By Steve Gorman - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools, joining a wave of similar measures emerging from Republican-controlled statehouses across the country. Supporters of the bill, due to take effect on Jan. 18, say it is aimed at protecting fairness in school sports by eliminating

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Texas governor signs bill banning transgender girls from female sports in schools

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law on Monday that restricts transgender youth in public school sports teams.

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The bill is due to take effect in January 2022

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs law restricting transgender student participation in school sports

TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law restricting Texas’ transgender student-athletes from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity.House Bill 25, authored by state Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, will require student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their time of birth. It g…

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports in schools

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas’ transgender student athletes will be restricted from playing on K-12 school sports teams that align with their gender identity under a bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law this week.House Bill 25, authored by state Rep. Valoree Swanson, R-Spring, will require student athletes who compete in interscholastic competition to play on sports teams that correspond with the sex listed on their birth certificate at or near their …

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When the bill goes into effect in January, transgender students will be forced to compete on the team that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificate – which differs from their gender identity.

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday signed a law banning transgender

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Abbott signs sports bill targeting transgender students in Texas

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill banning transgender girls from participating in female sports at public schools.

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