Two bills approved Monday by a Texas Senate committee would require transgender athletes to participate on sports teams that correspond with the studentâs sex at birth. Credit: Getty Images/iStock
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Legislation that would limit transgender studentsâ participation in school sports advanced out of a Senate committee on Monday after similar legislation failed to pass during the regular session.
With no Democratic members present after dozens of Democrats fled the state, in an attempt to halt GOP-backed voting restrictions legislation,
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Thirteen bills were proposed during the 87th Legislative session relating to people who identify as transgender. Author: Allysa Tellez (KENS) Updated: 7:04 PM CDT May 30, 2021
SAN ANTONIO More than two dozen bills were introduced this legislative session regarding folks in the LGBTQ community, with more than a dozen of them considered anti-trans by some advocacy organizations, transgender people and their families.
“It would be really hard for me to tell her that people hate her, Cassie Villela, the mother of a trans child, said.
For Villela and fellow mother, Annaliese Cothron, this legislative session has been a waiting game.
“To me it wasn’t fair to single out my child based on their gender expression, Cothron said.
May 24 Their daughter is only 11, but they are already well acquainted with the legislative process. Four years ago, Libby Gonzales and her family traveled from Dallas to Austin to speak out against a failed piece of legislation that would have dictated where transgender Texans may use the bathroom. Libby made headlines for testimony she prepared for lawmakers as they considered the so-called .