Nicole Maines, 17, who is transgender, made headlines earlier this year when she and her family won a long-standing lawsuit against her school after she&amp;#39;d been directed to use the staff bathroom instead of the girls&amp;#39; restroom. &amp;quot;When we won, it felt like this huge weight was lifted off,&amp;quot; says Maines. Maines is proud that the case sets a precedent for future transgendered students&amp;#39; rights. &amp;quot;They can look at what happened in Maine and see...our state leaders validated that everyone gets to be whom they need to be.&amp;quot; Now Maines, who just signed her first book deal, has become a transgender advocate: &amp;quot;There&amp;#39;s still work to be done and stories that need to be told.... I think [advocacy] will always be a part of my life.&amp;quot;