Maine high court orders school to open girls’ restrooms to transgendered boys
AUGUSTA, ME , February 3, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Five years ago, the administration at a Maine school told transgendered fifth-grader ‘Nicole’ Maines that he had to stop using the girls' bathroom at school and instead use a staff bathroom. But last week, the state's highest court said the administration had violated the state's law preventing gender-based and sexual identity discrimination. On Thursday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled 5-1 on the lawsuit brought by Maines' family and the Maine Human Rights Commission, saying that the school violated the state’s Human Rights Act. The lawsuit was filed in 2009. 'Nicole' Maines Jennifer Levi, director of the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders ' Transgender Rights Project, which is based in Boston, told NBC News it is the first ruling of its kind from a state’s high court. The activist called it “a momentous decision that marks a huge breakthrough for transgender young pe