11mo ago

Texas AG: PFLAG must provide names, details of trans members

On Thursday, a legal filing by PFLAG National revealed that Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas was seeking identification of trans members

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Texas AG is a garbage human being. I hope PFLAG tells him to get fucked.
- They are, well legally speaking at least, and Lambda Legal and the ACLU are defending them.
  
  Right now someone at pflag should be looking for those contact lists they unfortunately lost every copy of right before they were asked.

Trans people and immigrants will be the first targeted groups when It Happens™.
- Recent events have led Paxton to believe that It Happening has broad bipartisan support.
  
  I definitely get the impression people on both sides feel this whole "slavery is bad" thing wasn't properly addressed last go-round, among other things.

oh so theres not even an attempt to hide behind some "protect the children" bullshit this time? just a clear and direct "fuck you" to lgbtq people? what a state...

Per the lawsuit, PFLAG National states that it would be required to disclose Texas trans youth members, including “complete names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, jobs, home addresses, telephone numbers, [and] email addresses.” It also states they would need to hand over documents and communications related to their medical care, hospitals outside the state, and “contingency plans” discussed among members for navigating the new laws on gender-affirming care in Texas.
What the actual fuck? Trying to get enough information to ruin them for the rest of their lives. This isn't only reprehensible from the targeting of LGBT people, it is the worst proposed privacy nightmare I've heard of any US based government proposing. I... I need to go throw up.
- You know... Land of the free and such. So much freedom you'll get persecuted for who you are and whom you love. Can't have that.
  Where have I seen that before? Was it that one Germanic country in Europe? I've forgotten the name, but it ended with "any" and had a dude with a strange mustache as a leader.
  And no I don't think it's an exaggeration. The Nazis didn't start murdering, they sneaked up on the country, started making lists, started spreading lies and fear, started a "them versus us" litany. Sounds familiar? Yeah, for me as well.

That's what I call SMALL Government!
- Hahaha right? Have you seen the property tax rate in Texas? Real liberty lol /s

Ken Paxton can sit on a cactus and have fire ants bite his needle dick.
- Too lenient.
  
  He can get fucked by a Saguaro, and the fire ants can, uh… do their thing?

Is it normal, as a Texan evac, to be afraid of joining PFLAG in another state? I used to feel that was just one of my psychosis symptoms, unwillingness to join a formal rainbow group and actually socialize, but now I'm increasingly unsure
- they're just cliques fam, find the good people already in your circle and hold them close. rubbing elbows and trying to fit in with various "queer" groups and orgs as a baby tran was awful for my mental health, you just become a stepping stone for some more privileged person's clout-building.