Transgender athletes will endure a summer of uncertainty about whether they can return to their sports teams when school starts in the fall. Longtime Broward County athlete Jazz Jennings called that a heartbreaking process.
The controversial law bars transgender females from playing on female sports teams at public schools. Democrats and LGBTQ advocates said the law is discriminatory and will be challenged in court.
Towleroad Gay News
Gov. Ron DeSantis maintained his track record of turning a blind eye to the needs of Florida LGBTQ communities as LGBTQ Pride month got underway this week. In a series of legislative moves, DeSantis turned the initial days of a month meant for queer celebration into an all too familiar fight against discrimination.
DeSantis kicked off Pride month by signing the state’s controversially-passed trans-exclusionary sports bill into law during an event at Trinity Christian Academy on June 1. The bill prohibits trans girls and women from competing in sports as their identified gender at public schools, colleges and universities in the state.