The bill is almost certain to be signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, who's made transphobia part of his political brand. Texas txlege TexasTaliban protecttranskids TransRightsAreHumanRights TransRights GregAbbott
Advocates gather in Austin last year to speak out against anti-transgender proposals being debated in the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature.
Over the protests of LGBTQ+ advocates and families with trans kids, the Senate has voted 19-12 to accept a House version of the legislation and send it to Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott, a Republican who'sIf the proposal, authored by Texas Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, does become law, Texas would be the largest state to pass such legislation. The ban would affectCampbell and other supporters of the bill have couched it as an effort to protect children.
“Our children need counseling and love, not blades and drugs,” Campbell also said in her promotion of the bill — even though surgery is almost never used as part of minors' gender-affirming care. "This is what happens when you become invisible as a community," Stone said."By design, this legislation is targeting kids who don't vote, and it targets a part of the LGBTQ community that a lot of people don't know much about."
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