Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Commissioner Sid Miller has received an avalanche of media attention about a new memorandum that requires agency employees to dress “in a manner consistent with their biological gender.” First reported by the Texas Observer on Monday, the policy forces transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming employees into the closet by preventing them from expressing their gender identity.
In a Wednesday morning appearance on Spectrum News 1 Austin, Miller doubled down on his anti-trans bigotry.
“When a man comes dressed in drag or vice versa, it’s very disruptive; it’s not professional,” he told Spectrum. “We want you to come looking like you’re professional and representing.”
