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Florida Bans Transgender Athletes From Competing in Female Sports

Liberal media blast DeSantis' transgender athletes bill: 'This is disgusting'

The mainstream media were up in arms Tuesday over Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, signing a new law limiting girls' sports at public schools to biological girls.

Liberal media outlets were outraged with DeSantis' public signing of the Fairness in Women's Sports Act, which he said would help protect equal opportunities for women to obtain college athletic scholarships. Reporters appeared to take personal offense with the fact that the bill was signed into law June 1, the first day of Pride Month. 

Florida bans transgender athletes from female sports

Florida has become the latest US state to ban transgender girls and women from participating in female sports at public schools and colleges.

The state's Republican governor Ron DeSantis signed the measure into law on Tuesday.

The law says women and girls must play on the teams of the biological sex on their birth certificate.

LGBT activists have denounced the move as "discriminatory", with one group vowing to launch a legal challenge.