On Tuesday, the first day of Pride Month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill known as the “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act.” The law prohibits transgender athletes from competing in sports that don’t correspond with the biological sex listed on their original birth certificates. It applies to both high school and college sports in the state of Florida. Controversial as this may be, it is the right move.

There is nothing so sexist as men encroaching upon a domain that is meant for women and demanding they be allowed to compete. Separating male athletes and female athletes into categories of competition and natural ability is the very definition of equality. This is exactly what a fair playing field looks like. Allowing male athletes to trespass on the territory of female athletes gives them an extremely unfair advantage. Attempting to rectify that through legislation protects female athletes from a modern brand of misogyny that society is being forced to accept.