While supporters of the bill testified about what they call an unfair advantage men have over women, Euless-native Mack Beggs spoke from a different perspective. Beggs transitioned to a man but was forced to compete with female wrestlers.
This week, a number of bills impacting the transgender community are being debated and moving forward.
Last session, lawmakers passed a law requiring grade school children play sports according to their gender at birth.The topic of transgender athletes has continued to make headlines in recent years. Most notably in 2022 when Lia Thomas, a transgender woman, became the first to win a Division I NCAA title in any sport.
The bill would make transgender college athletes compete in the sport associated with the gender assigned at birth. The Senate also gave initial approval to Senate Bill 14, which would ban transition-related care for transgender kids. Republicans had previously voted to allow kids currently receiving such care to continue doing so.
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