Democrat seeks to ban trans youth from sports in Texas as "retaliation" for his failed agenda
A state representative of the Texas House has reintroduced and passed a bill out of committee that would ban trans youth in the entire state from participating in sports as their gender identity.
The proposal had previously been introduced in the House Education committee after passing the Texas Senate, but stalled — until Rep. Harold Dutton, Jr. (D), upset that a bill that he championed also died in committee, decided to revive it, in spite of his colleagues who are LGBTQ allies and previously worked to end the proposal.
Dutton is the chair of the House Public Education committee, which is slightly under the control of the Republicans with seven members to the Democrats’ six.
When Senate Bill 29, which requires “interscholastic athletic team sponsored or authorized by a school district or open-enrollment charter school” to only allow participants to take part in sports under their “biological sex,” initially did not pass the committee.
When it first came to a vote on May 4, one Republican member was absent, leading to the proposal not having enough votes to pass. Dutton abstained from voting on it.
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This is seriously fucked up!
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