{"id":884304,"date":"2021-10-15T18:29:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T22:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=884304"},"modified":"2021-10-15T18:29:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T22:29:37","slug":"texas-house-passes-bill-to-protect-womens-sports-likely-to-become-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-house-passes-bill-to-protect-womens-sports-likely-to-become-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas House Passes Bill To Protect Women\u2019s Sports; Likely To Become Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-house-passes-bill-to-protect-womens-sports-likely-to-become-law%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=884304&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday mandating that student athletes can only participate on sports teams compliant with birth certificate sex, effectively banning males who identify as transgender from women\u2019s sports teams.<\/p>\n<p>Although similar bills have failed in the state House before, this one, barring a veto from Republican Governor Greg Abbott, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/local\/texas\/texas-transgender-student-athlete-bill-house-legislature\/269-c0038eb5-25dc-4af1-905e-369d3cd44338\">expected<\/a> to become law as the state Senate, having passed similar bills earlier this year, is anticipated to approve the bill.<\/p>\n<p>If the bill becomes law, Texas would be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/texas-house-votes-ban-transgender-girls-sports-2021-10-15\/\">eighth<\/a> state to add such protections for women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, HB 25, passed the state House after a preliminary approval vote of 76-54 and an identical official final vote following 10 hours of debate on the issue. One of the major supporters and authors of the bill, Republican Representative Valoree Swanson, argued on Thursday that passing the bill was a matter of both fairness and recognizing biological differences between men and women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiological males, in addition to having much higher testosterone levels, have many other physiological advantages that girls just cannot overcome,\u201d Swanson said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/10\/14\/texas-transgender-sports-bill\/\">bill<\/a> details that K-12 student athletes at public schools can only participate on sports teams in accordance with the sex on their birth certificate. Importantly, aside from a clerical mistake, the bill does not accept birth certificates if they were changed from someone\u2019s biological sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all know men and women are built differently. And the results prove the unfairness of forcing our daughters and granddaughters to compete against biological males,\u201d Swanson explained last week, according to KVUE. \u201cTo say otherwise doesn\u2019t just reject biology, it denies girls their dignity, self-confidence, and humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Texas Democrats, LGBT activists, and others are upset with the bill, which they claim targets transgender individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe actually also know that this is a nonissue, that there is no issue with transgender and intersex students playing sports,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/10\/14\/texas-transgender-sports-bill\/\">said<\/a> Democrat Mary Gonz\u00e1lez, chair of the Texas House LGBTQ Caucus.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU also weighed in against the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcluding transgender students from participating in sports with their peers violates the Constitution and puts already vulnerable youth at serious risk of mental and emotional harm,\u201d said Adri Perez of the Texas branch of the ACLU.<\/p>\n<p>However, proponents of the bill pushed back, saying that it was necessary to protect fair participation in women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoys can run faster, hit the ball longer if they\u2019re playing softball, hit three-point shots and rebound better. They can beat girls<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday mandating that student athletes can only participate on sports teams compliant with birth certificate sex, effectively banning males who identify as transgender from women\u2019s sports teams.Although similar bills have failed in the state House before, this one, barring a veto from Republican Governor Greg Abbott, is expected to become law as the state Senate, having passed similar bills earlier this year, is anticipated to approve the bill.If the bill becomes law, Texas would be the eighth state to add such protections for women\u2019s sports.The bill, HB 25, passed the state House after a preliminary approval vote of 76-54 and an identical official final vote following 10 hours of debate on the issue. One of the major supporters and authors of the bill, Republican Representative Valoree Swanson, argued on Thursday that passing the bill was a matter of both fairness and recognizing biological differences between men and women.\u201cBiological males, in addition to having much higher testosterone levels, have many other physiological advantages that girls just cannot overcome,\u201d Swanson said on Thursday.The bill details that K-12 student athletes at public schools can only participate on sports teams in accordance with the sex on their birth certificate. Importantly, aside from a clerical mistake, the bill does not accept birth certificates if they were changed from someone\u2019s biological sex.\u201cWe all know men and women are built differently. And the results prove the unfairness of forcing our daughters and granddaughters to compete against biological males,\u201d Swanson explained last week, according to KVUE. \u201cTo say otherwise doesn\u2019t just reject biology, it denies girls their dignity, self-confidence, and humanity.\u201dMany Texas Democrats, LGBT activists, and others are upset with the bill, which they claim targets transgender individuals.\u201cWe actually also know that this is a nonissue, that there is no issue with transgender and intersex students playing sports,\u201d said Democrat Mary Gonz\u00e1lez, chair of the Texas House LGBTQ Caucus.The ACLU also weighed in against the legislation.\u201cExcluding transgender students from participating in sports with their peers violates the Constitution and puts already vulnerable youth at serious risk of mental and emotional harm,\u201d said Adri Perez of the Texas branch of the ACLU.However, proponents of the bill pushed back, saying that it was necessary to protect fair participation in women\u2019s sports.\u201cBoys can run faster, hit the ball longer if they\u2019re playing softball, hit three-point shots and rebound better. They can beat girls in track and field, as I\u2019ve said, they can run faster. They can beat them in wrestling \u2013 that\u2019s already happened in Texas \u2013 because they\u2019re strong. It\u2019s just not fair,\u201d Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told KVUE last month.The bill still needs to pass the state Senate, but proponents are optimistic that the measure will become law this time around.\u201cWe care about Texas girls and we are ready to watch this bill cross the finish line in the Senate. Girls will be protected and able to freely play sports without fear of boys stealing their athletic opportunities in Texas,\u201d said Jonathan Saenz of Texas Values.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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