Texas' Anti-Trans Investigations Caused an Uproar Among State Employees

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New documents have revealed adverse reactions from Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) staff to Governor Greg Abbott’s relentless attacks on trans youth within the state.

Documents obtained by Texas ABC affiliate WFAA show a heated internal staff reaction following Gov. Abbott’s February order for the state agency to investigate trans health providers and the families of trans kids who help youth transition medically in any way. Abbott’s directive was the result of a legal opinion issued by Texas attorney general Ken Paxton, which claimed that gender-affirming health care is child abuse.

In an email dated February 24, one employee wrote to another staffer, “I have told my boss I will resign before I (report) on a family whose child is transitioning.” In another notable email to a supervisor, an employee wrote that the order was “Effing bull poop.” Abbott’s directive was announced just two days prior.

“I know there are lots of feelings around this and more questions than answers right now,” wrote one DFPS manager in an email to staff. “This email is not the platform for opinions or discussion on this topic.”

https://www.them.us/story/texas-anti-trans-investigations-caused-an-uproar-among-state-employees

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1. Those DFA workers

Don't get paid enough to keep them around during the best of times. No way leaving that job would be difficult.
Then again Texas will have mountains of Christian Nazi's lining up to fill the slots and deliver gods justice.

A man so steeped in his religion that he truly believes in signs from god did not get the message when a WHOLE FUCKING TREE was dropped on him. That god was not happy with him?

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2. As they should've. The damage there was two-fold

Obviously, it brought great misery and pain upon innocent trans youth and their families... People that are already vulnerable enough and going through trying times. But, hey... Let's just make life worse! Let's bring more stress, more hurt, more fear! Let's cause them constant fear that they're going to lose their gender-affirming care! How many attempted or committed suicide over this? We all know a number of them have left the state.

But by overloading the already-strained system with "Trans! CHILD ABUSE!", they left staff even more overwhelmed and unable to devote all their resources to real cases of abuse. How many kids were abused - or are still being abused - because they've slipped through the cracks because Hot Wheels and a Ton of Poxes hate trans people? Even if someone said "Just one", that's too many. We all know it was far more than one.

But, hey... It was never about protecting children. Just harming those ones, and those ones, and any kids that the Texas Nazis don't like.