Readers blast Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for banning trans athletes on the first day of Pride month
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis marked the very first day of Pride month by signing into law the horrific "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" (groaning eternally) at a private Christian school (tearing out the last few intact tufts of our hair) in Jacksonville. The new law prohibits transgender student-athletes from competing alongside other women and girls, and never was there a more perfect representation of a solution in search of a problem and/or the rawest of red meat for his base.
Orlando Rep. Anna V. Eskamani was one of many lawmakers who issued scathing statements about the bill, saying, "This bigoted, transphobic piece of legislation targets one of the most vulnerable groups of people in our state: transgender youth." Florida can expect to spend years — and untold amounts of taxpayers' dollars — fighting this case in court. Our readers were angered by this as well.