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Texas GOP’s bills targeting transgender children have exacted a mental health toll, even if they don’t become law
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Transgender rights activists gather outside the entrance to the House floor on May 23, 2021.
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The bill would prevent transgender Texas children from joining school sports teams that match their gender identity
Megan Munce, The Texas Tribune
May 5, 2021
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Kameron Davis, 22, stands with a Transgender Pride Flag hanging in the hallway at Thrive Youth Center, a shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth, where he lives at Haven for Hope in San Antonio on Friday, May 31, 2019.Lisa Krantz, Staff photographer / Lisa Krantz
A bill that would prevent transgender Texas children from joining school sports teams that match their gender identity failed to advance out of a House committee Tuesday, signaling potential trouble for one of several anti-LGBTQ bills in the Legislature.