Nicole Maines
publication date: Sunday, August 14, 2016 (part of Summer 2016)
category: 
Injustice
clue: Her lawsuit over bathroom access was a royal pain to her school district in the New England state that shares her name.
explanation: Maines was a transgender student who successfully sued for bathroom access in a landmark ruling. She later played a transgender teen on Royal Pains. more…
intended difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, and Jesse King
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