Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill banning transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born as.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a ban on transgender girls from competing in girls’ and women’s sports on the first day of Pride Month, which celebrates the LGBTQ community.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signs transgender athlete bill into law on first day of Pride Month By Caitlin O Kane 3 states ban transgender athletes from sports
On Tuesday, the first day of Pride Month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that bans transgender girls and women from competing on female sports teams at the high school and college level.
DeSantis appeared at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville to sign the Fairness in Women s Sports Act, which was introduced by Republican State Senator Travis Hutson in February.
The law states that women and girls must play on the sport teams of the biological sex on their birth certificate. Therefore, a transgender girl whose birth certificate denotes her biological sex as male, cannot play on a girls sports team.
(CNS News) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed legislation into law today that prohibits transgender "females" (biological males) from competing in real girls' sports.