Commissioners to seek input on transgender guidance

wcsh6.com – Heather Seavey, Managing Editor

Augusta, Maine — People who want to address the commission about transgender students’ rights in school will have an opportunity to speak out. That’s what commissioners decided Monday.

The Maine Human Rights Commission drafted guidance to interpret the section of the Maine Human Rights Act dealing with sexual orientation in schools. The draft of that guidance states that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathroom that corresponds with the gender that they identify themselves as…