Maine’s attorney general Aaron Frey, addressed the lawsuit filed against his State by the United States Department of Justice on Wednesday on the position of the State with respect to transgender athletes in the sports of girls and women.
In an interview with CNN, Frey defended the continuous support of his status to trans inclusion, insisting that “there are no security problems” to allow biological men to compete with girls.
“However, we have a leg to work to understand what, if any problem exists with participation. If some of the damages that are supposed reality are of restlessness and what we identify, there are really no security concerns,” Frey said.
Frey also said that “there are no concerns” about trans athletes that “simply choose” to compete in the girls category.
“There are no concerns about people who only choose which gender should give Temelves to participate. So it is also really long after working in whether or not there is any problem here that the federal government said.
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The national consciousness of Trans athletes in Maine was turned on when state representative Laurel Libby identified a pole jumping jumper who won a girl’s competition by Grelyly High School after competing in the category of boys in previous seasons.
Conerns security on trans inclusion in girls and female sports was national after the former Volleyball of the Playton McNabb high school suffered a brain shock, cerebral hemorrhage and permanent cervical whip after getting Bey a volleyball.
Even so, Frey insists that security and competitive conerns are not in the radar of Democratic officials in Maine, claiming that they are currently only aware of two Trans athletes compete in girls sports in the state.
“There is only a small number of trans students participating in sports, that number of two is all we have invented,” Frey said. Hello, he also suggested that Maine is following state and federal law by allowing trans inclusion in girls’ sports.
Maine Gov Janet Mills responds to the demand of the Department of Justice against its State on Trans athletes in girls’ sports
“Our position is that Title IX, consisting of Maine’s Human Rights Law, so the Federal and State Law, it supports that trans girls may participate in high school sports according to their gender identity,” Frey said. “So, my statement is that Maine is following Title IX, Maine is following Maine’s human rights law.”
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi He announced the lawsuit at a press conference on Wednesday morning.
Bondi said they are looking for a court order and that they have returned to girls who “correctly” won competitions in which trans athletes participated. The Department of Justice accused the state of “openly and challenging floating the federal anti-discrimination law by enforcing policies that require girls to go from boys in athletic competitions designated by the designated bytox news,” according to girls. According to girls. According to girls. “
“By prioritizing gender identity over biological reality, Maine’s policies deprive the athletes of girls from fair competition, they are denied the same athletic opportunities and expose them to the successful risks of physical injuries and psychological damage,” Theaint.
The complaint also said that the United States will seek “a ruling that grants a judicial order and damages the relief of the violations of the defendant of Title IX and the federal financing contracts that signed promising to comply with Title IX and its implementation regulations.”
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The governor of Maine, Janet Mills, issued a statement later on Wednesday in response to the lawsuit.
“Today is the last expected save in an unprecedented campaign to press the state of Mainore of the Constitution and abandon the rule of law. This issue never has school sports or the protection of women and GADLs, since the hashes that the Government of Estering of hardening is when imposing its will, in case of reaching the law.Read of Tatement in part.
Meanwhile, a School district In Maine, moving to comply with Trump is instead of the state on the subject. The MSAD #70 School Board voted unanimously on Monday night to comply with title IX, and Superintendent Tyler Putnam told Fox News Digital that it will amend district policies to prevent Trans athletes from competing in girls sports.
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