Here are the new Texas laws that will affect trans and LGBTQ+ people

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Here are the new Texas laws that will affect trans and LGBTQ+ people

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Story by Ayden Runnels (11 June 2025)

HB 229 defines a woman as "an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova," and a man as "an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female."

... The bill may also force those who have already switched their documents to match their identified gender to have changes reverted when they are renewed.

Senate Bill 1188 creates a new section on all state medical records listing patients' assigned sex at birth and any physical sexual development disorders. It also bans changes to those gender markers for any reason other than clerical errors, and creates civil penalties for medical professionals who do change them.

SB 1257 is the first legal mandate for detransition care in the United States, making Texas a testing ground for insurance companies' appetite to keep or pull coverage.

House Bill 18, primarily an overhaul of rural health care including a rural pediatric mental health care program, bans minors from accessing its resources for gender-affirming mental health counseling "inconsistent with the child's biological sex."

House Bill 1106, asserts that parents who do not recognize or affirm their child's gender identity cannot be held liable for abuse or neglect because of that lack of recognition.

Senate Bill 12 bans Texas schools from teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity and forbids student clubs "based on" those subjects.

Senate Bill 13 gives school boards and new advisory councils greater oversight to remove books from school libraries that go against "local community values."