'Changing the Game': High school sports documentary shows the importance of transgender inclusion.A last-minute maneuver: Florida Legislature tacks amendment onto charter school bill, banning transgender women and girls from female sports teams.The new law would require schools to have athletes compete according to their sex documented at birth, rather than gender identity. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., called it “cruel legislation…creating an issue where one doesn’t exist.” When approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature, lawmakers struggled to find any examples of transgender girls or women competing in Florida sports.
You’ve seen what happens when you don’t have that,” DeSantis said. “We believe it’s important to have integrity in the competition, and we think it’s important they’re able to compete on a level playing field.
While DeSantis, a Republican, denied it was a factor, the measure was enacted on the first day of Pride Month. Ron DeSantis signed into law Tuesday a controversial ban on transgender athletes participating in women’s sports at the high school and college levels. Seizing on a trend coursing through conservative states, Florida Gov.
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