Maine women undress at school board meeting to protest trans athletes
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The transgender athlete conflict in Maine reignited this week as residents took action at school board meetings.
At a school board meeting in Augusta, the state capital, on Wednesday, two women stripped naked to protest state policies that allow biological males to compete in girls’ sports and use girls’ locker rooms.
The demonstration took place as local parent Nick Blanchard delivered a monologue condemning the school board for enforcing the state’s policies on the issue. Blanchard had spoken earlier in the meeting, but at the end of the meeting she returned to the podium with the protesting women behind her to take action.
“I’m about to show you how disturbing this is for young girls,” Blanchard told board members. “Do you feel uncomfortable? Because that’s how these young girls feel when a boy walks into a locker room and starts changing in front of them. Yeah, you feel uncomfortable, right? That’s how these young girls feel when a young boy changes in front of them!”
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Two women strip naked at a school board meeting in Augusta, Maine, to protest transgender athletes in girls’ sports. (Augusta Schools)
The two women continued to remove their clothing as Blanchard’s speech continued.
“This is the capital of Maine! We should be an example to the rest of the state! Do you know what kind of example you are setting? We don’t care about the young girls in the rest of the state!” he added.
A similar incident occurred at a school board meeting in California, when local women’s rights activist Beth Bourne stripped naked during a speech at Davis Joint Unified. School Board meeting Bourne was also protesting policies that allowed boys into girls’ locker rooms.
Educational institutions in both California and Maine are being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice over their policies allowing transgender athletes in girls’ sports.
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While numerous school districts in both states have passed their own resolutions to support compliance with President Donald Trump’s “Exclusion of Men from Women’s Sports” executive order, Democratic leadership in those states has refused to comply.
Elsewhere in Maine, the RSU 24 School Board passed such a change last week.
Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones spoke at the meeting supporting the decision.
“I have nothing against people who feel differently about themselves, but in my eyes and in God’s eyes there is a man and a woman, there are not two different types of men or two different types of women. Biology doesn’t lie,” Jones said.
“Don’t let us go backwards. Let’s do what we have to do to protect every single girl in the state of Maine and make sure they are not harmed in any way.”
Maine has generally allowed transgender athletes to compete with girls since 2005, when the Maine Human Rights Act banned discrimination based on gender identity.
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The Maine Principals Association (MPA) updated its policies in 2024 to explicitly allow transgender students to compete on teams that match their gender identity.
The state, especially Democratic leadership led by Gov. Janet Mills, is doubling down to challenge Trump and protect the rights of transgender athletes to compete with girls and share girls’ locker rooms.
Many residents, and now school districts, have taken steps to oppose Mills. There have been multiple protests across the state, including two at the state Capitol in August, by activists trying to protect girls from transgender rivals.
A. survey conducted by The American Parents Coalition found that 63% of nearly 600 registered Maine voters say participation in school sports should be based on biological sex, and 66% agree that “limiting women’s sports to biological women only is fair.”
The poll also found that 60% of residents would support a ballot measure limiting participation inside sports for women and girls biological females. This includes 64% of independents and 66% of parents with children under 18.
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