One speaker was Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer at the University of Kentucky...
Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines Barker speaks Monday, March 13, 2023, in the Capitol in Austin during Texas Values’ Texas Faith & Family Day event. Barker has become an outspoken critic of the NCAA after she was required to swim against Lia Thomas in the 200m freestyle NCAA championships in March 2022. Gaines tied for 5th with Thomas.
Middleton and other Republicans have described the bill as necessary to ensure a level playing field for all athletes, while Democrats and LGBT rights groups have called it discriminatory and detrimental to the mental health of transgender students. Three witnesses were invited by the committee, all of whom were female athletes who were in support of the bill. No transgender athletes were invited to testify. Forty-four people originally signed up to testify at the meeting, which started at 10:30 a.m. Monday, but the bill was not discussed until about 7 p.m., by which time many people had already left.
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