The Florida House is poised to pass a measure that would bar transgender females from participating in girls’ and women’s high-school and college sports, amid fierce opposition from Democrats and warnings about potential financial repercussions.
The House on Tuesday took up the so-called “Fairness In Women’s Sports Act” (HB 1475), positioning it for a vote on Wednesday.
The proposal would make participation in athletics contingent on determining students’ “biological sex,” a disputed term that refers to the sex assigned at birth.
Bill sponsor Kaylee Tuck, R-Lake Placid, said the measure is aimed at ensuring that women and girls do not become “sideline spectators in their own sports.” Central to her argument is an assertion that males have