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Eugene

(62,646 posts)
Wed Dec 13, 2023, 07:59 PM Dec 2023

Florida high school fined more than $16K for allowing transgender athlete to play girls' volleyball

Source: Politico

Florida high school fined more than $16K for allowing transgender athlete to play girls’ volleyball

The punishments come after Monarch High School in Coconut Creek was rocked by an athletics investigation.

By ANDREW ATTERBURY
12/12/2023 02:46 PM EST
Updated: 12/12/2023 04:38 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida officials leveled sanctions — including a fine — on a Broward County high school Tuesday for allowing a transgender female student who was born as a biological male to play on the girls’ volleyball team.

Carried out by the Florida High School Athletic Association, the move is a substantial one for the state, marking what appears the be the first time a school has been penalized over the 2021 “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans transgender women and girls from competing in women’s and girls’ sports.

The punishments come after Monarch High School in Coconut Creek was rocked by an athletics investigation over a transgender athlete that spurred student protests in solidarity and led to reassignments for local campus leaders, including the principal.


“Thanks to (DeSantis), Florida passed legislation to protect girls’ sports and we will not tolerate any school that violates this law,” Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. wrote in a statement on social media. “We applaud the swift action taken by the FHSAA to ensure there are serious consequences for this illegal behavior.”

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/12/florida-high-school-transgender-sports-law-00131332

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Florida high school fined more than $16K for allowing transgender athlete to play girls' volleyball (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2023 OP
Yes because they care so much about girls' sports Walleye Dec 2023 #1
The student... Chi67 Dec 2023 #2
I get both sides of the question. Any solution only further marginalizes trans women athletes. marble falls Dec 2023 #3
The solution is... Chi67 Dec 2023 #4
In the end that's the solution I see. Maybe this might start a process to make sports a little less important. marble falls Dec 2023 #5
Florida, the epicenter for Idiocracy! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2023 #6

Chi67

(1,103 posts)
2. The student...
Wed Dec 13, 2023, 08:13 PM
Dec 2023

...had the support of her peers as well. Students walked out in protest. Imagine what that poor trans girl is going through right now. Even though the press did not publish her name, you know damn well that right wingers have found out who she is and are harassing her as we speak. And you can damn well bet none of the harassers will face any consequences. The right wing is EVIL, PERIOD. Vote blue! Everyone's rights and lives depend on it!

Chi67

(1,103 posts)
4. The solution is...
Wed Dec 13, 2023, 09:39 PM
Dec 2023

...let the girl play. She's has been on the team for 1.5 years. The students support her. Wasn't an issue til DeSatan, the GQP and Fox News made it an issue.

marble falls

(62,047 posts)
5. In the end that's the solution I see. Maybe this might start a process to make sports a little less important.
Wed Dec 13, 2023, 09:52 PM
Dec 2023
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