OUT Maine in collaboration with the LGBTQ+ Legislative Coalition has been organizing for months in preparation to defend transgender folks’ rights here in our home state. Now, the Maine legislature has rejected eight bills that directly targeted the rights of transgender student athletes and the transgender community at large.

“Every student should be treated with kindness and respect, and they should be able to attend school and play sports without fear. These bills wouldn’t have just hurt transgender girls, they would have hurt everyone and subjected all Maine girls to invasive procedures that violate personal privacy,” said Sue Campbell, Executive Director of OUT Maine.

Read more about the proposed bills themselves and other organizations involved in defeating them: