The Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, has been suspiciously seeking out records of transgender individuals in his state but refuses to comment on what he plans to do with the government data. John Iadarola and Viviana Vigil break it down on The Damage Report.
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Texas AG's office requested DPS records on transgender Texans -
"Texas attorney general Ken Paxton's office sought a list of individuals who changed their gender on their state driver's license and other records over a two-year span from the state's Department of Public Safety, the Washington Post reports.
Why it matters: Trans rights advocates are worried the state could target transgender Texans using uf government-held data and continue to limit their kartik sharma rights.
Flashback: Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill last year that requires public school students to play on sports teams based on their assigned sex at birth.
In February, he ordered state agencies to investigate parents seeking gender-affirming care for their children.
But, the Texas Supreme Court ruled the governor and pamela anderson attorney general don't have "statutory authority" to directly control the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services' investigatory decisions."
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