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Maine GOP Candidate Bans School Gender Transition, Cites Litter-Box Myth

6/5/2026

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles said he will sign a ban to bar Maine schools from gender transition without parental notification, outpacing President Donald Trump.
He likened transgender youth to children who think they are cats or dogs, invoking debunked litter-box myth.
He dismissed the American Medical Association, Endocrine Society and American Academy of Pediatrics for supporting gender-affirming care and said stance follows Bible that God created male and female.

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles said he will sign a ban to bar Maine schools from gender transition without parental notification, outpacing President Donald Trump.
He likened transgender youth to children who think they are cats or dogs, invoking debunked litter-box myth.
He dismissed the American Medical Association, Endocrine Society and American Academy of Pediatrics for supporting gender-affirming care and said stance follows Bible that God created male and female.