Florida governor OKs limits on transgender student athletes

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

Florida's Republican governor signed a bill Tuesday barring transgender females from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born as girls, plunging the state into the national culture war over transgender rights.

“In Florida, girls are going to play girls sports and boys are going to play boys sports,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said as he signed the bill into law at a private Christian academy in Jacksonville that would not be subject to the law. “We're going to make sure that that's the reality."

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The NCAA, which oversees college athletics, has said it has “a long-standing policy that provides a more inclusive path for transgender participation in college sports.” The NCAA currently requires transgender women to get treatment to lower their testosterone levels before they can compete in women’s sports.

When the Florida Legislature was considering the measure in April, the NCAA said it would commit championship games to “locations where hosts can commit to providing an environment that is safe, healthy and free of discrimination.”

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/florida-governor-bans-transgender-women-school-sports-78019987?cid=clicksource_4380645_1_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

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Later in the article it is stated that just ELEVEN transgender athletes applied for screening since 2013..... so approximately one athlete per year. DeSantis is simply keeping his redneck base stirred up.

[snowybirdie]

1. He'll have to wait to enforce

There currently are NO transgender athletes in Florida where this would apply!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Neat how innocuously the folks at ABC frame this ... he "OK's Limits"

Assholes

[Diamond_Dog]

3. That jumped out at me, too, Hugh

Talk about spin ....

[FreeState]

4. Yep - discrimination and transphobic to the core n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

5. Evil is afoot. Godspeed America. The fascists are back.

[madville]

6. Regardless of what Florida is doing

There needs to be some federal guidelines for female high school athletes competing for scholarships. Something to prevent biologically developed males from declaring themselves as females in their last year or two of high school to win state track championships and such. It’s not fair to the biological girls to have to compete against them equally.

[janterry]

7. exactly right

We should follow the science - and it supports limits.