Dude! Texas Gov Abbott Signs Bill Into Law Banning Biological Males From Female Sports In Schools

Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Monday.

House Bill 25, authored by state Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, will require student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their time of birth. It is set to go into effect Jan. 18.

The legislation goes further than current rules from the University Interscholastic League, which governs school sports in Texas. Under current UIL rules, a student’s gender is determined by their birth certificate. But UIL also accepts legally modified birth certificates in which someone may have had their sex changed to align with their gender identity.

Such legislation was a top Republican priority and among several conservative initiatives lawmakers passed and sent to Abbott for his signature this year.

On Monday, Swanson said in a statement she was “overjoyed” at Abbott’s decision to sign HB 25 into law. Swanson has argued that the bill intends to ensure fair competition in girls’ sports and uphold Title IX, a federal law that prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex.

“It’s so very, very important that we protect everything that women have gained in the last 50 years,” Swanson said during a committee hearing.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/25/texas-transgender-students-sports/

One thought on “Dude! Texas Gov Abbott Signs Bill Into Law Banning Biological Males From Female Sports In Schools

  1. I’m 6 foot, 220 Lbs…. and I identify as a ballerina.; but since I’m not really a good dancer…. I’ll go into female boxing… I mean … Why not?

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