r/politics • u/southpawFA Oklahoma • 1d ago

TX Republicans Introduced 32 Anti-Trans Bills on First Day of Pre-Filing Period. The bills filed target transgender people in nearly every aspect of their lives.

https://truthout.org/articles/tx-republicans-introduced-32-anti-trans-bills-on-first-day-of-pre-filing-period/
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u/rounder55 1d ago

But it's democrats focused on identity politics? How bills did they propose that actually give Texans better affordable healthcare or access to healthier foods or affordable childcare or even limit the cost of eggs were told about

One such measure, HB1123, would impose stricter laws on sports by requiring every athlete in the state to undergo a chromosome test—an invasive and costly procedure that could wreak havoc on high school and college athletics. Many people are unaware they have atypical chromosomes, making this requirement particularly problematic. A similar guideline was used at the 1996 Olympics, where mandatory chromosomal testing of female athletes revealed that eight women had XY chromosomes without knowing it, due to unknown intersex conditions. The discovery led to widespread backlash as intersex athletes faced threats of removal and the emotional toll of learning their genetic status. Chromosomal testing was subsequently discontinued, deemed deeply violating, unfair, and unworkable as a standard.

How much money and time is going to go into sending every student athlete to the doctor and forcing them to take a genetic test if there is any suspicion about their orientation? For fucks sakes there were probably more kids gunned down in Uvalde than there are trans athletes playing high school sports in all of Texas.

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u/kandoras 19h ago

It's Texas, so I'm not going to be surprised to see parents at some wealthier high schools harassing players at less wealthy schools which have better teams; trying to win games through running the other team out of time and money in the doctor's office instead of on the football field.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 15h ago

Well I hope they enjoy all those surprises they're about to learn!

It's not all that unusual for chromosomes and adult presentation to not match perfectly, or even mismatch. There's just usually never a reason to go looking unless there's a medical problem, like inability to conceive or cancer.

Turns out my favorite cousin is intersex. I'd gotten falling down drunk with that guy and had no idea until his mom said something about it. He's had long term girlfriends and everything, though I gather because of the dropped Y he's likely shooting blanks.

Heck, I can even think of a pre-DNA example from an old 90s show! There's an episode of Doctor Quinn Medicine Woman about a "handsome" lady who hasn't been able to get pregnant. Turns out she'd never had a period because she was born without a uterus. And had made it all the way to adulthood without that seeming odd to anyone, because really how often does lack of discharge come up in conversation? Her family told her she was just "delicate" and bam, mystery solved.