Florida’s state athletic board fined a high school and put it on probation Tuesday after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Legislature.

The Florida High School Athletic Association fined Monarch High $16,500, ordered the principal and athletic director to attend rules seminars and placed the suburban Fort Lauderdale school on probation for 11 months, meaning further violations could lead to increased punishments. The association also barred the girl from participating in boys sports for 11 months.

The 2021 law, which supporters named “The Fairness in Women’s Sports Act,” bars transgender girls and women from playing on public school teams intended for student athletes identified as girls at birth.

The student, a 10th grader who played in 33 matches over the last two seasons, was removed from the team last month after the Broward County School District was notified by an anonymous tipster about her participation. Her removal led hundreds of Monarch students to walk out of class two weeks ago in protest.

  • @Maggoty
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    1 year ago

    Seems weird to even have the rule in high school sports.

      • @Maggoty
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        141 year ago

        That just sounds like another way to say you have to follow the law even when it’s immoral and harmful.

          • @Maggoty
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            101 year ago

            No but this kind of civil disobedience is the way to do it.

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              -31 year ago

              I agree but im not sure what that has to do with me thinking consequences will follow and people who stand up accept that they will endure them

              Or you saying that me saying that is just another way of saying to obey

              • @Maggoty
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                41 year ago

                It sounded like that’s what you were saying yeah.