{"id":11615,"date":"2021-06-01T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=11615"},"modified":"2021-06-01T12:33:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T16:33:59","slug":"gov-desantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/06\/01\/gov-desantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis signs transgender athlete ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Tuesday&nbsp;a&nbsp;controversial ban on transgender athletes&nbsp;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<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gov.-DeSantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gov.-DeSantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gov.-DeSantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gov.-DeSantis-signs-transgender-athlete-ban-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption>Gov. DeSantis signs transgender athlete ban<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a message to anything other than saying we\u2019re going to protect fairness in women\u2019s sports,\u201d DeSantis said after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2021\/1028\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">signing the bill (SB 1028)<\/a>&nbsp;at Jacksonville\u2019s Trinity Christian Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\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<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft 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\/06\/U.S.-Rep.-Charlie-Crist-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11617\" width=\"267\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/U.S.-Rep.-Charlie-Crist-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/U.S.-Rep.-Charlie-Crist-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/U.S.-Rep.-Charlie-Crist-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/U.S.-Rep.-Charlie-Crist.jpg 1160w\" \/><figcaption>U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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":"<p>Gov. 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