‘March against Mills’: Maine’s female athletes protest governor during the transgender controversy

A protest against Governor of Maine Janet MillsThe march against Mills took place outside the state house of Maine on Saturday morning.

Factory Recently he faced President Donald Trump On their executive order on keeping transgender athletes outside women’s sports and girls.

Several female athletes took the microphone in the march to speak against their Democratic governor.

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The governor of Maine, Janet Mills, during a work session of governors in the state dining room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2025. (Francis Chung/Politic/Bloomberg through Getty Images)

Julia Dietrich, a young man at Midcoast High School, was news earlier this week with a Passionate speech at a school meeting meeting And he echoed similar feelings to a crowd full of followers.

Speaking in front of the signs that said “saving women’s sports,” Dietrich explained that although it does not compete in the athletics of high school, she is a reporter of the school newspaper and has seen first -hand the negative effects of biological men who compete against opposite sex.

“We have expected. We have spoken. We have trusted those in the power that protect the integrity of women’s sports. But our patience has only encountered inaction, dismissal and policies that continue to erode the opportunities and equity that female athletes deserve,” Dietrich said.

“It is not just a team, a game or a season. It is the future of women’s sports. These are all young women in the state of Maine that increases their tacos or passes to the track with the dream of competing in a field of fair and level playing. These are the generations of women who fuck us the right to participate in athletics and the generations of the generations that deserve the same experience and the same experience and the same experience and the same experience and the same experience and the same experience granted the right.

“If fighting for justice makes us controversial, so it is. The reality is that fighting for equity in sports is not just a preference, it is a necessity.

Dietrich then asked the female competitors to “need to compete” in the games.

Maine’s Democrat Governor Janet Mills, challenges President Donald Trump about transgender women in sports, since Trump addresses a governor meeting at the White House on February 21, 2025 in Washington, DC (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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“Let the silence of the markers and the stillness of the fields send a stronger message than the words … We are not just athletes. We are not just students. We are fighters. And we will not stop until justice is restored and women’s sports remain for biological women.”

Isabelle Hope, a former State Softball Champion of Secondary School and Softball Player of Division I, admitted that “I could lose some friends” when speaking against transgender athletes in women’s sports, “but maybe there are some more.”

Hope added that the fight is not a political problem.

“I am not here for any political reason. I am here today because our girls should not have to fight for a fair opportunity. That opportunity should be there and be protected,” Hope continued. “If someone really feels that he is in the wrong skin, I believe that they have every right to make the transition.

“We are a free country. However, I do not believe that women should have to sacrifice their spaces for equality because there will always be a difference when it comes to sports.”

Before the march, an online petition to remember the governor He received more than 22,000 signatures. Hundreds appeared in the rally.

Last week, Trump told Mills in the White House that he must follow his executive order or “You will not obtain federal funds.”

“See you in court,” she replied.

Maine Janet Mills Democratic Governor offers comments at the Selectusa Investment Summit on May 4, 2023 in National Harbor, MD. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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“I am complying with state and federal laws,” Mills added.

“Well, we are Federal Law,” Trump replied. “You better do it. You better do it because you will not get any federal financing if you don’t.”

That terrible experience “embarrassed us,” said Maine Katrina Smith state representative in Saturday’s demonstration.

“When people behind us fight for girls, she has chosen not to fight for them.”

Trump then ordered investigations from Title IX of Maine, California and Minnesota.

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