Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks on transgender teachers [Video]

DALLAS — Gov. Greg Abbott suggested Texas public school teachers should be barred from wearing clothes that don’t conform to traditional gender norms, raising the prospect that the GOP-controlled Legislature could pursue restrictions on transgender teachers and how they dress.

This story comes from The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans – and engages with them – about public policy, politics, government, and statewide issues.

Abbott, addressing the Young Conservatives of Texas convention in Dallas, made the remarks as he recounted the story of a male teacher in North Texas who wore a pink dress for his school’s spirit day earlier this year.

“This person, a man, dressing as a woman in a public high school in the state of Texas, he’s trying to normalize …