The informational sign hangs in guidance offices at Mt. Blue middle and high schools, and the tech center in Farmington.
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Parents plan to address gender identity education at RSU 9 meeting
The concerns to be addressed at the board of directors meeting are with a poster about gender identity hanging in the window of the guidance counselor’s office at Mt. Blue High School.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Buxton-based school board considers removing books about sexuality and gender identity from school libraries
Some parents want the books “Gender Queer: A Memoir” and “It’s Perfectly Normal” removed from libraries at Bonny Eagle middle school and high school.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine considering nonbinary option for birth certificates
A proposed rule change being considered by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention would allow use of an ‘X’ to designate nonbinary on birth certificates.
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Maine to offer non-binary gender option on driver’s licenses, IDs
Maine will be the first state in New England and the third in the country to offer an option of a non-binary gender designation on driver’s licenses and identification cards. The Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles announced Monday it will begin issuing a sticker for licenses or IDs that reads “Gender has been changed to […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
Totally Trades Conference open for female students
AUBURN — The second Totally Trades Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 25, at Central Maine Community College. The main goal is to encourage female students to consider careers in the trades and STEM fields, traditionally dominated by men, through multi-faceted, hands-on experiences. It also gives women the opportunity […]
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Gender won’t stop girls from trying these jobs at Totally Trades Conference
AUBURN — New Ventures Maine is offering a hands-on, half-day event designed to encourage girls to consider careers in fields traditionally dominated by men. The Totally Trades Conference will bring together over 70 ninth-graders from schools throughout Androscoggin County on Friday, May 19, at Central Maine Community College. The Totally Trades Conference will feature sessions […]
Posted inConnections, Lewiston-Auburn
YWCA PEACE, Bates College present gender, culture course
LEWISTON — The YWCA’s PEACE program will offer a collage workshop in partnership with students from Bates College’s Gender and Culture course on Thursday, March 16, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the YWCA, 130 East Ave. The evening will combine creating a collaborative collage piece with a discussion on the concept of women’s empowerment. Supplies will be provided but participants are […]