• Published

  July 9, 2023
  

  Maine has tacked left as nation lurches right in culture wars

  Embracing the state motto – 'I lead' – Maine lawmakers led in a different direction, safeguarding and expanding access to abortion and gender-affirming care.

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  April 5, 2023

  Mother sues school district for keeping child’s gender expression secret

  Amber Lavigne is suing Central Lincoln County School leaders and employees, saying the district did not inform her about her child's gender expression.

• Published

  February 6, 2023

  National group threatens lawsuit against Maine school district over gender policy

  The Goldwater Institute says the Damariscotta-area district is guilty of violating parental rights because it did not tell a student's mother that her child wanted to be identified as a boy instead of a girl.

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  February 5, 2023
  

  In gender clash, Maine schools caught between parents, kids

  The handling of gender identity at public schools has emerged as a new front in the culture war, pitting children's privacy against some parents who fear educators are cutting them out of key conversations.

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  February 1, 2023
  

  SAD 17 policy committee revisits gender identity policy

  SAD 17's policy committee continues its work to draft a student gender identity policy that supports students, involves parents and gives school employees parameters on appropriate responses.

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