Nicole is the trans teen who was transphobically discriminated against by the Orono, ME school district as a fifth grader when they tried to ban her from using the girls restroom. Her precedent setting case eventually made it to the Maine Supreme Court when she won in early 2014 and the Orono schools had to pay the trans young lady.
She also helped kill one of the first anti-trans bathroom bills in LD 1046 back in 2011, has been on Maine public radio and in other venues doing education about trans issues, been an Equality Maine volunteer and is a role model for other trans teens/
The now 17 year old high school senior has been getting numerous deserved awards lately. Glamour magazine last year named her one of their 50 Amazing Women Who Are Making A Difference.
She has also won the Hardy Girls Healthy Women’s Community Organizing Award and the Maine Women's Fund honored her earlier this month with the Samantha Smith Award
And she's even appearing on an episode of USA Network's Royal Pains
Nicole will be attending the University of Maine in the fall, and megacongrats to the well deserved accolades.
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