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Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke at the Justice Department on Wednesday to announce that the administration is suing Maine for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports. She was accompanied by (from left) Riley Gaines, Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Maine, and Education Secretary Linda McMahon. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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Trump administration says it is suing Maine over transgender athletes in girls' sports

April 16, 2025 • The DOJ says Maine is violating Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits sex-based discrimination at schools that receive federal funding. Gov. Janet Mills has promised to "vigorously defend" the state.

A person waves a transgender pride flag during the People's March and rally to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 18. Nathan Morris/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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Trump's anti-trans effort is an agenda cornerstone with echoes in history

February 6, 2025 • Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.

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Biden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims

"Our nation's educational institutions should be places where we not only accept differences, but celebrate them," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, seen in the East Room of the White House in August 2023, said of the new Title IX regulation. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Education

Biden administration adds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims

April 19, 2024 • The new rules also broaden the interpretation of Title IX to cover pregnant, gay and transgender students. They do not address whether schools can ban trans athletes from women's and girls' teams.

NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports

Freed-Hardeman guard Quan Lax wears the championship banner after the NAIA men's national championship college basketball game against Langston, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption

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NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women's sports

April 8, 2024 • The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is thought to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.