A protest against Maine Government Manager Janet Mills, Marchen against Mills, took place outside Main’s State House on Saturday morning.
Mills recently collided with President Donald Trump over his executive order to keep transnry athletes out of women’s and girls sports.
Several female athletes took the microphone at the march to speak against their democratic governor.
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills during a governor’s work session in the State Dining Room in the White House in Washington, DC, February 21, 2025. (Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Julia Dietrich, a junior at Midcoast High School, came headlines earlier this week with a passionate speech at a school board meeting and repeated similar feelings to a wealth of full of followers.
In a speech in front of signs that said “Save Women’s Sports,” Dietrich explained that even though she is not competing in high school athletics, she is a reporter for the school’s newspaper and has first seen the negative effects of biological men competing against the opposite sex.
“We have been waiting. We have spoken. We have entrusted to the powerful that they would protect the integrity of women’s sports. But our patience has only been met with passivity, dismissal and policies that continue to erode the opportunities and justice that female athletes deserve,” Dietrich said.
“This is not just about one team, one game or one season. This is about the future of women’s sports. It’s about every young girl in the state of Maine who laces up here Cleats or steps onto the track with a Dream of Competing on a Fair and level play Before US WHO HAVE FUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS AND THE GENERATIONS AFTER US WHO DESERVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AND SAME FAIRNESS AND REPECT WE ONCE TOOK FOR GRANTED.
“If fighting for justice makes us controversial, then be. The reality is to fight for justice in sports is not just a preference, it is a necessity.
Dietrich then urged female competitors to “refuse to compete” in play.
Democratic Maine Government Manager Janet Mills challenges President Donald Trump over transient women in sports as Trump addresses a meeting with Governors in the White House February 21, 2025, in Washington, DC (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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“Let the silence of the score boards and silence in the fields send a message louder than words could ever … We are not just athletes. We are not just students. We are warriors. And we will not stop until justice is restored and women’s sports remain for biological women.”
Isabelle Hope, a former softball champion in high school and division in Softball player, admitted that she “maybe losing some friends” by talking to transient athletes in women’s sports, “but maybe I get a few more.”
Hope added that the fight is not a political question.
“I’m not up here for any political reason. I’m here today because our girls shouldn’t have to fight for a reasonable chance. This chance should already be there and be protected,” Hope continued. “If someone really feels like they’re in the wrong skin, I fully think they have any right to transition.
“We are a free country. However, I do not think women should have to sacrifice their space for equality because there will always be a difference when it comes to sports.”
Prior to the march, an online petition received to remember the governor over 22,000 signatures. Hundreds appeared at the rally.
Last week, Trump Mills told the White House that she has to follow her executive order, or “You won’t get any federal funding.”
“See you in court,” she replied.
Democratic Maine Government Manager Janet Mills delivers comments on Selectusa Investment Summit 4 May 2023 in National Harbor, MD. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
“I am complying with state and federal laws,” Mills added.
“Well, we’re the federal law,” Trump replied. “You have to do better. You have to do better because you don’t get any federal funding at all if you don’t.”
This ordeal “bothered us,” said Maine State Rep. Katrina Smith at Saturday’s rally.
“When people behind us fight for girls she has chosen not to fight for them.”
Trump ordered later title IX studies of Maine, California and Minnesota.
