Esta Pratt-Kielley
Digital News Reporter at Maine Public Broadcasting Network
(she/her). Digital news reporter @MainePublic. Prev @MSNBC & @NBCNews. All opinions my own...I think?
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3 weeks ago |
bangordailynews.com | Esta Pratt-Kielley
Clara Porter stands, knees bent, demonstrating how to assess a situation for threats. She’s leading a Zoom training of about 30 people, who all mirror her motions. “So the first thing is that assessment stance,” Porter said. “Look all around the space that you’re in, including behind you. Are there things in this space that could be barriers to safety?
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3 weeks ago |
mainepublic.org | Esta Pratt-Kielley
Clara Porter stands, knees bent, demonstrating how to assess a situation for threats. She's leading a zoom training of about 30 people, who all mirror her motions. “So the first thing is that assessment stance," Porter says. "Look all around the space that you’re in, including behind you. Are there things in this space that could be barriers to safety?
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1 month ago |
mainepublic.org | Esta Pratt-Kielley
Maine's largest nonprofit provider of HIV services has received new HIV self-test kits, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The Portland-based Frannie Peabody Center typically distributes about 2,000 self-test kits to Mainers annually. Executive Director Katie Rutherford said the new tests are about a third of the size which will save the nonprofit more money and help them reach more people.
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1 month ago |
mainepublic.org | Steve Mistler |Esta Pratt-Kielley
The months-long political battle over transgender athletes competing on girls' sports teams will land in the Maine Legislature on Thursday, as the Judiciary Committee will hold public hearings on a slate of Republican proposals to ban the practice. Most of the bills take aim at the Maine Human Rights Act and gender identity protections that have existed for years, but have recently been criticized by Republicans and President Donald Trump.
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2 months ago |
mainepublic.org | Esta Pratt-Kielley
A federal judge hasblocked aTrump administration policy prohibiting the use of the 'X' marker on passports, as well as updates to sex designations. The ACLU sued the Trump administration over the policy on behalf of five transgender Americans and two nonbinary plaintiffs. ACLU attorney Sruti Swaminathan said the policy would harm transgender, nonbinary and intersex Americans by inhibiting them from getting an accurate passport.
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