Transgender, Jordon Hudson and Miss Maine USA
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Critics say the movement to ban transgender athletes from girls' sports doesn't have anything to do with fairness.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville ripped Maine Gov. Janet Mills, calling her a "complete idiot" for continuing to defy President Donald Trump's transgender athlete executive order.
Maine’s attorney general denied on Thursday that his state was in violation of Title IX after the Trump administration sued it last month over its policy on transgender athletes. In a response to the federal court in Maine,
Bills that would rollback transgender rights and ban them from participating on girls' sports teams are receiving more scrutiny amid the Trump administration's lawsuit against Maine.
Maine's Region School Unit No. 24 voted 7-1 on Tuesday to rescind a policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture settled with the Democratic-led state three weeks after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order.
Eight bills regarding transgender students in Maine were the focus of hours of public hearings in Augusta on Thursday.
A trial is set for early December in a federal lawsuit accusing Maine of violating Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete in girls’ school sports.