Legislation requiring transgender female student-athletes to play sports on all-boys teams passed yesterday in the Florida House of Representatives. But the bill’s future in that state’s Senate remains shaky. Florida representatives passed the bill, House Bill 1475, even after the National Collegiate Athletic Association made clear it could pull national championship sporting events from states that bar athletes from competing based on their gender identity. In the case of Florida, that could mean the loss of 50 events with a $75 million economic impact. The bill, which affects sports in public schools and state colleges and universities, passed on a near-party line vote, even as LGBTQ+ Florida lawmakers pleaded and openly wept at what they called an attack on children. Trans-exclusionary sports bills have been signed into law this year in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and executive orders to that effect have been issued in South Dakota. West Virginia will likely be the next state with such a law. The bills are part of a rash of anti-trans legislation introduced in states around the nation in 2021. All Democrats voted against the bill except one yes. Dr. James Bush who represents Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood.
Florida House Passes Trans-Exclusionary Sports Bill, Sends to Senate
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