Attorney General Bondi Announces Lawsuit Against Maine Over Boys in Girls’ Sports

The Department of Justice will consider retroactively pulling funding from schools that continue to allow transgender boys to compete in girls’ sports.

Attorney General Pam Bondi, accompanied by (L–R) Riley Gaines, Rep. Laurel Libby (R-Maine), and Education Secretary Linda McMahon, speaks during a news conference to announce that the administration it is suing Maine’s education department for not complying with the government's push to ban transgender athletes in girls sports, at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington on April 16, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

The Department of Justice is seeking a federal court injunction requiring Pine Tree State schools to immediately stop transgender boys from competing in girls’ sports and return all athletic records and titles to their rightful female owners.

The federal agency will also consider retroactively pulling funding from school districts that have not complied with Title IX regulations in the past, Attorney General Pam Bondi said during an April 16 news conference in Washington.