They’ve spent months in limbo, anxiously waiting to figure out how they would be able to celebrate Pride Month 2021.
They could emerge from more than a year of isolation to celebrate their identities with the rest of their community, free to live as their authentic selves. Or they would have to prepare to fight for their right to simply exist.
The answer came on the first day of the month dedicated to LGBTQ+ pride, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that bans transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports — a bill dubbed the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.