Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law legislation that bans trans athletes from participating on collegiate sports teams that match their gender identities on Thursday. The new law will take effect in September.
."The Save Women's Sports Act protects young women at Texas colleges and universities by prohibiting men from competing on a team or as an individual against them in college sports."
Abbott has consistently called trans women and girls"men" and"biological boys" in his messaging around the bill — the latter of which LGBTQ+ media advocacy organization GLAAD"'Biological boy' is a term anti-trans activists often use to disregard and discredit transgender girls and deny them access to society as their authentic gender identity," writes GLAAD.
Advocacy organizations were quick to condemn the new law, with the ACLU of Texas tweeting that the law is"unfair, unconstitutional, and just plain cruel."BREAKING: Gov. Abbott just signed a bill into law banning trans athletes from playing sports at public universities and colleges.Trans students deserve to participate in the sports they love.
."No matter what laws are passed by the extremists currently in power, our communities will find love and support within each other."According to
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