Activists attend a #ProtectTransKids rally outside Orlando City Hall after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a ban on transgender girls from competing in girl’s and women’s sports during a new coronavirus pandemic, June 1, in Orlando, Fla. (Phelan M.
Ebenhack/Associated Press) DeSantis OKs limits on trans athletes BOBBY CAINA CALVAN | Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s Republican governor signed a bill June 1 barring transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes identified as girls at birth, plunging the state into the national culture debate over transgender rights. “In Florida, girls are going to play girls sports and boys are going to play boys sports,” Gov.