Today, the Texas state senate voted in a 21-10 vote to advance SB 6, the discriminatory anti-transgender bill many have compared to North Carolina’s HB 2. Citing debunked privacy concerns, the bill aims to restrict restroom access based on the gender listed on a person’s birth certificate, and will also negate any city ordinances that ban discrimination against transgender people. The bill will now go to the state’s House of Representatives.
Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said:
“By voting this bill through, the Texas Senate has officially declared that the 125,000 transgender adults and thousands of trans children who live in Texas are second-class citizens. Trans people in Texas have it hard enough. These legislators are supposed to help their constituents, not add to the struggles they already face. We urge representatives in the House to do the right thing for all Texans and vote against this discriminatory bill.”
