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Nicole Maines

*Exclusively Represented by AEI Speakers*

Transgender Youth Advocate

Nicole Maines grew up in Portland, Maine with her brother, Jonas, her mother, Kelly and father, Wayne. When she was four-years-old she started telling her family and soon after her community and state who she was. Every step of the way she has worked with her classmates and community to be open and honest so everyone could learn and grow throughout the process. Unfortunately some people continued to fear the unknown. This fear impacted Nicole and her family’s ability to lead a normal life. These fears changed her world and her family’s world forever.

Because of this painful journey, Nicole has become a strong woman with a clear and loud voice for safety and equality. She has been recognized nationally for fighting to make sure transgender students have the same rights as their classmates. In January of 2014 the Maine’s Supreme Court ruled that Nicole’s rights had been violated under the state’s Human Rights Act, marking a historic and landmark victory for transgender rights in the U.S. It is the first time a state’s highest court has ruled that it is unlawful to deny transgender students access to the bathroom of the gender with which they identify.

For her hard work and commitment Nicole was named one of Glamour Magazine’s 50 inspiring women of the year and was chosen to represent the state of Maine in the series “Hometown Heroes”, titled “50 Phenomenal Women of the Year Who Are Making a Difference.” She also was named one the 14 Most Fearless Teens Of 2014 for standing up against injustice.

The Maine ACLU, Equality Maine and Healthy Girls and Hardy Women have also recognized Nicole for her courage, strength and commitment to promoting change. When she was just thirteen years old she worked closely with GLAD, Equality Maine, the ACLU and the Maine Women’s Lobby to defeat LD 1046, a bill that would have rolled back transgender protections in Maine. Over two days, she talked with almost every state leader to help provide much needed education and encourage each member to continue to support the transgender community in Maine.

In 2015 Nicole was featured in the book, Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family. It is a New York Times Bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book. It was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by People, one of the Best Books of the Year by Men’s Journal, and a Stonewall Honor Book in nonfiction.

In 2015, she was a guest star on Royal Pains, on the USA Network, which won a GLAAD media award in January 2016. Her performance is setting the stage for other transgender youth to speak out. It is her hope that she can combine these loves to help future LGBT students and adults gain total equality across the nation.

In 2016, Maines was one of 11 individuals featured in an HBO documentary titled The Trans List. In the documentary, Maines relates her personal story of being transgender.

On July 21, 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Nicole would join the cast of The CW series Supergirl as the first transgender superhero, Nia Nal / Dreamer.

In 2019 Maines starred in Bit, a horror movie about queer female vampires, winning the top acting prize at the Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival.

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  • Transgender: You're Part of the Story

    Nicole Maines tells her story of growing up openly transgender and how she came to accept herself. She couldn't have done it alone, however. While family support is essential, Nicole Maines insists it isn’t enough. Family and community must work together to provide the space for transgender youth to find their own voice and to feel valued as individuals. And it all begins with the power of listening.

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Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family

The inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family's extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for The Washington Post When Wayne and Kelly Maines adopted identical twin boys, they thought their lives were complete. But it wasn't long before they noticed a marked difference between Jonas and his brother, Wyatt. Jonas preferred sports and trucks and many of the things little boys were "supposed" to like; but Wyatt liked princess dolls and dress-up and playing Little Mermaid. By the time the twins were toddlers, confusion over Wyatt's insistence that he was female began to tear the family apart. In the years that followed, the Maineses came to question their long-held views on gender and identity, to accept and embrace Wyatt's transition to Nicole, and to undergo an emotionally wrenching transformation of their own that would change all their lives forever.

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