Nearly 30 percent of Maine’s government-run school districts will conceal children’s health information from parents as it relates to gender dysphoria or transgender treatments, often described by LGBTQ advocates as “gender affirming care.”
That number was derived from public records obtained under Maine’s Freedom of Access Act by Parents Defending Education and reported exclusively Wednesday by The Federalist.
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From The Federalist:
According to documents reviewed by The Federalist and obtained by Parents Defending Education through public records requests, a significant portion of Maine’s public school districts — including its most populous ones — hide students’ critical medical and social information from parents if they are unwilling to allow their child to “transition” genders.
The school districts are potentially putting at risk the lives of their students — and at the very least their mental and physical health — by hiding the information from the parents, as allowing children to pursue such delusions is a dangerous experiment pushed only by the most radical predators and not backed by medical science.
“Maine is a state that has gone all in on gender ideology in K-12 schools,” Erika Sanzi, director of outreach for PDE, told The Federalist. “We see it in these policies to knowingly withhold information from parents about their own child’s gender identity at school and we see it in the governor’s insistence that males be allowed to participate and compete in girls’ sports. It’s all indefensible as well as wildly unpopular among voters, regardless of their political party.”
The districts’ policies add to the hot water Maine has recently found itself in, as intransigent behavior by the state’s Democrat governor, Janet Mills, has resulted in a federal civil rights investigation over the state allowing boys to compete against girls in sports. The state could lose $250 million in federal education funding if it is found to be violating civil rights law.
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Portland Public Schools, the state’s largest district, has a “Transgender and Gender Expansive Students” policy that directs school staff to hide any abnormal “gender identity” information from parents who might not allow their children to pursue social or medical “transition.”
“In the event that a student and their parent or legal guardian do not agree with regard to the student’s gender identity or gender expression, the school shall abide by the wishes of the student with regard to their gender identity and gender expression while at school,” the policy states. “School staff shall comply with the student’s wishes regarding disclosure of their transgender status to others, including but not limited to parents or guardians, students, volunteers or other school staff, unless the student has explicitly authorized the disclosure or unless legally required to do so.”
The students who claim to be transgender can also use restrooms and locker rooms that match their new “identity” — girls can be forced to use the restroom with boys and undress in front of them as well. Staff and students are forced to use the “preferred pronouns” of the students who make the “gender identity” claims.
Other major school districts in Maine, including Lewiston, Bangor, Auburn, and many others have nearly identical policies. Part of the reason for that is the policy was created by the Maine School Boards Association and proliferated among many of the districts.
[Read the full Federalist story here…]
Although the Maine Wire has previously reported on instances of school adopting — and exploiting — policies that allow staff to secretly counsel students on sex changes, we have not independently reviewed the documents obtained by Parents Defending Education.
The report comes as Maine finds itself embroiled in a national firestorm over Gov. Janet Mills conflict with President Donald Trump.
What began with Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) posting a image that showed a male pole-vaulter improving from 5th place among other males to 1st place among females has now grown into political warfare between Maine’s increasingly left-wing governor and the Republican president.
Last week, Trump confronted Mills in person over Maine’s evident unwillingness to comply with federal civil rights protections which, thanks to Trump’s recent Executive Order on the matter, now prohibit female athletes from being forced to compete against males who identify as females.
In response, Mills threatened to sue the federal government — or to defend her policies in the face of a lawsuit from Trump’s Department of Justice.
“We’ll see you in court,” Mills said.
Trump responded by confirming that Maine stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding if the governor maintains the current course and continues to flout federal civil rights law.
In characteristic Trump fashion, he also leveled a few personal jibes at the 77-year-old governor.
“Enjoy your life after governor, because I don’t think you’ll be an elected official afterwards,” Trump said.
Since that time, the story line has continued to develop, which Republicans and Democrats seeking political advantages over the high profile spat.
Jeremy Kennedy, Mills’ chief of staff, made another round of headlines over the weekend when he stormed out of a meeting with White House staff with a profane rant.
Although Kennedy has denied using x-rated language, witnesses have since confirmed that he said, “F*** you, you a**hole!” before storming out of the meeting.
On Tuesday, Democrats retaliated by holding a late night censure vote against Rep. Libby’s whose social media post spread across the Internet like wildfire and likely put the issue on Trump’s radar in the first place.
Focusing on Libby’s decision to post an unredacted picture of a minor — a picture that was already available publicly on Facebook and other track-and-field websites — Democratic lawmakers accused Libby of cyberbullying a minor and voted in unison to censure her.
As a result of the censure vote, Libby will be disallowed from voting or speaking in the House chamber until she renders an apology that satisfies Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford).
Although Democrats have tried to put on a good face and treat Mills clash with Trump as a politically advantageous moment for Maine Democrats and the governor, the only ones who seem to be buying the spin are Maine’s media outlets. While Maine’s legacy media outlets have rarely criticized the governor during her six years in office, the fight with Trump has pushed their journalism into a new realm of left-wing political spin, almost as if their living in or trying to project an alternative universe.
The Bangor and Portland newspapers, as well as the taxpayer funded Maine Public news site, all issued reports chronicling the events that cast Mills as a kind of anti-Trump heroine.
Mills wasn’t feeling very heroic on Tuesday when she skated past a gaggle of reporters and refused to acknowledge their questions, including questions from the Maine Wire.
Likewise, House Democrats weren’t in the mood for adversarial media Tuesday night following the censure vote when they disallowed an independent filmmaker from attending a comment session and instead allowed only a few hand-picked reporters to come transcribe their talking points.
Libby, for her part, has said she has no plans on apologizing for posting the image and told Fox News on Wednesday that she’s exploring the possibility of a legal challenge to the House rules which now prevent her from casting a vote on behalf of her Auburn area constituents.
Maine Republican Party Chairman Jim Deyermond, who had previously refrained from entering the State House fray, issued a statement Wednesday afternoon confirming that the Republican Party is standing behind Libby.
“Let me be crystal clear, we stand with Laurel Libby against this censure. This move is nothing more than a desperate attempt by Democrats and the media to change the subject from Janet Mills’ petulant fight with President Trump,” said Deyermond.
“Every Republican in the Maine House voted against this censure of Rep. Libby and everyone on our team stands with her as well. Democrats started this culture war, but we intend to finish it,” said Deyermond.
Meanwhile, a letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi delivered to Mills Tuesday has brought the cloud of multiple federal investigations over the state — investigations that may or may not go away should Mills make a tactical retreat to preserve Maine’s federal funding.
According to a New York Times / Ipsos poll conducted in Jan. 2025, just 21 percent of Americans support policies that force female athletes to compete against male athletes.
In the last two-year budget (FY24-25), Maine spent roughly $13.8 billion dollars, of which $5 billion came from the federal government.
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Maine is quickly approaching banana state rule – unsuccessful in removing Donald Trump’s name from the ballot, the legislature now silences Laurel Libby and the Maine citizens that voted for her to represent them. Disgraceful.
The pendulum is at the far left in Maine. It will swing back. The mass holes in southern Maine and Augusta will pay for this in 1.5 years. Kills destroyed the demons party for decades to com.
The photo at the top reminded me of a Rush Limbaugh quote: “politics is showbiz for the ugly.”
What a scary looking bunch of losers . What has happened to my home state ?
Taken over by a crack head lesbian and men who pretend to be women .
These fu**ing democrat crazies have got to be defeated in 26:.
WHEN will Maine voters wake up and see what is happening around them .
Janet Mills is burning the state to the ground .
No one on this photo looks normal
The thing on the bottom right looks like a dump truck with tits.
It is a FERPA violation to send a report card home with a name other than the one that the school records use. In other words, if Dick becomes Jane in school, the report card you send home has to say “Jane” on it.
This too is Federal Law.
It’s looks like Hilary Clinton’s sister in the middle barking as usual.
No one looks normal in that picture.
They all look like they’re on drugs of some sort.
No wonder the kids in this state have extremely low test scores with mentors with no brains it’s no surprise is it?
20 years ago they would be wearing a straight jacket and locked away for being totally nuts.
Louis Louis your comment asked when will Maine wake up, I’ll believe it when I see it we are here in the situation because we have had our head in the sand for years and now the more turbulent it is getting, the further many people stick their head into the sand even further , and if people don’t speak up against this now especially this subject they never will about anything. I commend Laurel Libby for having the backbone to stand her ground, people will need to get into the gutter to fight to throw the trash out is the only way it’s going to stop, people do not like confrontation I’m afraid more people will just go back to life as usual and turn a blind eye once again. B**** to their neighbor but actually do nothing ,! Lip service is cheap ! This is about our children of all things what a disgrace !!
Mills is undoubtedly the most pro-LGBTQ governor in the United States. Delusion and grooming are the basis of their governing platform.
It is a Dads job to protect his family. The god damn Gov. sure won’t do it. The Gov. wants to destroy your family. Dads, maybe you need to band together and start handing out ass kickings. I don’t mean push shove and yell, I mean bloody, broken, left in the ditch ass kicking.
Time to defund Public Televison and Public Radio. Dens of left-wing bias on the taxpayer dime.
What a disgrace on so many levels!! From a marxists governor to her idiot chief of staff, to democratic reps scared shitless to even comment on camera, fighting against their own voters! C’monman!
mills is destroying our kids. mills needs to go asap
I will be honest. How can a parent not know what their child is doing ? These parents are all for this tranny BS or they are clueless. If my kids were doing this and I found out the school was hiding it from me there would be a lawsuit and it would be the last time my kids went to any Maine public school.
Mainers need to wake up or is it you enjoy this communism? I am pretty much convinced Mainers love all this because they keep voting these communists into office time and time again. Try and prove me wrong!!!
Can anybody get a list of the schools… we could put it all over the media and blast the crap out of it… If our schools are doing this behind parents back I know I’m taking my kids out…
Maybe Janet gets a kickback from the pharmers…legal drug trafficking.
Is the overweight one on the right the “ one “:who beat up the girl in front of the school principle ?
“Gender affirming care” is Orwellian Demspeak for child mutilation. Everyone involved in facilitating child mutilation should be prosecuted, jailed and sued into poverty by their victims !
if they will change my childs sex behind my back why wouldnt they give him the covid vax too?? who is aware mobile vaccine clinics travel the state,,,, go to the schools?? i got a notcie day one of school and never heard again…. no idea when they came or any other details..
A confused population is easier to control. The goal of people like Janet Mills is to eliminate critical thinkers. That & the money to be made from investing in big pharma.
There you go folks, these are the people Mills sold your kids out for. That and the propaganda media machine in this country. A propaganda machine won’t even be around for much longer. Girl math at its best.
I don’t know how you who are parents tolerate this. I don’t have kids, but if I did and I found out this was going on, blood would flow! Equality Maine = special treatment for us, but NO Equality for normal average Mainers like you!
This is just one more in a long line of “Fuck You!” from Toady Mills.
Democrats are nothing more than a satanic cult.
Do you really think your votes will be legally counted in the next election. Portland, Augusta and Bangor select the candidates – no matter what the vote count is.
If law enforcement broadly opposed Mills’ trafficking scheme, they should arrest her for enabling law-breaking and endangering children. She needs to be impeached and/or declared unfit to govern. Is there a provision in the Maine constitution?
Coming to a bookstore near you…”HOW TO RUIN A STATE”, by Janet Mills.
The only people who tell kids to keep sexual secrets are perverts, pedophiles and groomers.
Really need to get this stuff out there so the common Mainer knows what is going on. Most people dont agree with these things the democrats are doing in our schools.
This is sexual abuse of children. No two ways about it.
Someone opened the doors to the loony bin.
Maine is cutting edge.
The Governor understands that artificial intelligence will be contained in unique cybernetic bodies, the appearance and gender of which will be selected by the artificial intelligence itself. In order to have commonality with these cybernetic life forms, humans must also be allowed to choose their genders and appearances.
By cuttingly describing the Governor’s appearance as ugly only shows how inept many of the posters to this thread will be in be in the future of cybernetic beings.
Between the influx of immigrants and the “gender confusion” little more is needed to make a really great argument for home schooling or private schools, as well as a hell of a lot less intrusive government. The Blaine House Clown Car and our alleged “education system” have become an embarrassment that only costs around a grand per pupil more on a national average. Again, thanks for nothing.
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The group photo tells you all you need to know about the quality, or lack there of, teachers in Maine. How do these ideologist defend the illiteracy they have caused.
This HAS to be illegal.
A group photo of the worst child sexual abusers in the state. When did they remove the “your not a deviant” clause to hiring hiring teachers? Cruella Daville is also attending.