{"id":2406795,"date":"2025-02-26T07:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/57-me-school-districts-hide-kids-gender-dysphoria-from-parents\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T07:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T12:23:18","slug":"57-me-school-districts-hide-kids-gender-dysphoria-from-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/57-me-school-districts-hide-kids-gender-dysphoria-from-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"57 ME School Districts Hide Kids&#8217; Gender Dysphoria From Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F57-me-school-districts-hide-kids-gender-dysphoria-from-parents%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2406795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In Maine, over 57\u2062 out of 192 school \u2062districts have adopted policies that allow students to identify as transgender without \u2064notifying their parents.These practices, criticized\u2064 by \u2062organizations like The Federalist and Parents Defending Education, are argued to\u2063 jeopardize the health and safety of \u2064students by withholding important facts about their \u2063mental \u2063and social well-being from their families. Critics, including Erika Sanzi from Parents\u2064 Defending Education, assert that such <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">policies \u200calign wiht radical gender ideology<\/a>\u2062 and have become deeply unpopular among\u2062 voters across\u200c political lines. <\/p>\n<p>the state is facing a federal civil rights examination\u2062 due to its policies\u200d allowing biological\u200c males to participate in female sports,\u200d which could possibly result in a loss of\u200c $250 million in\u2063 federal \u200beducation funding.This is compounded\u200b by a guidance\u200c directive\u2064 from the Trump governance\u2063 aimed at curtailing diversity, equity, and inclusion policies that violate parental\u200c rights. <\/p>\n<p>Prominent school districts like Portland Public Schools instruct staff to prioritize students&#8217; gender identity over parental\u2064 involvement. Staff \u200ctraining in various \u200ddistricts promotes concepts from gender \u200ctheory, suggesting that children\u2064 may \u200dexplore diverse gender identities. these policies reflect a broader \u200ctrend in Maine&#8217;s educational system that aims to\u200d restrict \u200bparental knowledge regarding students\u2019 gender identities \u2063and related health decisions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In Maine, where gender and queer theories reign supreme, at least 57 of its 192 school districts have policies that exclude parents from knowing whether their children start identifying as transgender.<\/p>\n<p>According to documents reviewed by The Federalist and obtained by Parents Defending Education through public records requests, a significant portion of Maine&rsquo;s public school districts &mdash; including its most populous ones &mdash; hide students&rsquo; critical medical and social information from parents if they are unwilling to allow their child to &ldquo;transition&rdquo; genders.<\/p>\n<p>The school districts are potentially putting at risk the lives of their students &mdash; and at the very least their mental and physical health &mdash; by hiding the information from the parents, as allowing children to pursue such delusions is a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/05\/biden-admin-regurgitates-left-wing-lies-about-trans-surgeries-in-supreme-court-oral-argument\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dangerous experiment pushed only by the most radical predators and not backed by medical science<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Maine is a state that has gone all in on gender ideology in K-12 schools,&rdquo; Erika Sanzi, director of outreach for PDE, told The Federalist. &ldquo;We see it in these policies to knowingly withhold information from parents about their own child&rsquo;s gender identity at school and we see it in the governor&rsquo;s insistence that males be allowed to participate and compete in girls&rsquo; sports. It&rsquo;s all indefensible as well as wildly unpopular among voters, regardless of their political party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The districts&rsquo; policies add to the hot water Maine has recently found itself in, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/21\/education-department-launches-investigation-into-maine-after-trump-slams-governor-over-boys-in-girls-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intransigent behavior by the state&rsquo;s Democrat governor, Janet Mills<\/a>, has resulted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-announces-investigation-into-andrew-brown-jr-shooting\/\" title=\"FBI Announces ... Into Andrew Brown Jr. Shooting\">federal civil rights investigation<\/a> over the state allowing boys to compete against girls in sports. The state could lose $250 million in federal education funding if it is found to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byu-rooting-out-racism-task-force-calls-for-race-conscious-religious-curriculum-admissions-standards\/\" title=\"BYU \u2018Rooting Out Racism\u2019 Task Force Calls For \u2018Race...Conscious\u2019 Religious Curriculum, Admissions Standards\">violating civil rights law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That investigation came on the heels of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/02\/19\/trump-administration-vows-to-fight-any-schools-that-defy-order-to-end-dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump administration guidance<\/a> directing school districts to get rid of their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, including those based on radical gender theory. Maine&rsquo;s parental exclusion policies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appear to violate an executive order signed by President Donald Trump<\/a> reestablishing the importance of parental oversight over their children in schools after significant damage had been done during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The order, titled &ldquo;Ending Radical Indoctrination In K-12 Schooling,&rdquo; explicitly mentions school districts encouraging children to pursue so-called &ldquo;gender transition&rdquo; and hide that information from their parents: &ldquo;For example, steering students toward surgical and chemical mutilation without parental consent or involvement or allowing males access to private spaces designated for females may contravene Federal laws that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hawley-advocates-of-critical-race-theory-live-in-an-alternate-universe-alternate-america\/\" title=\"Hawley: Advocates of Critical Race Theory Live in an Alternate Universe, Alternate America\">protect parental rights<\/a>, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), and sex-based equality and opportunity, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-led-states-sue-biden-admin-over-expansive-climate-order-targeting-trump-legacy\/\" title=\"Republican...Led ...s Sue Biden Admin Over Expansive Climate ... Targeting Trump Legacy\">order directs federal agencies<\/a> to &ldquo;prevent or rescind&rdquo; federal funding to schools that &ldquo;directly or indirectly support or subsidize the social transition of a minor student, including through school staff or teachers or through deliberately concealing the minor&rsquo;s social transition from the minor&rsquo;s parents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Maine school district policies designed to conceal this information from parents appear to be in direct contravention of Trump&rsquo;s order.<\/p>\n<p>Portland Public Schools, the state&rsquo;s largest district, has a &ldquo;Transgender and Gender Expansive Students&rdquo; policy that directs school staff to hide any abnormal &ldquo;gender identity&rdquo; information from parents who might not allow their children to pursue social or medical &ldquo;transition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the event that a student and their parent or legal guardian do not agree with regard to the student&rsquo;s gender identity or gender expression, the school shall abide by the wishes of the student with regard to their gender identity and gender expression while at school,&rdquo; the policy <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/portland-public-schools-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a>. &ldquo;School staff shall comply with the student&rsquo;s wishes regarding disclosure of their transgender status to others, including but not limited to parents or guardians, students, volunteers or other school staff, unless the student has explicitly authorized the disclosure or unless legally required to do so.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The students who claim to be transgender can also use restrooms and locker rooms that match their new &ldquo;identity&rdquo; &mdash; girls can be forced to use the restroom with boys and undress in front of them as well. Staff and students are forced to use the &ldquo;preferred pronouns&rdquo; of the students who make the &ldquo;gender identity&rdquo; claims.<\/p>\n<p>Other major school districts in Maine, including <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/lewiston-public-schools-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school-states-that-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lewiston<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/bangor-school-department-has-guidance-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-training-for-staff-included-genderbread-person-to-teach-that-gender-is-on-a-spectrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bangor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/auburn-school-department-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Auburn<\/a>, and many others have nearly identical policies. Part of the reason for that is the policy was <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-15-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-policy-was-created-by-maine-school-boards-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">created<\/a> by the Maine School Boards Association and proliferated among many of the districts.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the districts also have teacher and staff training programs that tell them to encourage children to identify as different genders and create classroom environments where &ldquo;gender expansive&rdquo; students are given special treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Bangor, for example, had a 2022 presentation called &ldquo;LGBTQ+ 101: Understanding and Supporting all those letters within your school community.&rdquo; The presentation used common gender ideology propaganda tools like the &ldquo;Genderbread Person,&rdquo; which is used to convince children that gender is on a spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Staff are also told to &ldquo;neutralize language in classrooms&rdquo; and dehumanize the family unit by using terms such as &ldquo;significant other&rdquo; and &ldquo;partner&rdquo; instead of &ldquo;husband,&rdquo; &ldquo;wife,&rdquo; &ldquo;boyfriend,&rdquo; and &ldquo;girlfriend.&rdquo; It also tells them to start a relationship with students by first referring to singular students with &ldquo;they\/them&rdquo; pronouns &ldquo;if unsure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Maine School Unit 29, another district, has not explicitly adopted the parental exclusion policy of the other 57 districts, it has had groomer <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-29-had-training-from-organization-that-promotes-lgbtq-ideology-to-young-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">training<\/a> from an organization that pushed LGBT indoctrination on children.<\/p>\n<p>Unit 29 reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outmaine.org\/programs\/for-youth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OUT Maine<\/a>, a gay and transgender youth programming organization in the state with the stated mission &ldquo;to change the very systems that serve diverse queer youth in all of their&nbsp;intersectional identities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to documents obtained by PDE, OUT Maine suggested implementing gay and transgender ideology into school curriculums, such as &ldquo;displaying LGBTQ+ role models in educational materials&rdquo; and &ldquo;developing STRONG policies, procedures, and inclusive curriculum.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The organization said staff should &ldquo;feel confident, and understand the proper terminology to use when talking to LGBTQ+ youth,&rdquo; while students &ldquo;should receive regular training&rdquo; to &ldquo;learn about equity&rdquo; and &ldquo;understand what is expected of them.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The other districts with parental exclusion policies are: Maine School Administrative <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-15-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-policy-was-created-by-maine-school-boards-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 15<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/sunrise-county-school-system-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-states-that-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sunrise County<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/easton-school-department-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Easton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/east-millinocket-schools-has-policy-that-appears-to-allow-students-to-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">East Millinocket<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-45-has-policy-that-appears-to-allow-students-to-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 45<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/millinocket-school-department-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Millinocket<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/wiscasset-school-department-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school-states-that-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wiscasset<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-20-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 20<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/alternative-organizational-structure-98-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school-states-that-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alternative Organizational Structure 98<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-23-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/camden-rockport-schools-has-transgender-student-support-plan-that-states-the-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents-asks-for-a-students-legal-dead-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Camden Rockport<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-24-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-states-that-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-26-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 26<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-67-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 67<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/kittery-school-district-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kittery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-68-has-gender-support-plan-that-appears-to-state-the-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 68<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-55-has-transgender-student-support-plan-that-appears-to-explain-the-gender-identity-of-students-can-be-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 55<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-3-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-knowledge-or-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-72-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 72<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-38-has-gender-support-plan-that-questions-parental-involvement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 38<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-39-states-that-students-may-identify-as-transgender-without-parents-knowing-or-being-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 39<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-4-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/lisbon-school-department-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisbon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/hermon-school-department-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-knowledge-or-consent-district-uses-gender-support-plan-created-by-lgbtq-org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hermon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/cape-elizabeth-school-department-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-knowledge-or-consent-students-can-participate-in-sports-according-t\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cape Elizabeth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/york-school-department-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">York<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/brewer-school-department-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-the-gender-identity-of-their-children-states-that-gender-identity-of-students-will-be-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brewer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/waterville-public-schools-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Waterville<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/yarmouth-school-department-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-states-that-revealing-gender-identity-to-parents-can-be-dangerous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yarmouth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-1-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-1-has-policy-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school-will-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-10-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 10<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-40-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-guidance-states-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 40<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/kennebec-intra-district-schools-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kennebec Intra-District Schools<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-19-had-training-on-gender-identity-confidentiality-for-students-staff-told-to-use-preferred-pronouns-for-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-11-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 11<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-52-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-presentation-to-staff-featured-the-genderbread-person-presentation-directed-staff-to-ge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 52<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/falmouth-public-schools-has-policy-that-states-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Falmouth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-5-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-principal-tells-staff-to-start-using-gender-neutral-language-training-for-district-staff-included-the\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-35-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 35<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-51-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-students-can-identify-as-transgender-at-school-without-parental-knowledge-or-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 51<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/mt-blue-regional-school-district-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mt. Blue<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/regional-school-unit-22-has-policy-that-appears-to-state-that-students-can-make-decisions-regarding-gender-identity-without-parental-consent-gender-support-plan-appears-to-explain-the-gender-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 22<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/biddeford-schools-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biddeford<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/brunswick-school-department-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-district-will-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brunswick<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-regional-school-unit-21-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents-district-will-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unit 21<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/gorham-school-department-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gorham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/saco-schools-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Saco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/scarborough-public-schools-has-policy-that-appears-to-explain-that-students-can-make-decisions-regarding-their-gender-identity-without-parental-consent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scarborough<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-60-has-transgender-student-support-plan-that-appears-to-explain-that-parents-may-not-be-involved-with-their-childrens-gender-identity-at-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 60<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/south-portland-school-department-has-policy-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Portland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/sanford-school-department-has-guidance-to-ignore-parents-if-they-disagree-with-their-children-identifying-as-transgender-at-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sanford<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/maine-school-administrative-district-6-has-guidance-to-keep-gender-identity-of-students-hidden-from-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">District 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Breccan F. Thies is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. He previously covered education and culture issues for the Washington Examiner and Breitbart News. He holds a degree from the University of Virginia and is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. 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