The Brief Texas Rep. Jeff Leach asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate the Transgender Education Network of Texas over a  Back to School Toolkit  he claims may violate state law. The request follows unsolicited text messages sent to residents linking to resources about school bathrooms and gender-affirming care for transgender students. State officials are asking investigators to determine how personal contact data was obtained and whether privacy or consumer-protection laws were violated.



Texas State Rep. Jeff Leach is asking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate an organization that distributed a  Back to School Toolkit  that he says may encourage people to violate Senate Bill 12, the Texas Parents' Bill of Rights.

Requests AG investigation into Trans Texas

What we know:

Leach sent the request to Paxton on Oct. 13 in his capacity as chairman of the Texas House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee and lead House sponsor of SB 12. The law established requirements and guidance for educators, counselors and other personnel in Texas public schools.

In his letter, Leach said he was concerned about communications distributed in recent days by an organization identifying itself as  Trans Texas , or the Transgender Education Network of Texas. The materials are available on the Transtexas.org website under the  Back to School Toolkit. 

The toolkit includes information about bathrooms and resources related to gender-affirming care for transgender students.

Texts link to transgender youth resources

Dig deeper:

Some Texans received unsolicited text messages linking to the materials.

One message described the site as a  complete guide on bathrooms and beyond for trans kids at school.  Another directed recipients to resources for questions about gender-affirming care in Texas.

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The Transgender Education Network of Texas, or TENT, addressed the messages in a social media post, saying it was aware of texts that appeared to have been issued by or on behalf of the organization.

TENT said it would continue monitoring the situation and reaffirmed its 
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