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Texas DPS Sparks Privacy Outcry Over Trans License Data

12/20/2025

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Texas Department of Public Safety compiled a list of over 100 trans citizens seeking to change driver’s license sex markers, which raised privacy concerns.
The agency shared the data without disclosing its purpose.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a tip line to report violations of the bathroom law that restricts access by biological sex and imposes fines.

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Story summary

Texas Department of Public Safety compiled a list of over 100 trans citizens seeking to change driver’s license sex markers, which raised privacy concerns.
The agency shared the data without disclosing its purpose.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a tip line to report violations of the bathroom law that restricts access by biological sex and imposes fines.