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File #: 21-1815    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 4/20/2021 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 4/27/2021 Final action: 4/27/2021
Title: Request for approval of a resolution in support of transgender children in Harris County and to oppose legislation filed during Texas' 87th Legislative Session that targets transgender children, including by aiming to deny them access to adequate health care, interfere with the decisions between them and their physician, and prevent them from participating in youth sports.
Attachments: 1. 21-1815 Transgender Support Ltr & Reso.pdf

 

To:                                                               Harris County Commissioners Court

 

Through:                                          Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge

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Prepared By:                                          Ariana Campos, Director of Community Relations

 

Subject:                                           Resolution in support of transgender children in Harris County and to oppose legislation filed during Texas’ 87th Legislative Session that targets transgender children, including by aiming to deny them access to adequate health care, interfere with the decisions between them and their physician, and prevent them from participating in youth sports. 

 

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Purpose and Request: 

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Request for approval of a resolution in support of transgender children in Harris County and to oppose legislation filed during Texas’ 87th Legislative Session that targets transgender children, including by aiming to deny them access to adequate health care, interfere with the decisions between them and their physician, and prevent them from participating in youth sports.

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Background and Discussion:

Request for approval of a resolution in support of transgender children in Harris

County and to oppose legislation filed during Texas’ 87th Legislative Session that targets transgender children, including by aiming to deny them access to adequate health care, interfere with the decisions between them and their physician, and prevent them from participating in youth sports. 

 

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Attachments: Court Letter

           Resolution