Trump admin. settles with Maine over trans-athlete-dispute funding freeze
The Trump administration agreed to settle a legal battle over its efforts to punish Maine Governor Janet Mills for upholding Maine state law by refusing to ban female transgender athletes from school...
Newsmakers | Vermont
Green Mountain State Update
Coalition against bullying
A coalition of the state’s nonprofits, Vermont Narratives for Change, organized a news conference at the State House...
Newsmakers | New Hampshire
Headlines from the Granite State
Pappas: ‘I’m in’
Congressman Chris Pappas officially announced his run to succeed three-term US Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who will not...
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Redefining ‘sex’?
Enacted in 1972, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school program that receives government funding,...
Newsmakers | Maine
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‘See you in court’
Maine Gov. Janet Mills had heated words with President Trump at a meeting of the...
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Emergency legislation
In early March, the state’s House of Representatives voted in support of emergency legislation in response to “President...
First openly transgender woman to compete in Miss Maine beauty pageant
Isabelle St. Cyr, a 24-year-old native of Howland, Maine, will become the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss Maine beauty contest on May 10–11 in Portland, Maine.
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Rhode Island lesbian firefighter awarded $1.75M in discrimination suit
It was a long-fought win for former Providence, RI Fire Lt. Lori Franchina, but she has finally been awarded $1.75 million in damages from a series of lawsuits alleging (and proving) discrimination...
Harvard Medical School researcher sues NIH for cutting LGBTQ study grant
A Harvard Medical School associate professor, whose work spans more than 15 years of research related to LGBTQ+ health, is suing NIH for terminating a grant studying the mental health of LGBTQ...
