Three Texas Democrats broke party lines to join their Republican colleagues on a measure that would man gender-affirming care fore transgender youth.
SB14 is expected to be one of the most consequential bills in this year's legislative session, severely restricting trans people under 18 from accessing medical care related to transitioning. Texas has, with 29,800 residents between 13 and 17 who identify as transgender. It is the third largest community behind California and New York, according to the Williams Institute, a think tank at the UCLA School of Law.
Texas state senators gather in the chamber on September 20, 2021, in Austin. The Texas House is sending to the Senate a controversial bill that would ban transgender youth from getting hormone therapies, puberty blockers and transition-related surgeries.SB14 has prompted protests at the state Capitol in Austin, where members of the LGBTQ communities and their allies have repeatedly demonstrated against the legislation.
A poll conducted by the University of Texas at Austin last month found that the majority of Texas voters, 58 percent, support banning doctors from offering gender-affirming care to minors.
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