DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> Senate blocks last <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> sports bill :flag_transgender: 🌲 <br> <br>Randy Billings, Portland Press Herald, Maine<br>Mon, June 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM EDT</p><p>Jun. 16—AUGUSTA — "The Maine Senate on Monday blocked a bill advanced by the lower chamber last week that sought to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls sports.</p><p>"The 21-13 vote means the bill, sponsored by Rep. Richard Campbell, R-Orrington, and approved 73-70 by the House of Representatives on Friday, will likely die between the chambers.</p><p>"LD 233 was one of eight bills seeking to roll back transgender rights this session — a subject that took on a life of its own after President Donald Trump issued an executive order entitled, 'Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports,' and confronted Gov. Janet Mills at a White House event.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Sen. Rick Bennett of Oxford was the lone Republican to vote against [LD 233] there.</p><p>"In an emotional floor speech last week, Bennett said he would oppose all of the anti-transgender bills in part after having a conversation with his daughter, describing her as 'a fierce and accomplished athlete' who was saddened by the debate.</p><p>" 'I, too, feel sadness that these bills are before us,' Bennett said. 'Sadness that in a moment when we could be lifting up young people, we are entertaining proposals that single some of them out, setting them apart as 'other.' I'm saddened by the growing tendency to turn away from the better angels of our nature. Saddened by the pull toward a culture of fear, the politics of division, the hardening of silos and the temptation to stigmatize those who are different.' </p><p>"The Senate also voted Monday to kill LD 868, a bill sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Caruso, R-Caratunk, that would have prohibited transgender athletes from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, while allowing them to play on co-ed teams."</p><p><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/maine-senate-blocks-last-transgender-224700824.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/maine-senate-bl</span><span class="invisible">ocks-last-transgender-224700824.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>