Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is speaking Tuesday morning from a Jacksonville school. The governor is set to hold a news conference at 10 a.m. at Trinity Christian Academy, a private school on Hammond Boulevard, according to a news release. You can watch the governor's news conference live below. The news release did not specify what subject the governor's news conference would cover, but a sign on the governor's podium says "The Fairness in Women's.
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.
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Jun 1, 2021 | 2:01 PM
(The Center Square) â Florida became the seventh state to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports Tuesday when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act into law, dismissing threats of lawsuits and boycotts.
âWe wonât be cowed,â DeSantis said flanked by state lawmakers and student-athletes at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville. “In Florida, girls are going to play girls sports, and boys are going to play boys sports. That’s the reality.â
Moments after DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1028, The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group, announced it will challenge the law in court.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a wide-ranging education bill that includes a ban on transgender females participating on girls’ and women’s high-school and college sports teams.