{"id":49024,"date":"2021-06-01T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=49024"},"modified":"2021-06-01T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:32:06","slug":"gov-desantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/06\/gov-desantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis signs transgender athlete ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Tuesday a controversial ban on transgender athletes participating in women\u2019s sports at the high school and college levels, seizing on a trend coursing through conservative states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gov. DeSantis signs transgender athlete ban<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Republican governor enacted the measure on the first day of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) \u201cPride Month.\u201d But DeSantis denied that was a factor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a message to anything other than saying we\u2019re going to protect fairness in women\u2019s sports,\u201d DeSantis said after signing the bill (SB 1028)<\/a> at Jacksonville\u2019s Trinity Christian Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe believe it\u2019s important to have integrity in the competition and we think it\u2019s important they\u2019re able to compete on a level playing field. You\u2019ve seen what happens when you don\u2019t have that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, a Democrat from St. Petersburg challenging DeSantis for governor next year, called it \u201ccruel legislation\u2026creating an issue where one doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, when approved by the Republican-controlled state Legislature in April, lawmakers struggled to find any examples of transgender girls or women competing in Florida sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While similar measures have been filed in 30 states, an Associated Press survey earlier this year found only a few instances among hundreds of thousands of teenagers nationwide playing high school sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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