A DPS spokesman said the department ultimately told Paxton's office that the requested records didn't exist. Texas LGBTQIA TexasRepublicans KenPaxton GregAbbott transrights TransRightsAreHumanRights
According to the bombshell story posted Wednesday, Paxton's office asked the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide information on people who changed their sex on state documents over the past two years. “We won’t need [driver's license or identification numbers] at first but may need to have them later if we are required to manually look up documents," according to correspondence sent but the AG's office.
Paxton made his request amid a push by Texas Republicans to target transgender people that included both Gov. Greg Abbott, a Paxton ally.for child abuse. The governor justified that request using a non-binding opinion from Paxton's office classifying gender-affirming care for minors as child abuse.
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