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During Florida s contentious legislative session, two Republican lawmakers filed legislation to prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools. State Sen. Kelli Stargel and Rep. Kaylee Tuck argued it was necessary to preserve the integrity of competitive, segregated sports and claimed that transgender athletes have an unfair advantage over cisgender females. Stargel temporarily postponed the Florida Senate bill on April 20, and the measure was considered dead. Instead, part of the bill was hastily tacked on as an amendment to a bill about charter schools. Ignoring impassioned pleas from trans-rights groups and Democratic lawmakers, the Republican-dominated legislature passed the bill on April 28, including the transgender-athlete amendment. ....
During Florida s contentious legislative session, two Republican lawmakers filed legislation to prohibit transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools. State Sen. Kelli Stargel and Rep. Kaylee Tuck argued it was necessary to preserve the integrity of competitive, segregated sports and claimed that transgender athletes have an unfair advantage over cisgender females. Stargel temporarily postponed the Florida Senate bill on April 20, and the measure was considered dead. Instead, part of the bill was hastily tacked on as an amendment to a bill about charter schools. Ignoring impassioned pleas from trans-rights groups and Democratic lawmakers, the Republican-dominated legislature passed the bill on April 28, including the transgender-athlete amendment. ....