Elon Musk is giving legal help to an activist who posted a photo of a trans woman in a bathroomhttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/elon-musk-is-giving-legal-help-to-an-activist-who-posted-a-photo-of-a-trans-woman-in-a-bathroom/ 🔗John Gallagher (31 Dec 2025)
Elon Musk thinks it's okay to post a picture of someone in the bathroom without that person's consent–as long as the person is transgender.
The Global Government Affairs department at X has posted that the company is offering legal support in the case of a far-right Republican activist in Texas who posted just such a photo on X in 2023. Michelle Evans, who is now head of the Williamson County Republican Party, is being investigation and facing criminal charges for posting the photo.
... Evans was attending a session of the Texas state legislature while it debated a bill banning health care for trans youth. When she went to the restroom, she saw a transgender activist, whom she confronted. After she returned to her seat, she saw that someone else had taken a photo of the woman washing her hands. Evans reposted the photo on X, complaining about the woman using the bathroom.
... Travis County District Attorney José Garza began investigating Evans for violating a state law that makes it a felony to transmit "a visual image of another in a bathroom or changing room" or promoting such a transmission if the action is done without consent and "with intent to invade the privacy of the other person."
Evans quickly filed her own lawsuit against Garza, claiming the investigation violated her right to free speech...
