EvaDec 14, 2022

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has reportedly asked for a list of everyone who changed their sex on state documents in the past two years. Why? Paxton's office hasn't said. When asked for docs, they said none exist.

I'm sure it's no big deal. They just want a list of transgender people in Texas so they can send them milk and cookies.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/12/14/texas-transgender-data-paxton/

Texas attorney general’s office sought state data on transgender Texans

The effort to obtain data came as Attorney General Ken Paxton, Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders have marshaled resources against transgender Texans.

The Washington Post
Show threadSteve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺Dec 14, 2022
@evacide Does the US not have any data protection laws that would prohibit this data from being disclosed? In the UK/EU disseminating that kind of personal data would be unlawful.
Show threadSTEMTheBleedingDec 15, 2022

@steve @evacide The US is a lot like the EU: 50 individual governments with one big body coordinating everything that goes in-between them.

So unfortunately, no. Governors are effectively Presidents in their states, right down to the use of their national guards.

Show threadSteve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺
@STEMtheBleeding @evacide In the EU, data protection law is set by the EU. Member states can't just opt-out.
Dec 16, 2022 at 8:49amWeb