Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into Texas law that effectively bans biological males from competing against biological females in public schools.
NeonnettleThe groundbreaking bill impacts sports from elementary school to collegiate sports. The new law is due to take effect in mid-January and is aimed at protecting fairness in sports.
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.
The news comes after mounting concerns about the inherent physical competitive advantage of transgender male athletes playing on female teams. Seven other states have passed similar laws this year.
The effort is part of a Republican-led national campaign that started in March 2020 when Idaho barred biological male athletes from competing on sports teams against those born female in public schools or colleges.
Enforcement of the Idaho ban has been blocked by a federal court pending the outcome of a legal challenge against the measure.
Other states whose legislatures have followed Idaho’s lead include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Montana, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
Meanwhile, South Dakota’s governor acted by executive order.
Some of those are likewise under court challenge.
Still, at least 35 bills to exclude transgender youth from athletics have been introduced in 31 states this year, up from 29 in 2020 and two in 2019, according to a tally earlier this year by the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The transgender sports measure marks the latest in a slate of conservative bills advanced by Texas’s legislature and Republican governor this year.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE (Partial list):
Florida bans transgender female athletes from competing in school sports
Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Banning Trans Athletes From School Sports
Pennsylvania lawmakers push bill banning transgender athletes from women’s sports
Inside Idaho’s Ban on Trans Women in Sports
North Dakota lawmakers pass bill that would ban transgender athletes from sports teams
Arkansas Governor touts bill banning trans girls from female sports teams
Kentucky lawmaker introduces bill to ban transgender women from women’s sports
Chris Tyrrell says
Well done G. Abott and three cheers for Texas.
Karl says
May I ask why you seem to have a positive attitude towards homosexuals and a negative attitude towards transgender people?
BareNakedIslam says
I believe homosexuals are born that way, while transgenderism is an unnatural and unscientific choice, suddenly made popular by Leftist idiots as their new favorite anti-Christian cause. Paedophilia-acceptance is their next agenda coming right behind so-called “trans” nonsense. Unless you can prove that they change their DNA, they cannot be another gender. Period.
In any case, this blog is about Islam. It’s my fault for occasionally deviating from the theme, but don’t waste much time on it here. It’s mostly off topic.
gornisht-helfen says
I think that during certain time periods, homosexuality involved a political statement, Clearly the urge for opposite sex contact was not compelling.
MuhahahahahahahahahaMAD says
Because a de-dicked man is NOT a woman, no matter regardless of the degenerate delusions of the atheist left. Ditto for a woman with an inflatable penis…
MuhahahahahahahahahaMAD says
The transgender wo-man MMA fighter broke a woman’s skull and was undefeated until finally a real woman managed to bring it down.
Sharon H says
Good for Texas! Would love to live there. This is what is meant by states’ rights as set up by our Founding Fathers.
Canuckguy says
It’s a sad pathetic situation when you need a actual law to stop this sort of craziness.
annilinn says
Good news. There are some places in this country where sanity prevails. But not enough .
Az gal says
Great news! A no brainer. AZ also banned it over a year ago. All states should follow suit.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/arizona-state-house-passes-bill-banning-transgender-female/story%3fid=69386064
Ghulam says
Finally some good news we can ALL agree on.
Cheers
BareNakedIslam says
Yes, everyone here. Sadly, there are way too many Leftists in North America and Europe who consider such bans terrible and are fighting them in the courts.