13-year-old transgender girl sues Florida after governor celebrated Pride Month with anti-trans law

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
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A transgender teen from Broward County is suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for the right to play sports on girls’ teams at her public school.

On June 1, the first day of Pride Month, DeSantis signed S.B. 1028 into law, requiring girls whose gender is “disputed” (or all girls who want to participate in school sports, the bill is not clear) to show a birth certificate from “at or near birth.”

Related: Louisiana Governor vetoes bill banning transgender girls from playing school sports

“In Florida, girls are going to play girls sports and boys are going to play boys sports,” DeSantis said at the bill-signing ceremony, which took place in a Christian school in Jacksonville. “We’re going to make sure that that’s the reality.”

Thirteen-year-old Daisy alleges that the law discriminates against her and takes important opportunities away from her.

Daisy has spent the past five years playing sports on girls’ teams, but starting Thursday the new law will take away her ability to do so.

The Human Rights Campaign filed the lawsuit on Daisy’s behalf. It alleges the Florida law violates…

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