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Texas unveils "tip line" to report & send pictures of suspected trans women using the restroom

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/texas-unveils-tip-line-to-report-send-pictures-of-suspected-trans-women-using-the-restroom/

Molly Sprayregen (18 Dec 2025)

Texas' virulently anti-trans attorney general, Ken Paxton (R), has launched a tip line that allows people to report on suspected trans people they believe are violating the state's new bathroom ban.

In a statement announcing the tip line, Paxton said the Texas Women's Privacy Act – which requires people in public buildings to use bathrooms based on sex assigned at birth – "was passed to ensure that women and girls in Texas are protected from mentally ill men wanting to violate their basic right to privacy."

"It's absolute insanity that action like this is even needed," he claimed, "but unfortunately, in the day and age of radical leftism, it is."

The law also requires the attorney general's office to investigate complaints, but first, complaints must be filed with the accused agency. "Together, we will uproot and bring justice to any state agency or political subdivision that opens the door for men to violate women's privacy, dignity, and safety," Paxton said.

Paxton's tip line requires folks to submit the original complaint that was filed with the accused agency in addition to filling out the online form and providing "evidence" that a trans person used the restroom. Perhaps most concerning, it also includes an option to submit up to five photos, even though taking pictures in restrooms is illegal.

Brian Klosterboer, senior staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, said the tip line "wrongly encourages Texans to violate each other's privacy in bathrooms."

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This is wrong on so many levels...

Love always -- Jessica Rose

Hi Everyone

This is a simple story that one can keep in mind that such laws will in the end fall flat on their face.  I'm sure there are other similar stories around the world.  So lean back, relax and have a laugh.

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Protest Tactics 101: From Queenslands Empty Streets to Paxton's Transgender Tip Lines
In Queensland during the 1970s and 1980s, Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen's government imposed strict limits on public protest.  Activists faced bans on marches which police enforced strongly.  In response, civil liberties groups used creative tactics.  They would announce a protest location, then turn up in small groups or disperse when police arrived, leaving streets empty.  Police would wait at the announced site, find nothing happening, then move on.  This pattern of announced protests that never materialised repeated many times.  It showed how people resisted overly harsh restrictions on free assembly by forcing police to respond to empty sites rather than real demonstrations.

After years of pressure and public criticism, these protest laws were eventually relaxed and Queensland's approach to public assembly became less severe.  Over time the state shifted toward more balanced rules that recognised the right to protest while keeping public safety in mind.

Today there are proposals like the "tip line" mentioned in the above article that Jessica mentioned where people are encouraged to report suspected people using the wrong bathrooms.  History from Queensland suggests that systems designed to generate reports or complaints may not work as intended.  People may misuse or flood them with false leads, authorities may be overwhelmed and civil rights could be undermined by enforcement based on unverified tips.  The Queensland example shows that attempts to control behaviour through reactive reporting can backfire, create confusion and strain police resources without solving the underlying issue.

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Be safe out there.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator

I fully support malicious compliance.