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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
By Eleanor Klibanoff

Trans Texans brace for life under strict sex definition law

Leo Tyler Castillo-Anguiano poses for a portrait underneath an overpass in downtown San Antonio on May 26, 2025. Behind him is artwork of a woman holding a transgender symbol like a rosary, connecting the city’s predominant Catholic faith with a message of alliance with the transgender community.
Leo Tyler poses for a portrait in downtown San Antonio on May 26, 2025. Behind him is artwork of a woman holding a transgender symbol like a rosary, connecting the city’s predominant Catholic faith with a message of alliance with the transgender community. (Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune)

It was in a San Antonio courtroom in 2015 that Leo Tyler felt he became who he was always meant to be.

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