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Florida governor OKs limits on transgender student athletes

by Bobby Caina Calvan
| June 2, 2021 12:06 AM

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

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