Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill on Tuesday banning transgender girls and women from competing in women's scholastic sports. (Elementary school athletes are not included.)
“In Florida, girls are going to play girls’ sports, and boys are going to play boys’ sports,” DeSantis said, according to the Miami Herald.
DeSantis signed the bill on the first day of Pride Month, but he denied that he was trying to send a message with the timing.
"It’s not a message to anything other than saying we’re going to protect fairness in women’s sports," he said.