State Rep. Mary Gonzalez, a member of the House LGBTQ Caucus, pictured speaking at an Equality Texas rally, urged her colleagues on the Public Education Committee to vote against a bill barring trans girls from competing in school athletics.
Senate Bill 29, a bill that would ban transgender girl athletes from participating in sports based on their gender identity, died this morning (Tuesday, May 4) in the Texas House’s Public Education Committee.
One Republican, State Rep. Dan Huberty, of Houston was absent and Chairman Harold Dutton, a Democrat, voted present, giving opponents a victory.
Democrats on the committee were staunchly against the bill. Rep. James Talarico of Round Rock called it “lipstick on a pig,” adding he knew his Republican