Austin’s CBS affiliate. “I have families that are legitimately concerned about a biological male playing in a competitive contact sport and doing bodily injury permanently.” But Perry admitted he didn’t know of any trans athletes currently involved in interscholastic sports in Texas.Democratic Sen.
Nathan Johnson said concerns about safety should focus on certain sports where the majority of injuries occur, such as football, The Texas Tribune reports.
He also said the legislation could hurt not only trans kids but cisgender or nonbinary ones who have a nontraditional gender expression, and said it’s dealing with a nonexistent problem.“I think we spend a lot of time anticipating things that aren’t going to happen,” he said.