Texas Senate passes transgender sports bill
that critics decry as another ‘bathroom bill’
Dallas Morning News,
by
Elizabeth Thompson
&
Alex Briseno
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
4/15/2021 6:31:16 PM
The Texas Senate approved a controversial transgender sports bill Thursday that would force young athletes in Texas to compete in sports only that align with their sex as designated on their original birth certificate rather than their gender identity.
The 18-12 vote comes after a marathon hearing on March 26 that featured emotional testimony on the bill that foes decry as discriminatory and anti-LGBTQ. Supporters argue that allowing transgender women to compete on a women’s team puts others in physical danger, while opponents consider it a non-issue, insisting that legislation is unnecessary and unfairly targets transgender youth.
The bill is one of several in the Texas Legislature that bill opponents call anti-transgender.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 4/15/2021 6:41:07 PM (No. 756130)
Thank you, Texas, for saving female sports.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
clipped wings 4/15/2021 6:44:18 PM (No. 756134)
There should be nothing “controversial about this Bill. Biological males should only compete against other biological males. Otherwise the pandering politicians will destroy women’s sports.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Winstonsmith 4/15/2021 6:51:29 PM (No. 756138)
If it makes no difference, why are no female to male converts clamoring to compete in men’s sports???
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
jimincalif 4/15/2021 6:57:40 PM (No. 756147)
Notice the language - "that would force young athletes in Texas to compete in sports only that align"
"Force"?!? Yeah, no bias there. Sheesh!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
SALady 4/15/2021 6:59:22 PM (No. 756149)
You either have biological males competing against biological males and biological females competing against biological females, or you don't have any gender limitations and do away with sports based on gender.
Of course, that would destroy women's sports, since there are few (if any) sports that 99% of females can compete with 99% of males on a level playing field.
So instead I'm sure lie-berals would require that teams be 50/50, and players on the field be 50/50 too. Which would make males stop participating, since it would be far too boring for them.
I don't know what the lie-beral agenda is, but you know it is to destroy everything good and positive that it touches. So ultimately, I'm sure that is their goal for sports too!!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ketchuplover 4/15/2021 7:07:15 PM (No. 756165)
So....it's okay to be PRO-transgender, but it's NOT okay to be ANTI-transgender..... Get it STRAIGHT, LGBTQ, You Don't Mess with Texas!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
downnout 4/15/2021 7:24:24 PM (No. 756186)
Well, how absolutely awful! How dare those Neanderthals! (sarcasm)
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 4/15/2021 7:24:29 PM (No. 756187)
They just passed the same thing in West Virginia and it's awaiting the Governor's (who also happens to be a girl's basketball coach) signature.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 4/15/2021 7:37:07 PM (No. 756198)
Another unbiased article from the Dallas Morning News. /s
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Doc1 4/15/2021 7:44:09 PM (No. 756205)
Time to get out of the NCAA.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
PostAway 4/15/2021 8:45:08 PM (No. 756252)
What is the biggest reason this whole transgender con so stupid? Transgender “women” participating in girl’s sports is one of those topics whose fundamental asininity is there for all to see but it will take this country, blinded by centuries of the idolatry of gifted athletes, many years to realize it. The biggest reason isn’t because the transgender problem is limited to such a small percentage of the population that changing anything to accommodate such a tiny minority is silly, like insisting that the tip of the last hair at the end of the tail should wag the dog. And not because the argument for the insignificance of any gender differences is, in every sense, nonsense, though it is. Or not because this whole “controversy” puts female sports in peril. This whole thing is ridiculous because modern sport in the U.S. is ridiculous. There is absolutely no sane reason why children’s games should be a multi-billion or maybe even trillion dollar enterprise which has a huge influence on elections, tax increases, school funding, public policy, international relations, corruption of ethics and morality, race relations, etc. There is no sane reason why athletes, male or female, should get scholarships to institutions devoted to academia based entirely on their level of athletic prowess. Sports at the high school level should be sponsored by entities other than schools or any other governmentally run entity, such as private clubs. No such club would take a dime of assistance from non-members in any form and participation in sports should be for all interested members. Then the constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of association would allow citizens to handle skulduggery .
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Folsomguy 4/15/2021 8:56:23 PM (No. 756261)
Way to go Texas and screw the ncaa.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
TXknitter 4/15/2021 9:07:35 PM (No. 756270)
I think this makes us what, the third state to do this? Wonderful that states are standing up boldly to this outrage.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 4/15/2021 9:19:44 PM (No. 756277)
Why don't we ever hear about women who've transitioned to men in men sports? This all comes back to South Park. See the "Strong Woman" episode where a former, male, MMA fighter has "transitioned" to be a woman and beats, literally, all the other ladies.
2 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
jasmine 4/15/2021 10:32:07 PM (No. 756324)
According to the Biden administration, any male (XY) who proclaims he "identifies" as female (XX) is entitled to compete against female athletes for college scholarships. The inevitable redistribution of scholarships away from females to XY "competitors" will benefit males.
Why are Democrats AOL at a time when they KNOW female athletes are being robbed of scholarships and privacy?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 4/16/2021 1:52:17 AM (No. 756408)
Run the NCAA out of the state.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Trigger2 4/16/2021 2:23:13 AM (No. 756426)
Exactly how many are there mentally deficient transgenders out there ? Why should the majority of the country's women have to give up sports for the tiny mentally challenged transgenders anyway?
2 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 4/16/2021 6:45:30 AM (No. 756467)
Trannie Youth don’t need sports, they need mental health counciling.
3 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
JimJr 4/16/2021 9:05:04 AM (No. 756596)
It's been long time for the NCAA, as it currently stands, to be torn down. Hopefully, the rest of the states whose major universities are members of the SEC and Big 12 will follow suit. (Mississippi had already passed a similar law and other states are working on them.) The SEC and the Big 12 are the NCAA's golden geese and continuing the stated policy could very well cause it irreparable harm (which would be a good thing).
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
MickTurn 4/16/2021 10:07:12 AM (No. 756673)
There are only TWO genders, GET OVER IT!
If you think you can create more go for it, but THEY need to have their OWN sports and should not be allowed to compete with other genders. Have a crappy Day!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
MDConservative 4/16/2021 10:45:10 AM (No. 756730)
While I support the general idea, this is a classic governmental overreach. There are sanctioning bodies that govern virtually all organized sports. This is their role, not the legislature's. Many of the same people who complain about government involving themselves in private affairs are the cheerleaders for this sort of interference. It supports "their side". Well, then don't whine when liberals turn the tables and do the same.
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