The Dallas Stars publicly opposed the Texas "bathroom bill" Wednesday that would require transgender people in Texas to only use bathrooms in schools or government buildings based on their birth-certificate gender.
"The Dallas Stars stands strongly opposed to any legislation perceived as discriminatory, including proposed bathroom legislation," team president Jim Lites said, per Lauren McGaughy of the Dallas Morning News. "Dallas welcomes all, and we welcome all."
His statement made the Stars the first team to publicly denounce this particular legislation about bathroom use for transgender people. All of the city's major sports teams appear to be against the legislation, however, per McGaughy:
"While Houston Texans owner Bob McNair has criticized the bill, Lites is the first club president to reject legislation on behalf of an entire team.