Transgender student suit goes to Maine high court

[Shana A]

Transgender student suit goes to Maine high court
By DAVID SHARP / Associated Press / June 12, 2013

http://www.boston.com/news/education/2013/06/12/transgender-student-suit-goes-maine-high-court/v9VmHgPJ6uiBdxM6DXYLJM/story.html

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine's highest court heard arguments Wednesday over whether transgender students can use the bathroom of their choice, and the girl at the heart of the case said she hoped justices would recognize the right of children to attend school without being ''bullied'' by peers or administrators.

Nicole Maines, now 15, watched lawyers argue over whether her rights were violated when the Orono school district required her to use a staff bathroom after there was a complaint about her using the girls' bathroom.

Maines said after the hearing in Bangor that she hopes the Supreme Judicial Court will ensure no one else experiences what she went though.

[Natasha]

Transgender issues: Maine school case goes to top court

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/06/13/transgender-issues-maine-school-case-goes-to-top-court/
6/13/13

Maine's highest court heard arguments Wednesday over whether transgender students can use the bathroom of their choice, and the girl at the heart of the case said she hoped justices would recognize the right of children to attend school without being "bullied" by peers or administrators.

Nicole Maines, now 15, watched lawyers argue over whether her rights were violated when the Orono school district required her to use a staff bathroom after there was a complaint about her using the girls' bathroom.

[Jamie D]

I don't think anyone can look at Nicole and say she is not a girl.



It would be very bad if they lost the case.  It would open the door to all sorts of discrimination.