{"id":268848,"date":"2025-11-18T10:39:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=268848"},"modified":"2025-11-18T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:39:41","slug":"maine-girl-dads-lead-petition-to-ban-males-from-womens-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/maine-girl-dads-lead-petition-to-ban-males-from-womens-sports","title":{"rendered":"Maine Girl Dads lead petition to ban males from womens sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A group calling itself Maine Girl Dads held a drive-thru petition event Saturday in Brunswick, gathering additional signatures for a proposed 2026 referendum titled \u201cAn Act to Designate School Sports Participation and Facilities by Sex.\u201d The measure would require Maine public schools to assign athletic teams, bathrooms, and locker rooms based on biological sex at birth, effectively barring transgender-identifying males from girls\u2019 sports and private facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers report they have collected more than 60,000 valid signatures and are on pace to exceed the 67,992 required by early February 2026. Video from the event showed long lines of vehicles and volunteers waving signs reading \u201cProtect Girls\u2019 Sports\u201d and \u201cBiology Is Not Bigotry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are you interested in signing our petition to designate school sports as male, female, or coed?  Visit one of our four locations this Saturday morning! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JHnuGYdWAo\">pic.twitter.com\/JHnuGYdWAo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Maine Girl Dads (@MaineGirlDads) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaineGirlDads\/status\/1989087729003753495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The effort follows years of complaints from Maine parents that biologically male athletes identifying as female have displaced girls in track, field, swimming, and other events, costing scholarships and medals. The referendum also comes after the Trump administration\u2019s February executive order withholding certain federal funds from states that allow males in girls\u2019 sports, and a subsequent Department of Justice lawsuit against Maine for non-compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the signatures are verified, Maine voters will decide in November 2026 whether to enshrine sex-based categories in state law\u2014the latest front in a nationwide debate over fairness and privacy in women\u2019s athletics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group calling itself Maine Girl Dads held a drive-thru petition event Saturday in Brunswick, gathering additional signatures for a proposed 2026 referendum titled \u201cAn Act to Designate School Sports Participation and Facilities by Sex.\u201d The measure would require Maine public schools to assign athletic teams, bathrooms, and locker rooms based on biological sex at 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