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‘If We Feel The Civil Rights Are Being Violated, We Will Act’: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona On Transgender Athletes In Women’s Sports

Joe Morgan
‘If We Feel The Civil Rights Are Being Violated, We Will Act’: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona On Transgender Athletes In Women’s Sports
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On June 1, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis became the latest governor to protect the rights of girls and women competing in athletics, by signing a bill into law — the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” — which prohibits biological men from competing against female athletes. 

Florida became the eighth state to protect female athletes from being forced to compete against biological men. 

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