Texas Close to Passing ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ Banning Transgender Athletes at Collegiate Level

The Republican-led Texas legislature is on the verge of banning biological males identifying as female from competing in women’s collegiate sports.
Texas House Republicans withstood multiple attempts by Democrats to scuttle or weaken Senate Bill 15, called the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” when it was presented for a second reading and vote on May 17.
The bill passed mainly along party lines. A third vote on the bill is expected the next day before it returns to the Senate for approval and then to the governor.
If passed into law, Texas would join a growing number of red states prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on teams that don’t align with their sex at birth….