The measure would expand on a ban for younger athletes that the GOP-controlled Legislature approved in 2021.
Rep. Valoree Swanson, sponser of SB15, outlines the bill during discussion on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, on May 17, 2023. SB15 prohibits transgender athletes in higher education from competing in accordance to their gender identity.The Texas House on Wednesday approved a bill that would block transgender athletes from playing on college sports teams that match their gender identity.
The Legislature passed similar legislation in 2021 that covered younger athletes. Swanson said Wednesday, “it is now time for collegiate women as well.” “In spite of all of that SB 15 does nothing to save women’s sports,” Bucy said, referring to the way Republicans have talked about the bill. “It does nothing to support Title IX and does nothing to address real and documented threats to equal access and opportunity in sports. Nothing.”
Thomas and Telfer did not win every event in either of those championships. After their wins, World Athletics and World Aquatics, two sports governing bodies for running and swimming respectively,Swanson argued the athletes were examples of how transgender women consistently beat their competitors in women’s sports competitions. A
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