transgender issues

The lawsuit claims the new law will force her to abandon “the sports that mean so much to her” because she will not be able to participate on high-school girls’ athletic teams.

They include a requirement for out-of-state online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases made by Floridians, and surveys to assess the “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” at state colleges and universities.

Florida has one of the highest populations of LGBTQ people in the country, but despite the community’s size, it remains a weak political force in the state.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis now has 15 days to veto the bill, sign it into law or allow it to become law without his signature.

Activists say the bill is an attack on transgender kids.

If the birth certificate of a student athlete said they were male, and then they later changed that certificate to female, the bills says they couldn't use the amended document to play on female teams.

Under the measure on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis, female students’ eligibility for sports teams would be based on their “biological sex” on birth certificates issued “at or near the time of the student’s birth.”

One involves the ability of transgender women and girls to compete on female school sports teams. Opponents say the other could force school officials to reveal private conversations with students.

Said Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando: “I don’t care how many times you tell yourself this is about women’s sports and not LGBTQ rights or discrimination, because that is wrong,”

Bills in the Florida House and Senate would prevent transgender students from playing on the school sports team that matches their gender identity.