transgender ban
Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) has introduced a resolution with Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) demanding that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) reverse its rule allowing biological males to compete in women's sports. In addition to the NCAA, the resolution implores all other sports-governing bodies to do the same and prohibit transgender-identified biological male athletes from competing […]
Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) has reintroduced The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, one of his signature pieces of legislation, as the 119th Congress commences. The bill would ensure that female athletes in federally funded athletic programs compete strictly against fellow biological females and prohibit biological males, thereby complying with Title IX's recognition […]
TALLAHASSEE — Amid a series of legal and political battles in Florida about transgender people, a federal judge Tuesday heard opening arguments in a challenge to a state decision to prevent Medicaid coverage for treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, an attorney for plaintiffs challenging the decision, told U.S. District Judge […]
During recent hearings on Florida House Bill 1421, which would ban sex reassignment surgery for minors, Representative Webster Barnaby (R) had strong words against transgender people, saying he feels like he is watching "an X-Men movie," since "it's like we have mutants living among us" and flat out refers to those testifying in opposition to […]
With Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signaling support for SB 254, which would ban gender reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy for minors, transgender activists spoke their piece against the bill this week during the 2023 legislative session. One individual accused the Governor of "genocide" and "wanting trans people dead" during the hearing, while another […]
When Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the transgender sports ban into law, and when he gutted specific funding allotted for the LGBTQ community in Orlando, Florida as a result of the Pulse Nightclub shooting that occurred 5 years ago, little did Gov. DeSantis know that he would be accused of “erasing” the “identities” of gay people.
Key Biscayne—Moments after he signed a measure (HB 1177) into law that would provide more environmental protections to Biscayne Bay, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was asked if he was specifically targeting the LGBTQ community when he signed into law the controversial Transgender bill on the first day of Pride month.
In what could be perceived as another attempt to reference Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as a despot from Communist Cuba who runs a “regime” rather than an administration, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) took umbrage over Gov. DeSantis’ decision to sign a transgender sports ban bill into law on the very first day of Gay Pride month, calling the move...
It appears as if Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are following in the footsteps of their predecessors, former Governors Rick Scott and Rick Perry, by jabbing at each over whose state had the business edge, and whose sports teams did the best.
After the Florida House of Representatives passed HB 1475, the measure prohibiting transgender “biological males” from competing in women’s sports, and after the same measure stalled in the Florida Senate, the Lee County School District has quietly approved “radical” transgender policies without allowing for public debate or consultation. The move is widely seen by Republicans as a Democratic Party move...
President Joe Biden continues his unprecedented power push to undo many Trump-era executive orders, signing 19 edicts in three days, including the lifting of the controversial ban of transgender individuals allowed to serve in the military.