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‘Becoming Nicole’: New book tells transgender child’s story
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
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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NOM turns over donor list from gay marriage fight in Maine
The National Organization for Marriage tried to suppress the list, but the Maine supreme court rejected a move to delay its release.
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Anti-gay marriage group must disclose its donors
Maine’s highest court rejected the latest effort to shield the donors who backed an effort to repeal Maine’s gay marriage law.
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Jury: Maine man defamed orphanage founder with abuse claims
The jury awarded $7 million in damages to Michael Geilenfeld, even though seven Haitian men testified that they were molested by him.
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Maine GOP state senator to withdraw religious objections bill
Sen. David Burns said Wednesday that he doesn’t believe his proposal would get a fair hearing in the Legislature. He says that opponents and the media have “poisoned the well of public discussion.”
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Maine school district faces lawsuit over anti-gay bullying allegations
The Maine Human Rights Commission plans legal action over a student who said he was bullied, harassed and assaulted by other students who thought he was gay.
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Maine school district ordered to pay $75K in transgender discrimination suit
ORONO, Maine — A Maine court has awarded a transgender girl $75,000 in a settlement of her discrimination lawsuit against a school district where administrators made her use a staff, not student, bathroom. Nicole Maines won her lawsuit against the Orono school district in January before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
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Mike Michaud loses bid to become nation’s first elected openly gay governor
PORTLAND, Maine — Outspoken Republican Governor Paul LePage narrowly won reelection, with openly gay Democrat Mike Michaud conceding defeat early Wednesday morning in Maine’s heated three-way race.
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Election preview: Top 10 races to watch for LGBT candidates
This year’s election night is likely to be an important one for the LGBT history books: Voters in Massachusetts are expected to elect the nation’s first-ever openly gay state attorney general, and voters in Maine could very well elect the nation’s first-ever openly gay governor. Two candidates for Congress could well become the first openly gay Republican elected …