The new law states that athletes must play on the teams of the biological sex on their birth certificate. As the new bill was signed into law at a Christian academy in Jacksonville on Tuesday, which marked the start of Pride Month, Republican governor Ron DeSantis said: “In Florida, girls are going to play girls sports and boys are going to play boys sports.
We’re going to make sure that that’s the reality.” He continued: “We believe that is very important that the integrity of these competitions are preserved.
We’re gonna go based on biology, not based on ideology when we’re doing sports.” The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which is sure to be deemed unconstitutional, says sports teams for girls and women “may not be open to students of