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Tue Apr 15, 2025, 05:04 PM Apr 2025

Maine school district moves to ban trans athletes from girls' sports, siding with Trump over state authorities [View all]

https://1010wcsi.com/fox-sports/maine-school-district-moves-to-ban-trans-athletes-from-girls-sports-siding-with-trump-over-state-authorities/



A school district in Maine is moving to comply with the current federal definition of Title IX and ban biological male trans athletes from girls’ sports, while the state government fights to enable trans inclusion.

The MSAD #70 School Board voted unanimously on Monday night 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 #70 superintendent Tyler Putnam told 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. 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 same for biological females. These policies will need to be approved by the policy committee and the board once rewritten,” Putnam said.
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