Transgender athletes can’t play on Texas college sports teams that don’t align with their birth sex under a new law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday.
Representatives from 13 schools, including the University of Texas and Texas State University, told thethat they were not aware of ever having had a transgender athlete compete; the remaining declined or did not respond.
Former and current women’s athletes attended Thursday’s signing ceremony, including two athletes from UT — rising senior swimmer Ellie McLeod and rising redshirt sophomore volleyball player Makenna Miller — and Kassidy Comer, a rising redshirt sophomore basketball player at Midwestern State University.
Supporters of the bill say it’s about fairness in women’s sports by ensuring that women would only be competing against other biological women. Jeri Shanteau, a former All-American collegiate swimmer and 11-time national champion for Auburn University, said the law is not about discriminating against transgender people.
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