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Maine Republican who called gay candidate ‘Little Justine’ apologizes

Saturday, July 30, 2016

"The signal, to me, is that these sorts of tactics are OK and that this type of hate-filled rhetoric will continue.”

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Antigay email from Maine Republican mocks out state legislator

Friday, July 22, 2016

In 2012, Justin Chenette became the nation's youngest openly gay legislator, and his bid for re-election has Republicans scared.

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Maine: Petitioners want to put queer people ‘back in the closet’

Saturday, July 9, 2016

“Very simply, it moves a behavior that belongs in the closet back in the closet.”

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Wanted: lawyer to sue Obama, see Mississippi governor

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Eleven states are suing the administration over the directive to schools about transgender students. Mississippi won't be one of them.

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11 states are suing Obama for supporting transgender rights

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The challenge asks a judge to declare the administration's directive is unlawful.

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Maine governor stops rules for protecting transgender students

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Rep. Matthea Daughtry (pictured) says the rules are required by the 2013 Maine Supreme Judicial Court's decision in favor of Nicole Maines, a transgender student.

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Maine group honors lawyer who argued for same-sex marriage

Friday, December 4, 2015

The Maine Trial Lawyers Association recognized Mary Bonauto with its 2015 Legends Award Wednesday at its annual dinner in Portland.

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Woman who killed random shopper in supermarket gets life

Monday, November 23, 2015

Connor MacCalister told police she was angry with life and had gone to the store to kill "several random people."

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‘Becoming Nicole’: New book tells transgender child’s story

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Pulitzer Prize-winner Amy Ellis Nutt writes about a family thrust into the national spotlight with a battle over bathrooms and bullying in an elementary school.

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Woman requests life sentence for murder of a complete stranger

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Connor MacCalister was born Tanisha Hopkins and previously identified as a transgender man, but asked to be referred to as a woman in court.

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