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Jessica Norton, the mother of a trans student who briefly played on the Monarch High School volleyball team, spoke during a public comment period at a Broward County School Board meeting on Tuesday.
The Department of Justice, headed by William Barr, supports a state law barring trans females from girls' and women's school sports teams.
"The Constitution must always prevail," writes Chief U.S. District Court Judge David C. Nye.
Opinion: "We must fully reject respectability politics and those who espouse it — now is no time for capitulation or compromise," argues Marcie Bianco.
The complaint, filed on behalf of two student athletes, also calls out the law's intrusive "sex verification" requirements in disputed cases.
The Republican governor has taken hateful action against trans people.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a moderate Democrat, called the bill discriminatory and "a solution in search of a problem."
Attacking the rights of transgender Americans doesn’t appear to be a winning strategy.
The bills return to the legislature for expected overrides by Republicans, however.
“There is no way around it, I’m being punished because I am the parent of a transgender student,” Jessica Norton said in a statement to the media.
“The only child that was harmed in this entire investigation was my own child,” Jessica Norton said of her daughter's ban from playing girls' volleyball — a sport her daughter had played for years.
The far right is trotting out scare tactics about transgender people and "anti-Christian bias."
Democrats say the bill would open the door for sexual predators to exploit young people.
The Senate is unlikely to bring the legislation to a vote.
One LGBTQ+ advocate said the new law shows how Republicans like to "play political games and bully transgender children."
The committee had previously allowed each sport's governing body to set policy for trans athletes.
The Promise to America's Children has many far-right groups and activists as supporters, including Penny Young Nance (pictured) of Concerned Women for America.
They're still making false claims that the legislation will destroy religious freedom and women's rights.
The Education and Health and Human Services departments say the state government and high school sports authority are violating cis athletes' Title IX protections.
The bill also seeks to look at inequities based on race, income, and geography, but Republicans say the goal is to rig research for transgender athletes.
While it's not expected to pass the Senate, it's still important to stand up and speak out against such legislation, LGBTQ+ advocates say.
