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Maine Native To Play First Transgender Superhero on Television

Matthew McDonald

Nicole Maines, a biological male who identifies as a woman,  successfully sued the school district in Orono, Maine in 2014 when the school district wouldn't allow Maines to use the girls bathroom.

Now 21, Maines is set to appear as the first transgender superhero on television. Maines plays the role of Nia Nal, an associate of the hero, in Supergirl on The CW network, according to the Bangor Daily News. The role begins in season four of the show, which starts airing this coming weekend.

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Praising Asians’ Work Ethic Is ‘A Creation of White Supremacy,’ Activist Says

Matthew McDonald

Less than a week before Harvard College goes to trial with an Asian-American group suing the school on a claim of anti-Asian bias in admissions, a panelist on campus suggested Asians are just as committed to left-wing goals as anyone else.

"The model minority myth is a creation of white supremacy," said Carolyn W. Chou, a 2013 graduate of Harvard College and executive director of the Asian American Resource Workshop in Boston, according to The Harvard Crimson. "I think today about how this case is what's in the news, but there are Asian American workers who are leading the hotel strikes right now in Boston, in Chicago, in Honolulu. That's the other story of our communities. It's not just Harvard students."

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