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Florida governor OKs limits on transgender student athletes

by Bobby Caina Calvan
| June 1, 2021 1:03 PM

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's Republican governor signed a bill Tuesday barring transgender females from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes born as girls, plunging the state into the national culture war over transgender rights.

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