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In this April 30, 2021, file photo, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. 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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