The battle between the Trump administration and the state of Maine approaches two months in the middle of the Pinos state that continues to allow transgender athletes to compete against biological females.
Maine officials filed a lawsuit against the United States Department (USDA) on Monday in response to the agency’s decision to freeze funds to the State for their refusal to reverse their transgender athlete participation policy in schools.
The State has been under federal pressure in recent months to protect female athletes from trans inclusion after several controversial incidents that involve trans athletes and a dispute between President Donald Trump and the governor of Maine Janet Mills.
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“The conflict between how the state of Maine and the Administration interprets title IX must be resolved,” Senator Susan Collins wrote, R-MAINE, on Friday in a publication about X. (Rich Beauchesne/SeacaStonline)
Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, however, understands both sides of the currency and wants everything to end.
“The conflict between how the state of Maine and the Administration interprets title IX must be resolved”, Collins Started in an X publication on Friday. “I agree with the position of the federal government in which biological men should not compete in the athletics of girls and women. Policies on the contrary violate the original intention behind title IX.
“People who are transgender deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. But that does not change the fact that title IX demands the same access to sports resources and facilities on sex, not on the basis of gender identity. IX.”
The Department of Education also launched an investigation into the State due to the problem.
Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, goes to the press in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, on November 6, 2022. (Mark Makela/Getty images)
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The Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education (OCR) sent the Department of Education of Maine (MDOE) to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday to continue with Allow trans athletes To compete in girls’ sports.
It is the Second reference of the Department of Justice The State Educational Institutions have faced in the last month on the subject, after the Department of Health and Human Services referred to MDOE, the Association of Directors of Maine and Grelyly High School on March 28.
After Trump signed an executive order to prohibit trans athletes from women and girls sports on February 5, Maine was one of the many states that openly challenged the order.
The division of the State on trans inclusion was brought to light when Maine Laurel Libby identified a trans athlete in a social media post that won a girl pole jump competition for Grelyly High School that month. Libby was subsequently censored by the state legislature.
Senator Susan Collins, R-MAINE, speaks at a Senate assignments audience to examine disaster financing needs on November 20, 2024. (IMAGN)
Libby filed a lawsuit last month, which seeks to restore voting and speech rights. They originally told him that he would restore the rights if he apologized for the position. Libby has said that it will not apologize, but has said that it is willing to drop the demand if its censorship is eliminated.
