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“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.
“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.
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.
It's against Florida law to allow trans girls to play on the schools' girls sports teams.
Jessica Norton has been through a lengthy investigation by the Broward County schools after she sued over Florida's anti-trans sports law.
The judge ruled that the plaintiffs had not "alleged sufficient facts" to show they had legal standing to challenge the law.
The new rules are seen by local activists as an attempt to "bully and intimidate" affirming school districts.
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The activist and survivor of gun violence was a victim of "swatting," a dangerous practice where hoax calls lead SWAT teams to people's homes.
(CNN) Contentious laws went into effect in Florida during the summer recess that restrict how schools teach topics linked to race and sexual orientation.
The student, who has been repeatedly bullied on school grounds, said her life there has been "a living hell."
There were also out nominees chosen for U.S. House in Arizona and Florida.
Chaz Stevens is using Florida GOP's "stop WOKE act" to prove the Bible's inclusion of topics like racism and LGBTQ+ issues makes it inappropriate for classrooms.
The Republican governor of Florida really did that.
The Centers for Disease Control has released a groundbreaking report on trans youth.
State Rep. Shevrin Jones has won a fourth term but has been mentioned as a potential lieutenant governor candidate.
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