Gov. Greg Abbott signs law placing limits on collegiate transgender athletes

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Austin American-Statesman

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Thursday that requires college athletes to play on teams that align with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Under Senate Bill 15, which supporters have dubbed the "Save Women’s Sports Act," transgender women will be required to play on men’s teams and transgender men will have to play on women’s teams.

Flanked by current and former collegiate athletes at the signing ceremony at the Capitol, Abbott said, “Women’s sports are being threatened." He said it’s not fair for transgender women to compete against cisgender women for titles, competitions and athletic records.

“Women in Texas can be assured that the integrity of their sports will be protected in Texas,” he said.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/06/15/sb-15-texas-gov-greg-abbott-signs-law-banning-restricting-transgender-college-athletes-sports/70325866007/

[madaboutharry]

1. A small-minded hateful man.

He has no soul and no heart. And here is another fact; He could not care less about women.

[bronxiteforever]

14. +1

[groundloop]

2. Another GQP red herring - gotta' give their uneducated base someone to hate.

And another thing..... how's it gonna' work out if the NCAA has to deal with 50 different sets of eligibility rules?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

27. Another Texas Payday for Lawyers Defending Unconstitutional ProHate Laws!

Taxpayers, cough up the retainer! Again!

[Lemon Lyman]

3. DUMB FUX

Another stupid f*cking wedge issue targeting a minority, bullied group.

[C Moon]

4. Sounds like he is getting ready to throw his hat in the 2024 ring.

[Skittles]

5. limits on trans, not guns

that is some fucked-up shyte right there

[vercetti2021]

16. No brainer to what?

Eradicating us trans people from existing?

[vercetti2021]

20. We are not men

You understand what you're saying here right? You're calling me a man still despite all the treatment and surgery I've been through. Trans athletes are not common. They are very very small part of anything.

[Oneironaut]

21. They're a scumbag who loves the power of kicking trans people while they're down.

Don’t take it to heart. You are valid and loved, unlike the assholes here spreading misery.

[vercetti2021]

23. Well I bet they weren't expecting you and I

They think that trans people don't exist on DU. But once again the fact that these posts are still up pretty telling

[MayReasonRule]

38. I Think That This Will Backfire And Bring Transexuals Into Greater Acceptance Within Athletics

Abbot is a malevolently delusional fascist idiot.

Keep doing your thing y'all, there's plenty of love in the south for ya'!

[obamanut2012]

29. Who was this?????

PM me.

I am so fucking sick of this shit. I keep getting stalked and having pro trans posts alerted and hidden, I am fucking done with this bigotry.

[vercetti2021]

31. Check your DMs

I sent them all there

[vercetti2021]

15. Fuck that noise

You're not about to tell me I'm still a man. Absolutely not on DU. What hes doing to us is trying to eradicate us. But i guess that isn't a good enough reason to cause a fuss over such a small fucking minority is it?

[Oneironaut]

18. You're a transphobic asshole

I’ll take the hide. Thanks.

[Hugin]

26. No hide for you.

[Oneironaut]

22. I have no problems with sports teams making rules.

However, the responses to your post demonstrate why I refuse to cede any ground. It’s not about sports. They’re just trying to slow walk a genocide.

[obamanut2012]

30. +1

[MayReasonRule]

39. Indeed, Of Anyone Or Anything That Dare Oppose Their Unbridled Crimes Against Humanity

I agree!

[vercetti2021]

24. Yeah because we're such a big threat to sports

Sports leagues are going to be fine women's sports and men's sports it's not like there's an overwhelming in the amount of transgender athletes out there about to fuck it all up. Also I would never want your money. You can't say you take this money then punch down

[progree]

8. Fair warning on the Terms of Service,

"For your information, our definition of transphobia includes, but is not limited to: Misgendering, deadnaming, or otherwise refusing to recognize a trans person's gender identity; Arguing that trans people are not "real" men or women; Arguing that trans people should not have the same rights as cis people -- for example, the right to use public restrooms OR PLAY SPORTS THAT MATCH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY; Arguing that there is any scientific basis for discriminating against trans people."

Emphasis added. The above is from the alert for Bigotry/Insensitivity, but it's also in the Terms of Service. https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

EarlG wrote more at https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215969127
https://www.democraticunderground.com/101312142

I have not and will not alert, but I guarantee that there are people who won't be the least bit shy to do whatever it takes to bring it to the ultimate decider's attention, who has made his viewpoint pellucidly clear.

(This isn't directed at the OP, but rather to some thread participants who may not know)

[SouthernDem4ever]

11. I am glad to see TX has such pressing issues to deal with

[groundloop]

25. Yep.... this is a totally made-up "problem"

From a quick search it seems that there are fewer than 100 trans women competing in college sports nationwide. That's a totally miniscule percentage. The only reason the GQP cares about this "problem" is that it keeps their base fired up (it's even working here on DU it appears).

[Botany]

12. And exactly where in TX is this a problem?

[ificandream]

13. They should dub it the "We Hate People Act".

The cruelty of these idiots never ceases to amaze me.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

28. Hate is their mantra, their cult, their mojo. They are evil of a type thought banished in 1945.

Nothing new under the Sun, now the embrace of hate and terrorism as good politics shines on America!

The evil gets away with it time after time because in large part the mass media isn’t totally against the idea…it’s very profitable, in money and power.

[MayReasonRule]

37. Y'all Qaeda Nat-C GOP Fascists Control SCOTUS, The House, And Gerrymandered Voter Suppressed States

Fascism is here and thriving.

There's only one cure for fascism.

Germany outlawed their National Socialist Nazi Party 80 years ago.

It's long past time we abolished fascism, it's support, it's symbology, and it's political party, the GOP.

[AntivaxHunters]

32. We need a dedicated show on the MSM networks

that covers the mass genocide that Republicans are washing against the LGBTQIA community.

MSNBC or CNN should do this. There's more than enough to cover & the word needs to get out to people immediately. I'm sick & tired of the silence while the LGBTQIA is severely harmed.

[LiberalFighter]

33. Exactly how does Texas decide who can participate in the NCAA?

[obamanut2012]

34. I wondered that, too

[kimbutgar]

36. Because the most important thing that affects the everyday lives of Texans are

Transgender college athletes who meet people who rarely never encounter!

Yes Abbott forget global warming, gun violence, keeping kids safe in schools and educating them are not as important as banning transgender college athletics.

[tonekat]

40. Majorly offensive that governors who know better,

who are educated, and know what a fallacy the denial of the existence of the transgendered is, do this just to please their goober rube supporters.

[Initech]

41. What a worthless fucking asshole Abbott is.

Fuck him, Fox News, and the MAGA Christian Taliban conspiracy theorists that installed him. If there is a hell, it waits for them.

[Rhiannon12866]

42. +100

[machoneman]

43. Overreach. The pendulum will swing the other way as Texans reject his hateful ways. And yes...

...this is another wedge issue to deflect from Abbott's failings with the energy grid, medical insurance shortfalls and many more real issues that could be addressed. Texans need to vote him out and hope to hell that his grifter AG goes to jail.

[madville]

44. Folks have been saying this

For 25+ years, since GWB was governor, then Perry, now Abbott. That pendulum appears to be stuck….

[area51]

45. Abbott needs to get off his ass & do something *for* TX,

like fix the power grid and expand Medicaid.

[Initech]

47. No all he cares about is Fox News culture war bullshit and looking good on talk shows.

I swear that if you took away the talk shows, no one would listen to them.

[Initech]

46. Fucking stupid asshole internet conspiracy theorists!!!