In speech, Gov. Greg Abbott suggests trans people should be banned from teaching school

Texas' Republican governor said he wants the state to 'end' teachers wearing clothes that don't conform to their gender identity.

By Sanford Nowlin

In his latest attack on LGBTQ+ Texans, Gov.  Greg Abbott suggested he wants the state to prohibit transgender and gender nonconforming people from being schoolteachers. During a speech at a Young Conservatives of Texas meeting in Dallas on Friday, Abbott said he wants the state to "end" teachers wearing clothes that don't conform to their gender identity, according to a recording shared on social media by Steven Monacelli, special investigative correspondent for the Texas Observer...

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