SOUTHEAST TEXAS — A Southeast Texas family is among the Texas households receiving unsolicited mail addressed to students and carrying a return address linked to a mysterious organization called the “Texas Transgender Student Union.”
The family sent a photo of the envelope’s return address, providing a local connection to a growing controversy over mailers and mass text messages sent to Texas households. The return address lists 1611 W. Airport Blvd., Suite 123, Meadows Place, Texas 77477.
The mailers feature a publication titled “Texas Trans & LGBTQ+ Student Resource Guide.” Questions about who is behind the campaign have emerged as families report receiving the materials and an established transgender education advocacy organization denies sending them.
Return address raises questions
The address has drawn attention because reports indicate it is associated with a commercial mailbox rental rather than an identifiable office for the “Texas Transgender Student Union.”
The identity of the person or organization responsible for sending the mailers has not been established in the information available for this report.
The materials reportedly are addressed to the “students” at a household rather than directly to parents, raising questions among recipients about how their mailing information was obtained and why the materials were sent to their homes.
Advocacy organization denies involvement
The mailers include a link to the Transgender Education Network of Texas, but the organization has denied responsibility for the physical mailings and related mass text messages.
TENT has said it believes an unknown party is impersonating the organization. The group has pursued cease-and-desist demands directed at digital messaging companies in an effort to identify those behind the campaign.
The controversy follows reports of unsolicited text messages targeting Texas residents before the printed guides began arriving in mailboxes.
Texas lawmaker calls for investigation
Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach has called on Attorney General Ken Paxton to investigate the campaign, including who is financing it and how the operation obtained personal contact information for Texas families.
The investigation request comes amid concerns about the origins of the messages and mailers, as well as the use of an organization’s name and online resources without its permission.
For now, the return address on the envelope received by the Southeast Texas family offers a tangible local link to a broader statewide mystery: Who is sending these guides, and how are they obtaining the information needed to reach Texas households?
The sender’s identity and the source of the mailing lists remain unconfirmed based on the information available.
The Transgender Education Network of Texas has also publicly stated that it did not author, authorize, approve or distribute the physical mailers.