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Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Democratic state Rep. Harold Dutton on Friday revived and helped advance a bill that would restrict transgender students from participating in school sports, in what appears to be a retaliatory effort directed at members of his own party for sinking one of his bills. Senate Bill 29, abhorred by fellow Democrats, would require the University Interscholastic League to force students to play on the sports teams based on their biolo...

The bill would prevent transgender Texas children from joining school sports teams that match their gender identity Megan Munce, The Texas Tribune May 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Kameron Davis, 22, stands with a Transgender Pride Flag hanging in the hallway at Thrive Youth Center, a shelter for homeless LGBTQ youth, where he lives at Haven for Hope in San Antonio on Friday, May 31, 2019.Lisa Krantz, Staff photographer / Lisa Krantz A bill that would prevent transgender Texas children from joining school sports teams that match their gender identity failed to advance out of a House committee ...

Bookmark Article An anti-trans bill in Texas that would've banned trans girls from women's sports teams has stalled. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) An anti-trans bill in Texas that would ban trans students from playing sports on the team corresponding to their gender identity has failed to advance out of a House committee. On Tuesday (4 May), Senate Bill 29 was taken up by the Texas House Public Education committee, which is made up of six Democrats and seven Republicans. SB29 is the first anti-trans Senate bill to get a committee vote in the lower chamber, but it failed to get the r...