The mystery of Texas’ trans mailers Who paid for the midterm panic? Texas court blocks answers before Election Day Salon · Oct 31
GOP Women's Group Named Behind Fake Trans Campaign Telling Texas Kids How To Bypass Unsupportive Parents Court records identify a Republican fundraising group and Washington senator as clients linked to fake texts using a Texas transgender rights group's name, though both deny involvement. International Business Times UK · Oct 31
Texas Supreme Court blocks deposition intended to identify group behind transgender mailers The ruling came 15 minutes before a Wyoming-registered group was scheduled to answer questions in a deposition ordered by a Travis County judge. The Texas Tribune · Oct 30
National GOP women’s group denies involvement in transgender youth texts A company that sent the messages named a Republican organization and an individual as the senders. The texts about LGBTQ+ support materials drew intense backlash. The Texas Tribune · Oct 30
Group behind trans mailers must answer questions under oath, Travis County judge rules The organization, which argued that the order violates its First Amendment right to speak anonymously, will appeal. The Texas Tribune · Oct 28
Texas mailers posing as trans advocacy allegedly attempted to provoke outrage, printer with Trump donor ties linked to mailing The organization that sent them has zero online presence. We Got This Covered · Oct 28
Fake Trans Pamphlets Sent to Texas Children Traced Through Postal Permit To Trump-Linked Printing Company The USPS identified an Illinois printing company as the bulk-mail permit holder for disputed Texas pamphlets falsely attributed to a transgender rights group, prompting court action. International Business Times UK · Oct 27
LGBTQ Texans decry Capitol arrests after protests against bill banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for kids Senate Bill 14, which spurred demonstrations earlier this week, is again scheduled for House debate Friday. Trans Texans consider it one of this year’s most consequential bills. The Texas Tribune · May 5, 2023
Trans rights groups slam Texas leaders’ ‘campaign stunt’ calling gender affirmation treatments ‘child abuse’ ‘Simply put, we have some leadership in Texas that would undoubtedly rather see dead kids than trans kids,’ says Emmett Schelling, head of the Transgender Education Network of Texas The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022