![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This year, governors in seven other states-Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Montana, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia-have signed similar legislation. LGBTQ advocates point out that barring transgender youth from playing sports can pose risks to their mental and physical health. Lawmakers and supporters of the bills argued that allowing transgender girls to participate in sports threatens athletic opportunities for cisgender women and girls. The legislation, which failed to pass at least five times during the regular legislative session, advanced at a state Senate Health and Human Services Committee meeting earlier this month, where a 24-hour notice rule was suspended, according to The Texas Tribune. Greg Abbott this week became the latest governor to sign a bill to bar transgender youth from competing on high school sports team that don’t align with their biological gender at birth. ![]()
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