In a major show of defiance against the state’s Democrat leadership, several schools in Maine have announced that they are siding with President Donald Trump and banning male athletes from competing in female sports.
On Tuesday, the board of directors for Maine’s Region School Unit (RSU) No. 24 voted 7-1 to rescind a policy that conflicts with Trump’s executive order on gender.
The rescinded policy allowed male athletes who claim to be “transgender females” to compete in girls’ sports.
Policy JB stated that “students shall be able to participate in accordance with the gender identity asserted at school.”
In a statement, RSU No. 24 Superintendent Michael Eastman confirmed that the district and its schools will stop following the policy immediately.
“At its meeting last night, after respectful deliberation, the RSU No. 24 Board of Directors voted 7-1 (one director was absent) to rescind Policy JB — Transgender and Gender-Expansive Students,” Eastman said.
“This change will take place immediately.
“We appreciate the turnout last evening and thank those residents who addressed the board with their thoughts regarding the policy.”
RSU No. 24 operates five public schools in Sullivan, Maine.
Hancock County, where Sullivan is located, voted in favor of Trump in November’s election by a margin of 52.9% to 45.3%.
However, Eastman’s district is not the first to amend transgender policies in recent weeks.
The MSAD No. 70 School Board voted unanimously in mid-April to comply with Title IX.
The Board agreed to “recognizing only two sexes — biological male and biological female — and that all private spaces be separated by biological sex.”
In a statement, MSAD No. 70 Superintendent Tyler Putnam confirmed that, following the vote, he is now directed to amend the district’s policies to prevent male athletes from competing in girls’ sports.
“The motion directs me to rewrite our policies to adhere to the motion,” Putnam said.
“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 policy committee and the board once rewritten.”
Maine is being sued by Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) for failing to come to an agreement to comply with the president’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order.
The state has defied the order by continuing to allow male athletes to compete with girls.
Since 2005, the Maine Human Rights Act has prohibited discrimination based on gender identity, meaning male athletes have been able to claim to be female and compete in girls’ sports.
The Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) updated its policies in 2024.
The update explicitly allowed “transgender” students to compete on teams matching their chosen “gender identity.”
The state, particularly its Democrat leadership led by Gov. Janet Mills, is doubling down to defy Trump by aggressively pushing the Left’s War on Women.
Mills and her anti-Trump allies are battling to keep male athletes competing against females and using girls’ locker rooms.
However, many residents, and now school districts, have taken steps 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 male athlete won multiple events at a girls’ track meet.
A trans-identifying male athlete who competed for North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Maine, at the Poland-NYA-Yarmouth-Seacoast meet, won the 1600-meter with a time of 5:57.27.
He blew away the second-place runner – a real female – who finished with a time of 6:16.32.
In the 800-meter, the male athlete had a closer first-place finish with a time of 2:43.31.
His time was around a second better than the second-place female finisher with a time of 2:44.87.
A survey by the American Parents Coalition found that out of about 600 registered Maine voters, 63% said that school sports participation should be based on biological sex.
66% also agreed it is “only fair to restrict women’s sports to biological women.”
The poll also found that 60% of residents would support a ballot measure limiting participation in women’s and girls’ sports to biological females.
This included 64% of independents and 66% of parents with kids under the age of 18.
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