More Maine schools ban transgender athletes from girls sports, defying Dem leadership and siding with Trump

Another Maine school district has taken matters into its own hands in the state's dispute over transgender athletes in girls sports On Tuesday the board of directors for Maine's Region School Unit RSU No voted - to rescind a framework that allows trans athletes to compete in girls sports The rescinded framework Framework JB stated that students shall be able to participate in accordance with the gender identity asserted at school CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMRSU No Superintendent Michael Eastman validated to Fox News Digital that the district and its schools will stop following the procedures directly At its meeting last night after respectful deliberation the RSU No Board of Directors voted - one director was absent to rescind Approach JB Transgender and Gender-Expansive Students Eastman declared This change will take place forthwith We appreciate the turnout last evening and thank those residents who addressed the board with their thoughts regarding the program MAINE GIRL INVOLVED IN TRANS ATHLETE BATTLE REVEALS HOW STATE'S POLICIES HURT HER CHILDHOOD AND SPORTS CAREERRSU No operates five general schools in Sullivan Maine Hancock county where Sullivan is located voted in favor of Donald Trump in November's vote by a margin of to Eastman's district is not the first to amend a gender eligibility initiative in new weeks The MSAD No School Board voted unanimously in mid-April to comply with Title IX recognizing only two sexes biological male and biological female and that all private spaces be separated by biological sex MSAD No Superintendent Tyler Putnam advised Fox News Digital that due to this vote he is now directed to amend the district's policies to prevent trans athletes from competing in girls sports The motion directs me to rewrite our policies to adhere to the motion Putnam commented It is my interpretation that the school board will be looking to approve policies that align biological sex to their specific athletic teams too i e biological males will be playing with only other biological males and the same for biological females These policies will need to be approved by the approach committee and the board once rewritten Maine is being sued by the Department of Justice for failing to come to an agreement to comply with Trump's Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports executive order Maine has loosely allowed trans athletes to compete with girls since when the Maine Human Rights Act prohibited discrimination based on gender identity The Maine Principals' Association MPA updated its policies in to explicitly allow transgender students to compete on teams matching their gender identity The state particularly its Democratic leadership led by Gov Janet Mills is doubling down to defy Trump and protect its trans athletes' rights to compete against girls and share girls locker rooms A large number of residents and now school districts have taken initiatives to oppose Mills There have been multiple protests across the state including two at the state Capitol in August by activists looking to protect girls from trans competitors Attention to the issue was magnified this past week after a trans athlete won multiple events at a girls track meet A trans-identifying athlete who competed for North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth Maine at the Poland-NYA-Yarmouth-Seacoast meet won the -meter with a time of blowing away the second-place runner who finished with a time of In the -meter the trans athlete had a closer first-place finish with a time of just around a second better than the second-place finisher with a time of In October Fox News Digital broadcasted that this athlete was transgender A survey by the American Parents Coalition ascertained that out of about registered Maine voters stated that school sports participation should be based on biological sex and agreed it is only fair to restrict women s sports to biological women The poll also detected that of residents would backing a ballot measure limiting participation in women s and girls sports to biological females This included of independents and of parents with kids under age Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter