“In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so,” Gov. Janet Mills said.

Summary

Within hours of Maine Gov. Janet Mills publicly defying Donald Trump’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports, the U.S. Education Department launched a Title IX compliance probe targeting Maine’s transgender-inclusive policies.

Trump threatened to withhold federal funding if Maine did not comply. Mills firmly responded, “We’ll see you in court.”

She condemned the investigation as political retaliation and an unconstitutional use of federal power.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey vowed to fight back.

LGBTQ+ advocates praised Mills for standing up for students, saying Trump’s bullying would be legally challenged.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Can you name 10 women in women’s sports? Or do you not actually give a shit about women’s sports and this is just an excuse for hatred and bigotry?

    • Davin@lemmy.world
      5·
      21 hours ago

      How many transgender athletes are there? Of the very few there are, how many dominate?

      You likely don’t know, otherwise you’d have no issues at all with them. And if you do know, and you still have a problem, then your issue is one of bigotry and not protection.

      For reference, there have been more female athletes sexually assaulted by coaches and other male identifying staff by a large margin than there have been medal placing transgender athletes. I’m sure you can find a few examples of transgender athletes placing in the top three, but unless you’re completely stupid, then you know that’s fallacious thinking to ignore the whole data set by cherry picking non representative samples.

      You’re basically for something that’s not a problem in any measurable way, but not against things that are actually harming women. And I get it, you can be against both, but that doesn’t change that transgender athletes are not a problem in any rational, real way. But to enforce a non-transgender policy will necessarily require putting women through very invasive examinations and tests that open them to even more sexual assault.

      Now imagine being such a piece of shit against someone you’ve never met, who’s not hurting anyone, that you don’t want them to play sports against their peers. And then being so idiotic and emotionally irrational to say that they are not the victim of your idiotic bigotry.