Three activists stripped down to their underwear during a Maine school board meeting to protest the district’s trans-inclusive sports policy .
The eyebrow-raising protest, led by local firebrand Nick Blanchard (who fittingly goes by “Corn Pop”), took place in Augusta as two women and a man slowly disrobed while Blanchard delivered a dramatic speech.
Two women and a man slowly and perfunctorily removed their clothes at the close of the Augusta School Department meeting as Blanchard, who goes by the name “Corn Pop,” delivered an impassioned monologue.
“I’m about to show you guys how uncomfortable it is for girls,” Blanchard said as the women disrobed. Two individuals stood in the school board meeting with their shirts removed while board members sat behind a curved wooden desk.
“You feel uncomfortable? Because that’s what these young girls feel like when a boy walks into their locker room and starts changing in front of them. That’s what these young girls feel like every time a young boy changes in front of them.” The stunt elicited a range of responses from the school board members, with some outraged, a few averting their gaze, and others remaining entirely unbothered.
“This is Maine’s capital,” Blanchard continued. “We should be setting an example for the rest of the state. You know what example you guys are setting? That we do not care about the young girls in the rest of the state.” Following the protest going viral locally, Blanchard stated that more than 150 people have contacted him in support of his stance on the Title IX policy, Central Maine reported.
“Do I think these tactics work in a way of changing policy? Probably not,” Blanchard told the outlet.
“But the only way to get them to listen to us is to do something crazy and get in the national spotlight.” The Augusta school board voted in favour of their current policy, which adheres to the Maine Human Rights Act. That law allows a student athlete to participate on the team that corresponds with their gender identity, WGME reported.
President Trump signed an executive order in February aimed at keeping biological men out of women’s sports through Title IX.
The Maine demonstration follows a similar stripping protest in California. Local mother Beth Bourne, who chairs the group Moms for Liberty , undressed down to her underwear at a Davis Joint Unified School Board meeting on September 18 to protest the allowance of transgender students to use girls’ locker rooms.
Multiple individual school districts in both Maine and California have passed resolutions to support compliance with Trump’s executive order, Fox News reported.
The eyebrow-raising protest, led by local firebrand Nick Blanchard (who fittingly goes by “Corn Pop”), took place in Augusta as two women and a man slowly disrobed while Blanchard delivered a dramatic speech.
Two women and a man slowly and perfunctorily removed their clothes at the close of the Augusta School Department meeting as Blanchard, who goes by the name “Corn Pop,” delivered an impassioned monologue.
“I’m about to show you guys how uncomfortable it is for girls,” Blanchard said as the women disrobed. Two individuals stood in the school board meeting with their shirts removed while board members sat behind a curved wooden desk.
“You feel uncomfortable? Because that’s what these young girls feel like when a boy walks into their locker room and starts changing in front of them. That’s what these young girls feel like every time a young boy changes in front of them.” The stunt elicited a range of responses from the school board members, with some outraged, a few averting their gaze, and others remaining entirely unbothered.
“This is Maine’s capital,” Blanchard continued. “We should be setting an example for the rest of the state. You know what example you guys are setting? That we do not care about the young girls in the rest of the state.” Following the protest going viral locally, Blanchard stated that more than 150 people have contacted him in support of his stance on the Title IX policy, Central Maine reported.
“Do I think these tactics work in a way of changing policy? Probably not,” Blanchard told the outlet.
“But the only way to get them to listen to us is to do something crazy and get in the national spotlight.” The Augusta school board voted in favour of their current policy, which adheres to the Maine Human Rights Act. That law allows a student athlete to participate on the team that corresponds with their gender identity, WGME reported.
President Trump signed an executive order in February aimed at keeping biological men out of women’s sports through Title IX.
The Maine demonstration follows a similar stripping protest in California. Local mother Beth Bourne, who chairs the group Moms for Liberty , undressed down to her underwear at a Davis Joint Unified School Board meeting on September 18 to protest the allowance of transgender students to use girls’ locker rooms.
Multiple individual school districts in both Maine and California have passed resolutions to support compliance with Trump’s executive order, Fox News reported.
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