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Texas republicans want to outlaw the changing of a person’s sex on their birth certificate. Activists say this will protect women.
Mary Elizabeth Castle with the group “Texas Values” says it will keep biological males out of battered womens shelters.
Today’s hearing also brought a number of civil rights groups, who fear that the change will disenfranchise transgender Texans. Without a change on official documents, they may be questioned when they go to vote.
