Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to Texas state agency heads directing them to follow state and federal law, including President Donald Trump’s executive order, in rejecting radical sexual orientation and gender identity ideologies.
Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to Texas state agency heads directing them to follow state and federal law, including President Donald Trump’s executive order , in rejecting radical sexual orientation and gender identity ideologies.
“The State of Texas recognizes only two sexes—male and female—and sex discrimination consists in treating a member of one sex less favorably than the other, absent some pertinent difference,” reads the letter. “Others have sought to distort the guarantee that men and women must be treated equally in order to impose mandates concerning sexual orientation and gender identity. On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, rejecting similar efforts by the Biden-Harris Administration to distort commonsense notions of biological sex. As the Chief Executive Officer of the State, I direct you to follow state and federal law. All Texas agencies must ensure that agency rules, internal policies, employment practices, and other actions comply with the law and the biological reality that there are only two sexes—male and female.”
Under Governor Abbott’s leadership, Texas fought back against former President Joe Biden’s attempt to impose illegal sexual orientation and gender identity ideologies, including:
- Condemning President Biden’s illegal rewrite of Title IX and directing the Texas Education Agency to ignore the Biden Administration’s new rules.
- Directing Texas’ public university systems and community colleges to reject President Biden’s illegal rewrite of Title IX and refrain from implementing any new system-wide policy related to the order.
