AUSTIN, Texas — In his clearest sign of support for specific legislation aimed at the LGBTQ community this session, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants state lawmakers to ban transgender athletes from competing in collegiate sports.
Speaking in front of a gathering over the weekend of the Young America’s Foundation in Dallas, Abbott pledged that the Texas Legislature will soon pass a law requiring transgender college athletes to compete according to their sex assigned at birth.
“This next session, we will pass a law prohibiting biological men to compete against women in college sports (sic),” Abbott told host Scott Walker, the former governor of Wisconsin, according to a recording of their discussion.
