In speech, Gov. Greg Abbott suggests trans people should be banned from teaching school
Editor's note: This story was updated to correct the name of the Texas House candidate Gov. Greg Abbott was stumping for in San Antonio. 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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