Austin LGBTQ+ advocates oppose bill on Gov. Abbott's desk defining genders

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AUSTIN - Soon to head to Governor Abbott’s desk is a bill that would define a person’s sex in Texas .

If Abbott passes it, Texas would be joining more than a dozen other states with similar laws.

Texas Bill Would Define Genders

Proponents call House Bill 229 the "Women’s Bill of Rights," but LGBTQ+ advocates worry this bill could be used to discriminate, specifically, against those who identify as trans.

The bill defines a female or woman as someone whose reproductive system is developed to produce ova.

The bill would require that strict definition to be used on documents and other data collected by the government. It would require transgender and intersex people to use the sex they were assigned at birth in state records.

Supporters of the bill say it protects sin