Gregory Wayne Abbott (born November 13, 1957) is an American attorney who has served as the 48th governor of Texas since January 20, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Abbott previously served as the 50th attorney general of Texas from 2002 to 2015. He is the third governor of any U.S. state to permanently use a wheelchair. He is also the first disabled governor in Texas history.
Texas Governor Wants to Ban Trans People from Being Teachers
The Little Mermaid.The famously anti-LGBTQ Libs of TikTok claimed Tjachyadi was a crossdresser and drag queen with a “fetish for wearing women’s clothing to work.”Tjachyadi was placed on administrative leave in February while an investigation examined his attire during school “dress-up days,” in which students and teachers are permitted to wear costumes or other attire that match a specific theme.Even though the internal investigation found that he had broken no policies, Tjachyadi decided to resign, stating that the negative press the school had received — and hateful comments posted to social media — had become a “distraction” for students.Abbott had previously weighed in on Tjachyadi’s attire, seeking to marshal conservative outrage over gender-nonconformity into support for his plan for school vouchers, writing on social media,”No parent should be forced by the state to send their child to this school.”No parent should be forced by the state to send their child to this school.I'm fighting for the right of parents to send their children elsewhere.Parents deserve school choice in Texas.
The candidates I am backing will deliver that school choice. https://t.co/8osk9AWDlE— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) February 18, 2024Abbott claimed that Tjachyadi was “a man who would go to school dressed as a woman in a dress, high heels, and makeup” in his speech to the Young Conservatives on Saturday.“A man, dressing as a woman, in a public high school in the state of Texas [is] trying to normalize the concept that this type of behavior is okay,” said Abbott. “This type of behavior is not okay.
