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The form lets people reporting trans bathroom users submit up to 5 photos even though taking pictures in restrooms is illegal.

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.”

In reality, research has shown no evidence that allowing trans women access to single-sex spaces like bathrooms poses a safety risk to cisgender women.

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[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 84 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What's the number? goatse might not be able to handle the load.

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 78 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

DAMMIT! As a Mentally ill man I was in the MIDDLE of Spending HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of Dollars to Change my Gender JUST so I can use the Same bathroom as GIRLS! But he's FOILED my Plan!

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 54 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Maralago face looks masculine.

There i said it.

I don't even know how.

Since it's pumped lips and lifted eye brows. But it makes the women look like they are men in drag but somehow super ugly.

(Cause drag queens are fabulous.)

I am totally on board for harassing conservative women with maralago or non-maralago face in the women's restroom.

I'll do my best to memorize the faces/names of local women from the heritage foundation, mothers for liberty group (or whatever they are called) and any other similar groups. Any woman wearing maga clothing (why do they advertise themselves?).

And I will 100% question them about their vagina or lack there of, while in the bathroom. I will demand to see it or threaten to call security or the police.

Let's see how they like that.

Since I'm white, short, and look and sound like a woman. I will use my pussy privilege and take on this responsibility. 😇 I promise to rise to the occasion and punish these bitches as best I can.

I've got a lot of feminist rage in me over all the b.s occurring and need an outlet. It's a win win for me personally.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 14 points 2 weeks ago

I've got a lot of feminist rage in me over all the b.s occurring and need an outlet. It's a win win for me personally.

I'm a real big fan of this kind of energy!

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

Maralago face looks masculine.

To me it looks like someone has dysmorphia and has replaces their normal face with a stare-eyed duck mask.

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[–] mr_account@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Internet, you know what to do

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[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Is Ken Paxton virulently anti-trans? Because this feels like the last ditched effort of a desparate man in a red state who lost access to his favorite porn sub-genre when Pornhub pulled out. Feels very voyeur trans scat fetish-esque to me.

Guys, guys... I've figured it out. I just need you to send me peeping Tom photos of trans folks peeing. It's so critical. And not just one or two. We need thousands, no, millions of photos. Send them to kennygmyp3nis@hotmail.com.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 31 points 2 weeks ago

Why is it always suspected trans women? Paxton probably uses ED pills, which are gender-affirming care, we can start there.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I’m waiting to see how this blows up in their face by people just sending millions of memes and generative AI pictures inflicting a DDOS

Edit: adjusted acronym; Denial of Service or Distributed Denial of Service

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago

If we're doing it right they should all be AI generated trans versions of Republican leaders and podcast bros.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

you mean DOS… or really DDOS.

i think this will blow up naturally when people start get arrested/ beat up, for taking pictures of strangers in the bathroom

[–] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago

It should just be pictures of Ken Paxton. S/he is dressing like a man to sneak into the men's bathroom to stare at dude's dicks and smell their farts. It's perverted, and the people of Texas shouldn't stand for it.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

I’m looking forward to the invasion of privacy lawsuits that will come as a result of this.

And I hope every motherfucker that takes a single picture is publicly listed as a sex offender.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So basically this is a way you can harass cisgender women who don't match beauty standards.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's the end goal: Restoring old-fashioned gender roles.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder how many women will be getting photographed mistakenly (or out of malice) and accused of being trans?

[–] Renat@szmer.info 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think this number will be more than population of T people in Texas. Also some T people on estrogen which looks enough feminine to not be suspected.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Even as someone who's only a year into transition, I get a LOT more stares in a men's room than I do a women's room (which is actually zero) at this point. I have a good friend who was already pretty femme pre-transition and if she's in a men's room, guys will absolutely turn around and check the sign. As much as people think they can instantly clock a trans person, it's far less the case than you might think, and a trans man going into a women's restroom is going to be a problem just as the opposite is true.

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[–] Arancello@aussie.zone 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What if someone saw Ken Paxton pulling up his fishnets after visiting a gloryhole?

[–] emmanuel_car@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like a great AI prompt

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 weeks ago

Yooo what the fuck?

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

“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.”

“Radical leftism” is treating every person like human beings, regardless of their gender, race, religion, or income.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 13 points 2 weeks ago

The age of radical leftism, when every branch of the government is lead by violent rightwing extremists.

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is there a tip line to report a corrupt greed monster wearing human skin that is currently occupying the Texas AG office?

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago

So like could these photos be used as evidence against the photographer for taking illegal pictures?

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 18 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

...What the fuck is wrong with all of you?

[–] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It really isn't all of us ... 😒

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[–] thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

They want pics of trans women peeing? I mean, if that's what they want, send it to them

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[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 17 points 2 weeks ago

Finally, an use for AI slop.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 weeks ago

last time i checked there was a 250mb limit on attachments and you can attach up to five so feel free to flood their storage with 1gb of word docs each submission. :)

[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

Texas unveils "tip line" to send nonconsentual photos of naked woman to their elected officials.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So they want right-wing pedos and creeps to creep on strangers in public spaces because... somehow doing exactly that isn't already illegal? Huh?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Unironically, yes. This is a very pedo friendly government

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 weeks ago

Yet another case of "The lady doth protest too much..."

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

“was passed to ensure that women and girls in Texas are protected from mentally ill men wanting to violate their basic right to privacy.”

So make it legal to take pictures of women in a private place and send them to mentally ill men?

[–] workerONE@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I know it might seem beneficial to flood the tip line with garbage data but they don't care about the truth and months from now they will just say that they have evidence of thousands and thousands of perpetrators and they'll use your garbage data as their talking point

[–] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

What if it was all AI generated images of frogs using the restroom?

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[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 11 points 2 weeks ago

Creeps encouraging creepy behavior.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A webform you say?... I wonder what little Bobby Tables would think of that...

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[–] shatteredsword@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Max image size is 256MB??? 👀👀👀

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Direct link to the form:

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/texas-womens-privacy-act-complaint-form

Not sure how to spoof it. I made up an email address and it rejected it.

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[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

Back in my day taking pictures in a women's restroom got you arrested ... now there is a tip line for it.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Track down all the women related to these assholes who passed this and send in their photos. They will shut it down real fast once their mother is accused

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Glad to see they're tackling the real issues! /s

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like people need to flood the line with pictures of conservative women.

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[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe we can let trans people live their lives.

Instead, let’s report sex offenders. We could upload the epstein files to the tipline - apparently evety black rectangle represents a sexual assault committed by Trump.

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