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Texas Bans Transgender Girls From School Female Sports

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has signed a bill prohibiting transgender girls from participating in female sports in public schools, a measure that goes beyond the state’s current rules, which already prohibit some transgender students from participating in classes of sports aligned with their gender identity.

From washingtonpost.com:

Under House Bill 25, which will go into effect Jan. 18, student-athletes will be allowed to participate in interscholastic athletic competitions only as part of teams that correspond to the sex listed on their birth certificates at or near the time of their birth. Modified birth certificates may be referred to only if they were edited to correct clerical errors, not if an individual legally changed sex on the document.

Competitive school-level sports in Texas are overseen by the University Interscholastic League, which stipulates that students participate on teams in accordance with the gender listed on their birth certificates. The UIL, however, accepts legally modified birth certificates that individuals have changed to accurately reflect their gender identity. The new state law, which Abbott signed Monday, is expected to override this and be adopted by the UIL.

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