Maine House censures GOP lawmaker who posted photos of transgender student
Source: The Hill
Maine House censures GOP lawmaker who posted photos of transgender student
by Brooke Migdon - 02/26/25 2:14 PM ET
Maine’s Democrat-controlled House voted Tuesday evening to censure a Republican lawmaker who posted photos on their Facebook page of a transgender high school student.
The state House voted 75-70 along party lines to censure Rep. Laurel Libby (R), who refused to apologize for posting about the student and accused her Democratic colleagues of attempting to silence her.
The Republican lawmaker had criticized Maine schools for allowing transgender student-athletes to compete in line with their gender identity in a Feb. 17 Facebook post that included photos of a transgender student who won a girls’ track and field championship event in Maine.
Libby said she had made the post in protest of the state’s refusal to comply with a recent executive order by President Trump to ban trans athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. She posted student’s photos, name and deadname — the name they used before transitioning — without the student’s knowledge or consent. The Hill is not publishing the student’s name because they are still a minor.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5165496-maine-republican-censured/