Overview

• Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey filed a federal lawsuit on April 7, 2025, contesting the USDA's freeze on federal funds over Maine's policy allowing transgender athletes in girls' high school sports.
• The funding freeze affects programs essential to feeding children in schools, child care centers, and after-school programs, as well as services for disabled adults.
• The Trump administration claims Maine's policy violates Title IX by infringing on the rights of women and girls in educational programs.
• Frey argues that the federal government’s actions are illegal and represent executive overreach, accusing the administration of using funding as leverage to enforce policy changes.
• This lawsuit marks the first legal challenge to the Trump administration's enforcement actions against states over transgender athlete policies.