Education Dept Attacks School For Having Trans Cheerleader On Co-Ed Squad

A middle school cheerleading squad in Maine is under attack by the Trump regime for reportedly allowing a trans student to join its co-ed team.

From Erin in the Morning:

Last week, the Department of Education (ED) descended upon 18 educational institutions, announcing in a press release from the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) that they are investigating everything from K-12 school districts, to college sports teams, to state departments that may allow “students to participate in sports based on their ‘gender identity,’ not biological sex.”

Soon after the OCR announcement, the Bangor Daily News reports, Superintendent Michael Hammer of Maine’s Regional School District #19 released a letter firing back at ED.

In the case of RSU 19’s Nokomis Regional Middle School in Newport, Maine, the Education Department claimed someone assigned male at birth was allowed to compete on the cheer team and use the women’s locker rooms, as per Hammer.

“The complaint alleges that the District discriminated against female students on the basis of sex by allowing a male student to join the girls’ cheerleading team and use the girls’ bathroom and locker room at Nokomis Regional Middle School,” Hammer wrote.

“We were surprised to receive the letter from OCR because we have no record of having received any complaints about our cheerleading program.” He emphasized that the cheer squad is co-ed, non-competitive, and open to any student. Nobody is “cut” from the team.

“[I]t is hard to understand how participation by any student, regardless of their gender or gender identity[,] would discriminate against any other student,” Hammer said.

Bolding is mine. Read more at Erin in the Morning.