Trans Teens in Maine Fought Back Against Their School Board and Won

[Jessica_Rose]

Trans Teens in Maine Fought Back Against Their School Board and Won

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/parenting/trans-teens-in-maine-fought-back-against-their-school-board-and-won/ar-BB1qSHLg?ocid=windirect&cvid=c7a62bff46344221b4125b7575721946&ei=56

Story by Benjamin Perry (30 July 2024)

More than 200 people recently crammed themselves into an elementary school gymnasium in rural Maine... A sea of trans pride flags waved, but the mood was somber as dozens of community members testified, until 2:00 a.m., begging the school board not to eliminate a policy that protected trans students.

But the evening's most powerful testimony came from students themselves. One trans student named the stakes very clearly: "Without the support of this district, specifically, I don't think I would be here with all of you tonight," they said. "This policy is single-handedly the main reason I'm able to speak."

When public comment ended, 77 people had spoken in favor of the policy; only 22 opposed. But in the end, it didn't matter: The board voted to eliminate the policy. In comments defending her vote, board member Jeanette Wheeler offered trans students conversion, not protection. "I say they're hopeless, and if [the trans children] could search for something in their lives," she said, "my thought is, Why not Jesus Christ?"

Seeing that there were four open board seats but only two progressive candidates running, they organized a write-in campaign...

[Lori Dee]

"I say they're hopeless, and if [the trans children] could search for something in their lives," she said, "my thought is, Why not Jesus Christ?"

"There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28

"Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God." Romans 15:7

I hate hypocrites.