Residents of Maine state in the United States collected over 80,000 signatures under the citizens' initiative project. The question is definitely in the vote whether to keep the sex rules in force, favouring those who identify with transsexuality.
Currently in the state of Maine, biological men can compete in competitions intended for women. There is adequate public designation as a individual of other sex than a biological one. At the same time, trans men are authorised, by law, to usage public ladies' restrooms. However, a large part of Maine's population wants changes in these regulations.
The Secretary of State, Maine Shenna Bellows, informed that a adequate number of signatures had been received to establish a kind of "citizen referendum". Over 80,000 residents of the state signed a motion to submit a draft citizens' initiative that could be voted on by residents of Maine.
Citizens request that the sex rules be abolished. They want to ban men with sex identity disorders from participating in girls' sports teams and from utilizing private spaces intended for girls.
"The fact is that men presently practice women's sports, win women's trophies and enter safe spaces for women (such as locker rooms and toilets). This is not a distant concept; it is happening here in Maine,” we read on the voting initiators website.
"Interested parents reported these issues to school councils, but the Maine School Directors' Association (MPA) and the state legislature did not take any action. The time has come for us, as citizens of this large state, to decide for ourselves what we want for our children," stated the organization coordinating the collection of signatures for the project.
"If a female wants space or chance for women only, she must have the right to do so legally. Everything else is discrimination and, frankly, a backward step," pointed out the environmental leader who collected signatures under the citizens' initiative.
The petition argues that the Maine state authorities must guarantee that participation in sports competitions and the usage of private facilities in schools is attributed by sex alternatively than by alleged ‘sexual identity’.
Source: LifeSiteNews.com
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