has challenged her state’s law banning her track participation, saying in a recent statement: “This case isn’t just about me, or even just about sports. It’s just one part of a plan to push transgender people like me out of public life entirely.”

In the last five years, 27 states have restricted trans children and teens’ access to school sports – most targeting trans girls, but some applying to all trans youth.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights | US supreme court | The Guardian

How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights – US Supreme Court – The Guardian

Analysis

How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights

By Sam Levin in Los Angeles

If bans on trans youth athletes are upheld, more girls could face ‘invasive sex testing’ and trans people could broadly lose civil rights protectionsMon 12 Jan 2026 07.00 EST

The US supreme court will consider state bans on transgender athletes on Tuesday in a major LGBTQ+ rights legal battle that could have far-reaching consequences beyond youth sports.

The court is hearing oral arguments in two cases brought by trans students who challenged Republican-backed laws in West Virginia and Idaho prohibiting trans girls from participating in girls’ athletic programs.

Those bans were both previously blocked by federal courts, but the states appealed to the supreme court, which is hearing a case on trans people’s access to sports for the first time. If the court’s conservative supermajority sides with the states and upholds the bans, the rulings could have significant ripple effects, paving the way for the enforcement of a range of anti-LGBTQ+ policies.

If the rulings are broad, civil rights advocates warn, the supreme court could make it easier for lawmakers and school officials to ban trans students’ access to appropriate bathrooms and facilities, restrict LGBTQ+ youth’s ability to use chosen names and pronouns, enforce strict dress codes, limit protections against anti-LGBTQ+ harassment, and further deny access to accurate identification documents.

“It’s really scary. The supreme court is poised to tell us whether dislike and moral disapproval of a specific group can be a real basis to make law,” said Cathryn Oakley, senior director of legal policy for the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ rights group.

‘This isn’t just about me’

In Little v Hecox, Lindsay Hecox, a trans college student, challenged Idaho’s first-in-the-nation law categorically banning trans women and girls from women’s sports teams, which passed in 2020, blocking her from track at age 19. She has since sought to have the case dismissed, arguing she is no longer pursuing sports and doesn’t want to be subjected to ongoing harassment. But the court decided to hear the case, anyway.

In the second case, West Virginia v BPJ, 15-year-old Becky Pepper-Jackson has challenged her state’s law banning her track participation, saying in a recent statement: “This case isn’t just about me, or even just about sports. It’s just one part of a plan to push transgender people like me out of public life entirely.”

In the last five years, 27 states have restricted trans children and teens’ access to school sports – most targeting trans girls, but some applying to all trans youth.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: How the US supreme court case on trans athletes could unravel LGBTQ+ rights | US supreme court | The Guardian

The trans athletes at the center of Supreme Court cases don’t fit conservative stereotypes

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The trans athletes at the center of Supreme Court cases don’t fit conservative stereotypes

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The trans athletes at the center of Supreme Court cases don’t fit conservative stereotypes

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The trans athletes at the center of Supreme Court cases don’t fit conservative stereotypes

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The trans athletes at the center of Supreme Court cases don’t fit conservative stereotypes

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SCOTUStoday for Monday, January 12 – SCOTUSblog

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SCOTUStoday for Monday, January 12

By Kelsey Dallas, on Jan 12, 2026

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Today marks the start of the court’s January argument session. The court will hear seven arguments over the next 10 days on such issues as transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, gun rights, and President Donald Trump’s bid to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

SCOTUS Quick Hits

• The Supreme Court released an opinion on Friday, but perhaps not the one you were expecting. The 5-4 ruling was in Bowe v. United States, a case on a federal prisoner’s efforts to obtain post-conviction relief. In an opinion from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court held that a federal law instructing courts to dismiss a claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application does not apply to motions filed by federal prisoners. Justice Neil Gorsuch filed a dissenting opinion, joined in full by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, and in part by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
• Also on Friday, the court indicated that it may announce opinions on Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST. SCOTUSblog will be live blogging any opinion announcements beginning at 9:30.
• Friday afternoon, the court announced that it had granted review in five cases. For more on these disputes, see the On Site section below.
• This morning, the court is expected to release an order list with denied petitions and other case updates at 9:30 a.m. EST.
• The justices will hear argument today in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on the circumstances in which a federal contractor can transfer a case from state to federal court. Justice Samuel Alito will not participate because he has a financial interest in ConocoPhillips, which is the parent company of one of the defendants.
• Tomorrow, the justices will hear arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., on laws barring transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams. We will be live blogging the arguments beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST.

Morning Reads

• Eyes are on Gorsuch as Supreme Court weighs rights of trans athletes (Julian Mark, The Washington Post)(Paywall) — In 2020, Justice Neil Gorsuch “wrote one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential rulings expanding legal rights for gay and transgender people” in a case on employment discrimination. Now, “Gorsuch is again in the spotlight,” according to The Washington Post, as the court considers two disputes over laws preventing transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports. The law’s opponents are drawing on that 2020 ruling as they try to persuade Gorsuch to protect transgender athletes, per the Post, while the law’s supporters argue that “sports is different from the workplace.”
• Supreme Court, Swamped by Emergencies, Neglects Rest of Docket (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)(Paywall) — The court’s Friday ruling in Bowe v. United States has the distinction of being the first opinion in an argued case to be released this term. The fact that it didn’t arrive until January is notable, because “[o]ver the last 80 years, the Supreme Court has only once before waited until January to issue its first opinion in an argued case,” according to The New York Times. Experts specializing in Supreme Court advocacy told the Times that “a spike in action on the court’s other docket,” where the justices address requests for interim relief, “seems to have diverted the court from its merits docket,” slowing the pace of opinions.
• These are the books families opted-out of after Supreme Court fight (Talia Richman, The Baltimore Banner) — In a June 27 ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor, the “Supreme Court sided with a group of parents [in Montgomery County, Maryland] who sought the right to opt-out of lessons that included LGBTQ storybooks,” holding that refusing such opt-out requests violates religious freedom. Since then, according to The Baltimore Banner, “[i]n a district of more than 156,000 students, just 56 families asked Montgomery County school leaders to excuse their child from reading books that conflict with their religious beliefs.” These requests mostly came from “the parents of elementary schoolers” and “generally centered around books with LGBTQ characters, as well as those that included themes of diversity.”
• Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done and who will be counted (Mike Schneider, Associated Press) — “The next U.S. census is four years away,” but legal battles over it have already begun, according to the Associated Press. “Allies of President Donald Trump are behind the federal lawsuits challenging various aspects of the once-a-decade count by the U.S. Census Bureau,” including the inclusion of noncitizens. “The first Trump administration also attempted to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire, a move that was blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.”
• Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Happy New Hires (David Lat, Original Jurisdiction) — In a post for his Substack, David Lat offered an update on Supreme Court clerk hiring and highlighted recent research on the jobs clerks typically have before and after working for a justice. He also highlighted various studies about clerkships, including investigations into what factors contribute to judges becoming feeder judges for the Supreme Court, such as the training they offer their clerks, personal relationships, and ideological compatibility.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: SCOTUStoday for Monday, January 12 – SCOTUSblog

SCOTUStoday for Monday, January 12 – SCOTUSblog

Newsletter

SCOTUStoday for Monday, January 12

By Kelsey Dallas, on Jan 12, 2026

Facebook LinkedIn X Email Print

Today marks the start of the court’s January argument session. The court will hear seven arguments over the next 10 days on such issues as transgender athletes competing in women’s sports, gun rights, and President Donald Trump’s bid to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

SCOTUS Quick Hits

• The Supreme Court released an opinion on Friday, but perhaps not the one you were expecting. The 5-4 ruling was in Bowe v. United States, a case on a federal prisoner’s efforts to obtain post-conviction relief. In an opinion from Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court held that a federal law instructing courts to dismiss a claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application does not apply to motions filed by federal prisoners. Justice Neil Gorsuch filed a dissenting opinion, joined in full by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, and in part by Justice Amy Coney Barrett.
• Also on Friday, the court indicated that it may announce opinions on Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST. SCOTUSblog will be live blogging any opinion announcements beginning at 9:30.
• Friday afternoon, the court announced that it had granted review in five cases. For more on these disputes, see the On Site section below.
• This morning, the court is expected to release an order list with denied petitions and other case updates at 9:30 a.m. EST.
• The justices will hear argument today in Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on the circumstances in which a federal contractor can transfer a case from state to federal court. Justice Samuel Alito will not participate because he has a financial interest in ConocoPhillips, which is the parent company of one of the defendants.
• Tomorrow, the justices will hear arguments in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., on laws barring transgender athletes from participating on women’s and girls’ sports teams. We will be live blogging the arguments beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST.

Morning Reads

• Eyes are on Gorsuch as Supreme Court weighs rights of trans athletes (Julian Mark, The Washington Post)(Paywall) — In 2020, Justice Neil Gorsuch “wrote one of the Supreme Court’s most consequential rulings expanding legal rights for gay and transgender people” in a case on employment discrimination. Now, “Gorsuch is again in the spotlight,” according to The Washington Post, as the court considers two disputes over laws preventing transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports. The law’s opponents are drawing on that 2020 ruling as they try to persuade Gorsuch to protect transgender athletes, per the Post, while the law’s supporters argue that “sports is different from the workplace.”
• Supreme Court, Swamped by Emergencies, Neglects Rest of Docket (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)(Paywall) — The court’s Friday ruling in Bowe v. United States has the distinction of being the first opinion in an argued case to be released this term. The fact that it didn’t arrive until January is notable, because “[o]ver the last 80 years, the Supreme Court has only once before waited until January to issue its first opinion in an argued case,” according to The New York Times. Experts specializing in Supreme Court advocacy told the Times that “a spike in action on the court’s other docket,” where the justices address requests for interim relief, “seems to have diverted the court from its merits docket,” slowing the pace of opinions.
• These are the books families opted-out of after Supreme Court fight (Talia Richman, The Baltimore Banner) — In a June 27 ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor, the “Supreme Court sided with a group of parents [in Montgomery County, Maryland] who sought the right to opt-out of lessons that included LGBTQ storybooks,” holding that refusing such opt-out requests violates religious freedom. Since then, according to The Baltimore Banner, “[i]n a district of more than 156,000 students, just 56 families asked Montgomery County school leaders to excuse their child from reading books that conflict with their religious beliefs.” These requests mostly came from “the parents of elementary schoolers” and “generally centered around books with LGBTQ characters, as well as those that included themes of diversity.”
• Lawsuits by Trump allies could shape how the 2030 census is done and who will be counted (Mike Schneider, Associated Press) — “The next U.S. census is four years away,” but legal battles over it have already begun, according to the Associated Press. “Allies of President Donald Trump are behind the federal lawsuits challenging various aspects of the once-a-decade count by the U.S. Census Bureau,” including the inclusion of noncitizens. “The first Trump administration also attempted to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire, a move that was blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.”
• Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Happy New Hires (David Lat, Original Jurisdiction) — In a post for his Substack, David Lat offered an update on Supreme Court clerk hiring and highlighted recent research on the jobs clerks typically have before and after working for a justice. He also highlighted various studies about clerkships, including investigations into what factors contribute to judges becoming feeder judges for the Supreme Court, such as the training they offer their clerks, personal relationships, and ideological compatibility.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: SCOTUStoday for Monday, January 12 – SCOTUSblog

This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

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This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

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This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

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This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-school-district-security-transgender

#California #governorcandidates on #transgenderathletes in #school #sports | Side-by-side comparison

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4emb-MkwYgE&pp=0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv

#CaliforniaCandidatesShowingTheirTrueColours

#CaliforniaGubernatorialRace2026

The Democratic candidate in the Texas Senate race is going to be an LGBTQ+ ally

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-lgbtq

Women's Institute to ban transgender women after U.K. Supreme Court ruling

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/world/womens-institute-united-kingdom-transgender

AOC tells Riley Gaines to 'get a real job' instead of attacking trans people

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-riley-gaines

Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting's ban on trans women is discrimination

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting's ban on trans women is discrimination

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting's ban on trans women is discrimination

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting's ban on trans women is discrimination

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Minnesota Supreme Court rules USA Powerlifting's ban on trans women is discrimination

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/minnesota-supreme-court-transgender-sports

57% of LGBTQ+ people have made major life changes since Donald Trump's election: report

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Federal Lawsuit Against Maine: Transgender Athlete Rights

Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen

Publication (Outlet/Website): The Good Men Project

Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/06/24

Jamie Wright is a Los Angeles-based attorney specializing in labor and employment law, focusing on wage and hour litigation and contract disputes. She is a partner at Millennial Government Affairs, providing crisis communication and legal strategies for political and corporate clients. Jamie is also the founder of The Wright Law Firm. Wright discusses the federal lawsuit against Maine over transgender athlete policies. She explains the constitutional stakes, federal-state tensions, and civil rights implications, warning the case could redefine equality standards and influence national policymaking on rights and inclusion. Website: https://jamiewrightesq.com.

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: How do you interpret the federal government’s decision to sue Maine over its refusal to ban transgender athletes?

Jamie E. Wright: The federal government’s lawsuit against Maine over its refusal to enforce a ban on transgender athletes is more than a policy dispute. It’s a full-blown constitutional clash. Bottom line, at stake is the balance between civil rights and state power. This isn’t just about who gets to play on which sports team. It is about whether Washington can compel states to adopt a national standard of equality under Title IX, the federal law that bans sex-based discrimination in education.

Jacobsen: What are the constitutional or legal precedents?

Wright: The legal backdrop is complex but important. The Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government can attach conditions to its funding. That was settled in 1987 in South Dakota v. Dole. But there are limits. When those conditions begin to feel less like guidelines and more like mandates, courts have pushed back against federal coercion.

Jacobsen: Governor Janet Mills called this lawsuit federal overreach. Where is the line between federal enforcement and state discretion?

Wright: That is exactly the argument Maine Governor Janet Mills is making. She says the Biden administration is overstepping its authority, using federal education dollars to strong-arm the state into following policies it does not support. If Maine can show that it had no meaningful choice but to comply, it could invoke the anti-commandeering principle laid out in Murphy v. NCAA in 2018. In plain English, the federal government cannot hijack state governments to carry out federal policies.

Jacobsen: What are the likely downstream effects for states with inclusive transgender athlete policies?

Wright: The federal government sees it differently. Officials argue this is not about commandeering at all. It is about making sure states that accept federal funding do not discriminate. It is about defending the rights of transgender students and making sure civil rights law does not depend on your ZIP code.

Jacobsen: If Maine prevails, could this empower defiance of federal directives on civil rights issues?

Wright: The outcome could be seismic. If the courts side with Washington, the ruling could set a new national standard, expanding protections for transgender athletes and forcing other states to align. If Maine wins, it could spark a wave of resistance, with states asserting more control over civil rights enforcement and challenging federal authority at its core.

Jacobsen: What are the legal and ethical implications of using sports as a battleground? How might this lawsuit influence future policymaking?

Wright: Make no mistake…this case is not just legal theory. It is unfolding in locker rooms, on soccer fields, and in high school gyms. On one side are transgender students asking to be seen, included, and treated with respect. On the other are families and advocates raising concerns about fairness in girls’ sports and what inclusion should look like in practice. What is at risk is not only legal precedent, but the lives and experiences of real young people. When these kids become pawns in political battles, everybody loses.

Jacobsen: How should the public understand the stakes of this legal conflict?

Wright: This case could set the tone for the next chapter in America’s long fight over rights and representation. More states are likely to push back. Future administrations may use the same tactics or escalate them. The deeper question remains: Who gets to define what equality means in this country? And will that definition apply to all of us, or only to some?

Jacobsen: Thank you for the opportunity and your time, Jamie. 

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#CivilRights #ConstitutionalClash #FederalLawsuit #StateAuthority #transgenderAthletes

Transgender runner sues NCAA, New York state university after being barred from tournament

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FUCK YEAH!!! #Maine Senate rejects sports ban, sounding death knell for #AntiTrans bills this session

Eesha Pendharkar
Tue, June 17, 2025

"All legislation seeking to roll back rights for #Transgender people in Maine has now failed after the majority of the Senate on Monday rejected a bill that would have banned #TransgenderGirls from participating in girls sports.

"That means that despite pressure from President Donald #Trump’s administration, Maine will continue to uphold the right for trans students to participate in sports that align with their gender identity.

"The state’s policies have come under scrutiny over the past few months, with the Department of Justice launching a lawsuit against the state for allegedly violating federal anti-discrimination protections in addition to repeated threats from several agencies to cut federal funding.

"Last week, House lawmakers advanced LD 233, which sought to ban trans girls from playing on girls’ teams. It was the only bill out of eight anti-trans measures that a majority of lawmakers in the lower chamber supported, with four Democrats joining with Republicans to advance the bill. During the floor debate, many argued that the bill was not intended to punish trans students, but to bring fairness to athletics and preserve girls’ spaces.

"However, on Monday, the Senate voted 21-13 to reject that bill as well as other measures not supported by the House, including bills aiming to ban trans students from bathrooms, locker rooms (LD 868) and trans people from single-sex shelters (LD 1337).

"Later in the evening, both the House and Senate voted to insist on their respective positions, effectively killing the measure, since the chambers could not agree."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maine-senate-rejects-sports-ban-165747159.html

#MaineResists #MainePride #TransgenderAthletes #ProtectTransYouth #ProtectTransKids #TransRights #TrumpIsAFascist #SeeYouInCourt #GLBTQNews #MainePol #USPol #TransRightsAreHumanRights

#Maine Senate blocks last #Transgender sports bill :flag_transgender: 🌲

Randy Billings, Portland Press Herald, Maine
Mon, June 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM EDT

Jun. 16—AUGUSTA — "The Maine Senate on Monday blocked a bill advanced by the lower chamber last week that sought to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls sports.

"The 21-13 vote means the bill, sponsored by Rep. Richard Campbell, R-Orrington, and approved 73-70 by the House of Representatives on Friday, will likely die between the chambers.

"LD 233 was one of eight bills seeking to roll back transgender rights this session — a subject that took on a life of its own after President Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled, 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports,' and confronted Gov. Janet Mills at a White House event.

[...]

"Sen. Rick Bennett of Oxford was the lone Republican to vote against [LD 233] there.

"In an emotional floor speech last week, Bennett said he would oppose all of the anti-transgender bills in part after having a conversation with his daughter, describing her as 'a fierce and accomplished athlete' who was saddened by the debate.

" 'I, too, feel sadness that these bills are before us,' Bennett said. 'Sadness that in a moment when we could be lifting up young people, we are entertaining proposals that single some of them out, setting them apart as 'other.' I'm saddened by the growing tendency to turn away from the better angels of our nature. Saddened by the pull toward a culture of fear, the politics of division, the hardening of silos and the temptation to stigmatize those who are different.'

"The Senate also voted Monday to kill LD 868, a bill sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Caruso, R-Caratunk, that would have prohibited transgender athletes from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, while allowing them to play on co-ed teams."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/maine-senate-blocks-last-transgender-224700824.html

#MaineResists #TransRights #ProtectTransYouth #TransgenderAthletes #TransRightsAreHumanRights

2nd-Place Runner in High School Race Rips #Maine #GOP Lawmaker for Attacking Trans Winner

Brett Wilkins, May 15, 2025

"A high school runner in Maine who finished second to a transgender competitor at a recent track meet said this week that a Republican state lawmaker's 'hateful' crusade targeting trans athletes—not the fact that she had to compete against one—dampened her sporting joy.

Anelise Feldman, a freshman at Yarmouth High School in southern Maine, finished second to Soren Stark-Chessa, a multisport standout at rival North Yarmouth Academy, at a May 2 intramural meet.

"' I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school's standards,' Feldman wrote in a letter to The Portland Press Herald published Wednesday. 'I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn't diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race.'

"Feldman's letter was prompted by State Rep. #LaurelLibby's (R-90) comments during a Fox News interview earlier this month in which the lawmaker, while not naming Stark-Chessa, referred to her accomplishments and accused transgender athletes of 'pushing many, many of our young women out of the way in their ascent to the podium.'

Feldman stressed: "I don't feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points."

" 'We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school,' she added. 'Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren's participation in the girls' track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.' "

https://www.commondreams.org/news/transgender-student-athletes-maine

#MaineResists #USPol #ProtectTransKids #TransgenderAthletes #TransRightsAreHumanRights

VICTORY! #JanetMills said "We'll see you in court," and #Trump backed down!

Trump administration settles with #Maine over #funding freeze after dispute over #TransgenderAthletes

In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

May 2, 2025

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-administration-settles-maine-funding-freeze-dispute-trans-athlet-rcna204541

#MaineResists #Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #ProtectTransKids #MainePol #USPol #Resist

#Trump upends #DOJ's #CivilRightsDivision, sparking 'bloodbath' in senior ranks

Trump's hand-picked head of the division has outlined priorities that are dramatically at odds with the way past administrations have enforced #CivilRights law.

April 23, 2025, 7:29 PM EDT
By Ken Dilanian

Excerpt: "Founded in 1957 after the passage of the 20th century’s first major civil rights legislation, the Civil Rights Division has always been subject to the policy preferences of the president, and enforcement priorities tend to differ in Republican and Democratic administrations. But there is no precedent for the changes that have been made over the last three months, which are far more consequential than anything that occurred in Trump’s first term, current and former officials say.

" 'I was there almost 18 years, and what’s happening now is basically the opposite of what we’ve been doing,' said a veteran lawyer who recently left the department. 'In the first Trump administration, they engaged with us as attorneys. The political appointees were normal lawyers. Sometimes we persuaded them and sometimes they disagreed, but there was always a conversation about why and what the law required. That is not happening.'

"In the Biden administration, the Civil Rights Division convicted 180 police officers of violating people’s civil rights, according to Justice Department records. It also prosecuted a variety of high-profile hate crimes cases, including one against the Texas man who targeted Mexicans when he killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso and the Pennsylvania man who killed 11 congregants at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

"Among the many settlements over racial discrimination, the division secured reforms at Hawkins County Schools in Tennessee, where an investigation found that incidents of harassment — including a mock 'slave auction' to sell Black students to their white counterparts and a 'monkey of the month' campaign to ridicule Black students — created a racially hostile environment. On voting rights, the division successfully challenged an Arizona law requiring people registering to vote to list their birthplaces and provide proof of citizenship.

"Current and former employees say many of those enforcement actions are unimaginable under the new regime.

" 'They are withdrawing everything we’ve done and taking the opposite side on voting rights, for example,' said a recently departed Civil Division lawyer. 'This is not ‘Oh, we want to do more religion cases’ or ‘We don’t want to do creative redlining cases.’ This is abandoning everything that we have done in the past. They are actively anti-civil rights. This didn’t happen in Trump 1.'

"Dhillon took office April 7, but the changes had already been underway. So far the Civil Rights Division has suspended investigations of police abuse and launched probes into whether Los Angeles is violating people’s gun rights and whether American #universities are tolerating antisemitism. The division was also involved in the lawsuit filed last week accusing the state of #Maine of violating the law by allowing #TransgenderAthletes to participate on women’s sports teams."

Read more:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-upends-dojs-civil-rights-division-sparking-bloodbath-senior-rank-rcna202622?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#TrumpIsABully #TrumpIsARacist #Fascism #AmeriKKKa #USPol
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #TrumpIsAWhiteSupremacist #BlackLivesMatter

This evening...
Hubby: "Let's watch the local news."
[News reports about transgender athletes and Title IX and schools]
Me: "F*ck you! Studies of two people are not studies! READ THE SCIENCE!!!"
Hubby: "Let's watch something else.
Me: "Sorry. But I can't help it! Grrrrr...."

#TransgenderAthletes #TransgenderRights #TrumpIsABully #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

#Maine governor criticizes #Trump administration for freezing funds amid #transgender athlete dispute: ‘It’s not rational’

By Alyssa Vega Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2025

"Maine #GovernorJanetMills criticized the Trump administration on Monday just days after it moved to cut all federal #education funding to the state. The move came in response to Maine’s refusal to enforce the administration’s directive to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
In an interview on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' Monday, Mills said the state received a series of letters from federal agencies, culminating in an April 2 letter from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which the Maine governor described as 'appalling' in tone and substance. Mills said the next day Rollins threatened to pull all education funding to the state.

" 'Because there are maybe two — at most — two transgender athletes competing in Maine schools right now, they decided to shut off funding for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program entirely, on which 172,000 Maine school #children rely for their school meals. That didn’t make any sense,' Mills said. "

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nation/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NRfNV

#USPol #TrumpHatesChildren #TrumpIsABully #MadKingTrump #JanetMills #GovernorMills #TransgenderAthletes #TransAthletes #ProtectTransYouth #SeeYouInCourt #MaineResists #TransErasure #TransgenderRights #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

#Maine governor criticizes #Trump administration for freezing funds amid #transgender athlete dispute: ‘It’s not rational’

By Alyssa Vega Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2025

"Maine #GovernorJanetMills criticized the Trump administration on Monday just days after it moved to cut all federal #education funding to the state. The move came in response to Maine’s refusal to enforce the administration’s directive to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
In an interview on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' Monday, Mills said the state received a series of letters from federal agencies, culminating in an April 2 letter from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which the Maine governor described as 'appalling' in tone and substance. Mills said the next day Rollins threatened to pull all education funding to the state.

" 'Because there are maybe two — at most — two transgender athletes competing in Maine schools right now, they decided to shut off funding for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program entirely, on which 172,000 Maine school #children rely for their school meals. That didn’t make any sense,' Mills said. "

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nation/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NRfNV

#USPol #TrumpHatesChildren #TrumpIsABully #MadKingTrump #JanetMills #GovernorMills #TransgenderAthletes #TransAthletes #ProtectTransYouth #SeeYouInCourt #MaineResists #TransErasure #TransgenderRights #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

#Maine governor criticizes #Trump administration for freezing funds amid #transgender athlete dispute: ‘It’s not rational’

By Alyssa Vega Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2025

"Maine #GovernorJanetMills criticized the Trump administration on Monday just days after it moved to cut all federal #education funding to the state. The move came in response to Maine’s refusal to enforce the administration’s directive to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
In an interview on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' Monday, Mills said the state received a series of letters from federal agencies, culminating in an April 2 letter from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which the Maine governor described as 'appalling' in tone and substance. Mills said the next day Rollins threatened to pull all education funding to the state.

" 'Because there are maybe two — at most — two transgender athletes competing in Maine schools right now, they decided to shut off funding for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program entirely, on which 172,000 Maine school #children rely for their school meals. That didn’t make any sense,' Mills said. "

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nation/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NRfNV

#USPol #TrumpHatesChildren #TrumpIsABully #MadKingTrump #JanetMills #GovernorMills #TransgenderAthletes #TransAthletes #ProtectTransYouth #SeeYouInCourt #MaineResists #TransErasure #TransgenderRights #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

#Maine governor criticizes #Trump administration for freezing funds amid #transgender athlete dispute: ‘It’s not rational’

By Alyssa Vega Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2025

"Maine #GovernorJanetMills criticized the Trump administration on Monday just days after it moved to cut all federal #education funding to the state. The move came in response to Maine’s refusal to enforce the administration’s directive to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
In an interview on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' Monday, Mills said the state received a series of letters from federal agencies, culminating in an April 2 letter from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which the Maine governor described as 'appalling' in tone and substance. Mills said the next day Rollins threatened to pull all education funding to the state.

" 'Because there are maybe two — at most — two transgender athletes competing in Maine schools right now, they decided to shut off funding for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program entirely, on which 172,000 Maine school #children rely for their school meals. That didn’t make any sense,' Mills said. "

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nation/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NRfNV

#USPol #TrumpHatesChildren #TrumpIsABully #MadKingTrump #JanetMills #GovernorMills #TransgenderAthletes #TransAthletes #ProtectTransYouth #SeeYouInCourt #MaineResists #TransErasure #TransgenderRights #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

#Maine governor criticizes #Trump administration for freezing funds amid #transgender athlete dispute: ‘It’s not rational’

By Alyssa Vega Globe Staff,Updated April 14, 2025

"Maine #GovernorJanetMills criticized the Trump administration on Monday just days after it moved to cut all federal #education funding to the state. The move came in response to Maine’s refusal to enforce the administration’s directive to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
In an interview on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' Monday, Mills said the state received a series of letters from federal agencies, culminating in an April 2 letter from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, which the Maine governor described as 'appalling' in tone and substance. Mills said the next day Rollins threatened to pull all education funding to the state.

" 'Because there are maybe two — at most — two transgender athletes competing in Maine schools right now, they decided to shut off funding for our school nutrition program, the school lunch program entirely, on which 172,000 Maine school #children rely for their school meals. That didn’t make any sense,' Mills said. "

Read more:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/14/nation/maine-governor-janet-mills-criticizes-trump-administration-funding-freeze/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/NRfNV

#USPol #TrumpHatesChildren #TrumpIsABully #MadKingTrump #JanetMills #GovernorMills #TransgenderAthletes #TransAthletes #ProtectTransYouth #SeeYouInCourt #MaineResists #TransErasure #TransgenderRights #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

In high school, I could easily beat the boys at 50 and 100 yard dashes (and could dunk way more baskets than most of them -- 7 in a row from the line one time). But I was not allowed to compete directly with them, or play on the boys' basketball team. The boys had no problem with it -- but the school did. Some of us are born with subtle differences in chromosomes, hormones, etc., and not-so-subtle differences in weight, skills, etc. Maybe we should focus on muscle mass, weight, skill, etc., like there is with boxing and other sports. In martial arts class (which I became a brown belt in a class full of boys), we competed by skill and size -- not by gender. Just saying...
#TransAthletes #TransgenderAthletes #TransgenderRights #PeopleArePeople #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

US track star says she feels ‘defeated’ after Trump’s move against #TransAthletes

By Brynn Gingras and Bonney Kapp, CNN
March 20, 2025

Portland, Maine (CNN) — "She’s a two-time All American in 200- and 400-meter races. A college athlete used to winning, with a goal of making the 2032 US Olympic team. But 21-year-old #SadieSchreiner says she feels 'defeated.'

"Not by the sport she loves or the physical rigors of the training but by the shifting rules on #TransgenderAthletes that have left her running alone around the track or now not running competitively at all.

"But she won’t stop. 'I don’t know what would happen if I don’t have track and field, and I’m not going to see that reality,' Schreiner insisted.

"Schreiner knew when she was young that her physical body didn’t match her gender and began transitioning while in high school. She takes 8 pills daily to keep her testosterone levels low enough so they aren’t detectable on lab tests.
'(The hormone therapy) shrank my ligaments. It’s made me shorter. It’s made me weaker. It’s lessened my muscles. It’s redistributing my fat. It’s lowered my lung capacity,' Schreiner explained. “My biology is fundamentally different than a cis man.'

"Her NCAA 24:12 personal best for the 200 meters puts her in the top tier of her age group but she said she’s a wholly different athlete than the high school kid who ran in boys’ races. 'I am now 20% slower than I was in 8th grade.'

"Undetectable levels of testosterone used to be the standard to compete in NCAA competitions.

"Schreiner says she makes other accommodations too: 'I don’t even change in the locker rooms.'

"But there’s nothing more she can do to run in college events – the competitive home of young US athletes – since the NCAA governing body followed President Donald #Trump’s executive order titled 'Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports' with a rule change limiting participation in women’s sports to those assigned female at birth.

"She switched to meets organized by USA Track & Field – the national governing body for the sport – which holds competitions across the country for all ages and skill levels.

"It was the only place Schreiner was allowed to compete, isolated from her teammates and coaches. In some races, she ran around the track alone, with no competition in her age group, which she called 'brutal.'

" 'I am literally racing against me, instead of racing at these college meets, at the competitive levels I should be.' "

Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/20/us/sadie-schreiner-trans-athlete-ban/index.html

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/6QM3A

#TransgenderRights #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

So, sharing these photos of #SadieSchreiner from her website, showing the difference in her body before and after her transition. She isn't the same person she was before her transition. The same with anyone who has undergone HRT. Don't believe RWNJ emphasis on a few studies with only a couple of *participants*. Folks who undergo gender transition change. 'Nuff said!

#TransAthletes #TransgenderAthletes #TransgenderRights #TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights

#Trump administration refers #Maine to #DOJ over #TransgenderAthletes

by Brooke Migdon - 04/11/25

"The Department of Education on Friday referred a #TitleIX investigation into Maine schools to the #JusticeDepartment after the state failed to reach a resolution with the Trump administration over a finding that it violated federal anti-discrimination law by allowing transgender students to participate in girls’ sports.

" 'The Department has given Maine every opportunity to come into compliance with Title IX, but the state’s leaders have stubbornly refused to do so, choosing instead to prioritize an extremist ideological agenda [sic] over their students’ safety, privacy, and dignity,' said Craig Trainor, acting assistant Education secretary for [WHAT A JOKE] civil rights.

"The Education Department in its announcement said it will also initiate administrative proceedings to determine whether to terminate federal #K12 education funding for Maine’s state education department, including formula and discretionary grants.

"'The Maine Department of Education will now have to defend its discriminatory practices before a Department administrative law judge and in a federal court against the Justice Department,' Trainor said. 'Governor [Janet] Mills would have done well to adhere to the wisdom embedded in the old idiom — be careful what you wish for. Now she will see the Trump Administration in court.'

"Both the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which recently began investigating schools and states that allow transgender athletes to compete in girls’ sports, said in March that Maine had violated Title IX, the federal civil rights law against sex discrimination that the Trump White House says prohibits trans athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s teams."

Read more:
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5245248-maine-transgender-athletes-doj-hhs-education-department-trump-mills/

#TransgenderRights #FollowTheScience #Transphobia #TransErasure #ProtectTransYouth #MaineResists #TrumpIsABully #SeeYouInCourt #AbortionRights? #WomensRights? #ArrestingMiscarryingWomen? #TrumpDoesntGiveAShitAboutWomen

#Maine takes #Trump administration to court in first lawsuit over #TitleIX dispute

The lawsuit, filed Monday by Attorney General Aaron Frey, challenges the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to halt federal funds over Maine's policy regarding #TransgenderAthletes.

April 7, 2025

"Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to withhold federal funds over Maine’s policy allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls high school sports.
Frey’s office said funds withheld by the administration are used to feed children in schools, child care centers and after-school programming, as well as disabled adults in congregate settings.

"It is the first lawsuit to result from the Trump administration’s actions targeting Maine over trans athletes.

"'Under the banner of keeping children safe, the Trump administration is illegally withholding grant funds that go to keeping children fed,' Frey said in a written statement. 'This is just another example where no law or consequence appears to restrain the administration as it seeks capitulation to its lawlessness. The President and his cabinet secretaries do not make the law and they are not above the law, and this action is necessary to remind the President that Maine will not be bullied into violating the law.'"

Read more:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/maine-ag-sues-trump-administration-over-title-ix-funding-freeze/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/5pQdU
#MaineResists #SeeYouInCourt #JanetMills #ProtectTransYouth #ProtectTransKids #TransgenderRights #Resistance #TrumpIsABully #USPol #TrumpIsPutinsPuppet

Vote these f*ckers out!

Republican lawmakers seek changes to #Maine #HumanRightsAct in #TitleIX compliance effort

Proposed amendments to the #antidiscrimination law revolve around #transgender student-athletes' right to compete in girls and women's sports.

https://www.wmtw.com/article/bill-remove-gender-identity-maine-human-rights-act/64354378
#TransgenderAthletes #MainePol #USPol #TransgenderRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransAthletes #ProtectTransKids #ProtectTransYouth #MaineHumanRightsAct

Vote these f*ckers out!

Republican lawmakers seek changes to #Maine #HumanRightsAct in #TitleIX compliance effort

Proposed amendments to the #antidiscrimination law revolve around #transgender student-athletes' right to compete in girls and women's sports.

https://www.wmtw.com/article/bill-remove-gender-identity-maine-human-rights-act/64354378
#TransgenderAthletes #MainePol #USPol #TransgenderRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransAthletes #ProtectTransKids #ProtectTransYouth #MaineHumanRightsAct

Vote these f*ckers out!

Republican lawmakers seek changes to #Maine #HumanRightsAct in #TitleIX compliance effort

Proposed amendments to the #antidiscrimination law revolve around #transgender student-athletes' right to compete in girls and women's sports.

https://www.wmtw.com/article/bill-remove-gender-identity-maine-human-rights-act/64354378
#TransgenderAthletes #MainePol #USPol #TransgenderRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransAthletes #ProtectTransKids #ProtectTransYouth #MaineHumanRightsAct