Senate bill targeting trans kids in sports dies in committee

[TexasTowelie]

Senate Bill 29, a bill that would ban transgender girl athletes from participating in sports based on their gender identity, died this morning (Tuesday, May 4) in the Texas House’s Public Education Committee.

One Republican, State Rep. Dan Huberty, of Houston was absent and Chairman Harold Dutton, a Democrat, voted present, giving opponents a victory.

Democrats on the committee were staunchly against the bill. Rep. James Talarico of Round Rock called it “lipstick on a pig,” adding he knew his Republican colleagues on the committee don’t like the bill. Voting it out would be “enough to tarnish the name of this committee.”

House LGBTQ Caucus Chair Mary Gonzalez, D-Clint, urged her colleagues to vote no after hearing testimony from educators who opposed the bill.

Read more: https://dallasvoice.com/senate-bill-targeting-trans-kids-in-sports-dies-in-committee/

[rampartc]

1. in a previous thread it was reported that fox has run 126 stories on this "problem"

but has found only 9 of these transgender athletes.

i don't know what a "fair" solution would look like. maybe an asterisk in the record books?