The Office of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States (HHS) of Civil Rights (OCR) said Friday that MAINE’s “breach” referred to the rules of Title IX to the Department of Justice for the application.
Maine has continued to challenge the executive order of President Donald Trump to ban trans athletes of women and girls. The HHS gave the State 10 days to correct its policies through a signed agreement or risk derivation to the Department of Justice.
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The governor of Maine, Janet Mills, speaks during the work session of the governors in the state dining room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21. (Francis Chung/Politic/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
“Today, OCR sent Maine’s breach with title IX to @thejustyepto for its application in court for continuing to illegally allow men to compete against women,” the department announced in an X publication.
“The HHS will continue to protect female sports and maintain the promises of title IX for women and girls in the United States.”
Pak Gazette Digital communicated with the office of the governor of Maine Janet Mills and the office of the Attorney General Aaron Frey to comment.
Administrative District 51 of the Maine School, Greels High School’s home, where a transgender athlete prompted the national controversy after winning a girl pole jump competition in February, said Thursday that he did not comply and, instead, “will continue to follow the state law and the Maine Human Rights Law.”
The Association of Directors of Maine said in a statement that it is also “bound by law, including the Maine Human Rights Law, which reflects our participation policy.”
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Maine’s state house is seen in Augusta, Maine, on June 9, 2011. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, Archive)
The situation that involved the Trans athlete in Grelyly High School attracted national attention after Maine’s Republican state representative, Laurel Libby, identified the athlete by name with a photograph in a publication on social networks. Libby was later censored by Maine’s legislature, and since then has filed a lawsuit to revoke it.
Trump signed the executive order of “No Men In Women’s Sports” in early February, which led to multiple athletic associations to comply with her and a handful of nose management in the order. The problem with the state of Maine reached a critical point at a meeting of the National Association of Governors.
Trump threatened to reduce federal funds to the State for not prohibiting biological men in girls and women’s sports.
The next day, Mills’s office responded with a statement that threatened the legal actions against the Trump administration if it retained federal state funds. Then, Trump and Mills headed verbally on a widely publicized argument in the White House during a bipartisan meeting of governors.
“Are you not going to comply with that?” Trump asked Mills.
Since then, multiple protests against Mills have been held outside the State Capitol, and Maine’s university system has cooperated with the Trump administration to ensure that Trans athletes compete in women’s sports after a temporary financing break.
President Donald Trump and the governor of Maine Janet Mills met at the White House last month on compliance with the executive order. (Pool through AP/Win McNamee/Getty Images)
The OCR announced last week that found the Department of Education of Maine, the Association of Directors of Maine and Grelyly High School in violation of Title IX for continuing to allow trans inclusion in girls’ sports.
The interim director of OCR, Anthony Archeval, previously provided a statement to Pak Gazette digital warning on the possible consequences for the continuous challenge of the executive order.
“What the HHS is asking about the Department of Education of Maine, the Association of Directors of Maine (MPA) and Grelyly High School is simple: protecting the rights of female athletes. Girls deserve sports only for girls without male competitors. And if Maine does not come to the table to voluntarily comply with title IX, HHS will prevent the title IX to the greatest amount to the greatest amount.”
