{"id":10359,"date":"2021-04-28T22:01:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T02:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=10359"},"modified":"2021-04-28T22:03:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T02:03:04","slug":"florida-legislature-passes-bill-banning-transgender-girls-from-female-sports-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/04\/28\/florida-legislature-passes-bill-banning-transgender-girls-from-female-sports-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Legislature passes bill banning transgender girls from female sports teams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans in the Florida Legislature passed a bill Wednesday prohibiting&nbsp;transgender female athletes&nbsp;from playing on female&nbsp;sports teams at public schools, drawing discrimination&nbsp;complaints from Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/transgendersports-1579015720-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10360\" width=\"324\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/transgendersports-1579015720-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/transgendersports-1579015720-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/transgendersports-1579015720-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/transgendersports-1579015720.jpg 1200w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transgender female athletes would be limited to playing coed sports or on&nbsp;teams with male athletes under the legislation, which restricts female teams to individuals identified as female on their birth certificate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill applies to high school and college sports sponsored by&nbsp;public schools, including intramural and club teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The controversial legislation appeared to have stalled after it failed to clear a final Senate committee, but it was added as amendment to a charter school bill by House Republicans Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The amended bill then cleared the House and Senate after hours of emotional testimony and now heads to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transgender sports bills have been introduced across the country in recent years, drawing heated debate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NCAA has vowed not to\u00a0hold\u00a0championship games in states that pass bills viewed as discriminatory against transgender individuals. The NCAA\u00a0threatening\u00a0to pull all championships from the state, which could jeopardize a $75 million economic impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Legislature finds that requiring the designation of separate sex-specific athletic teams or sports is necessary to maintain fairness for women&#8217;s athletic opportunities,&#8221; the Florida legislation reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in the Florida Legislature passed a bill Wednesday prohibiting&nbsp;transgender female athletes&nbsp;from playing on female&nbsp;sports teams at public schools, drawing discrimination&nbsp;complaints from Democrats. 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