CUMBERLAND (WGME) – Maine refused to prohibit trans -girls and female sports athletes.
President Donald Trump demanded that the state complies with his decree to ban the trans -girls and female sports athletes, but the Maine says that it is that on the bad side of the law.
Last week, the American Department of Health and Social Services found Greely High School, the Maine Ministry of Education and the Association of Maine Directors in violation of the title IX for having enabled students to compete in secondary school sports.
Governor Janet Mills, the Association of Directors of Maine and the Greely School Board have all said that they did not intend to comply with Trump’s attempt to prohibit trans athletes.
The question is now: “How will the Trump administration react?” “
The Federal Dhhs Office of Civil Rights found the Maine in violation of the title IX by “refusing the athlete students an equal opportunity to participate, without increased security or competitive concerns”.
He also quoted Greely to “align a team reserved for women with a male athlete”.
The federal government refuses to recognize the Greely student as transgender.
Trump has threatened to reduce the funding of federal schools in Maine if the state refuses to comply.
Mills say that Trump cannot reduce school funding, and she can’t either.
“I could not say then:” Well, I do not agree with you on this subject. So I’m just going, you will no longer get state financing for education. No more GPA. “I couldn’t do that.
Mills says that accepting it from Trump’s decree would mean breaking federal and state laws, which recognize trans students and prohibit discrimination against them.
The representative of the Republican State, Laurel Libby, published photos of the Greely minor and has argued on several national media that trans athletes should be prohibited from female sports.
“We have to make sure that our girls have a safe, fair and fair playground. And it’s time for Governor Mills to do the right thing so that we don’t lose hundreds of millions of dollars. This is what is at stake here,” said Libby.
The Greely School Board published a declaration on Thursday.
“MSAD 51 will not accept the proposed voluntary resolution agreement sent to our district. The school district will continue to follow the law of the state and the law on human rights of Maine.”
The DHHS Federal Office threatened to refer to the Ministry of Justice for appropriate action if Maine does not comply.
We do not know what action in charge of the Ministry of Justice could take.
“The President of the United States is based on a very vulnerable population,” said Gia Drew of equality of Maine. “These few girls are just trying to be students and have fun and be competitive like anyone else. No one loses when all children can play.”
Thursday was the first of the two deadlines.
The Maine Ministry of Education still has two days to respond to the Federal Department of Education concerning Trans athletes.
There is not yet a word from the Office of the Maine Prosecutor General or the Maine Ministry of Education on how or if he plans to answer.
Bre Danvers-Kidman, co-director of Maine Trans Net, is still struggling to believe that a state legislator would distinguish a student from the school.
“The athletes who participated in this position at this stage are still struggling with the consequences, are always confronted with visibility, are still with regard to fear,” said Danvers-Kidman.
Danvers-Kidman thinks that all these decrees are nothing other than a distraction of Trump’s policies which, according to them, have done nothing to improve the lives of Americans.
“In the end, it is a question of keeping us angry with each other, so that we do not get angry that the eggs are not even less expensive,” said Danvers-Kidman. “The gas is not even cheaper. Nothing substantive has happened to improve our material reality. But we can always fight on Facebook about trans and sports children.”