Natalie Fleur Braden was booked<\/a> September 23 on a terroristic-threat charge, according to a public booking index that says its record is sourced from official Tarrant County booking data. The record lists a $500 bond.<\/p>\n A criminal charge is an allegation. Braden is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n Who Is Rep. David Lowe?<\/p>\n Lowe represents<\/a> Texas House District 91, which includes part of Tarrant County.<\/p>\n According to his official Texas House biography, Lowe served as a military police officer in the U.S. Army and completed four overseas tours, including two combat deployments to Afghanistan. He retired<\/a> from the Army in 2015 and later pursued a law-enforcement career after graduating from the Texas Peace Officer\u2019s Academy in 2018.<\/p>\n What Texas Law Says About Terroristic Threats<\/p>\n Texas\u2019 terroristic-threat statute covers several categories of threatened violence and does not require conduct typically associated with large-scale terrorism.<\/p>\n Under Texas Penal Code Section 22.07<\/a>, a person commits the offense by threatening to commit an offense involving violence against a person or property while acting with one of several specified intentions.<\/p>\n Those include intending to cause an emergency response, place another person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury, interrupt use of a public place or service, place the public or a substantial group of people in fear of serious bodily injury, or influence the activities of a federal, state, or local government branch or agency.<\/p>\n The offense level depends on the conduct alleged.<\/p>\n A threat intended to place a person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury is generally a Class B misdemeanor. The law elevates that form of the offense to a Class A misdemeanor in certain circumstances, including when it is committed against a public servant. Other provisions<\/a> of the statute can carry felony penalties.<\/p>\n Because the publicly available Braden booking record identifies the charge only as terroristic threat, it is not yet clear which statutory provision authorities allege applies.<\/p>\n \u2018Transexual\u2019 Description Comes From Current Revolt<\/p>\n The outlet\u2019s September 24 headline reads, \u201cTransexual Individual Arrested After Threats Against Texas State Rep,\u201d and the article describes<\/a> Braden as \u201cA transexual individual out of Tarrant County.\u201d<\/p>\n Tarrant County Inmate search records reviewed by The Dallas Express show Braden listed as MALE:<\/p>\n Tarrant County, Texas. Inmate Search Records.<\/p>\n Modern federal health datasets and peer-reviewed studies typically use terms such as \u201ctransgender\u201d rather than \u201ctransexual.\u201d<\/p>\n Separate Data Show Higher Mental-Health Distress<\/p>\n Separate from Braden\u2019s case, federal health data and peer-reviewed research have documented higher rates of reported mental-health distress among adults categorized as \u201ctransgender\u201d than among cisgender adults.<\/p>\n A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 26 states, including Texas, found substantially higher<\/a> rates of frequent mental distress and a history of depression among respondents identifying as \u201ctransgender\u201d compared with cisgender respondents.<\/p>\n The CDC defined frequent mental distress as reporting poor mental health during at least 14 of the previous 30 days.<\/p>\n Frequent mental distress was reported by 37.2% of respondents categorized as \u201ctransgender\u201d female, 39.8% of respondents categorized as \u201ctransgender\u201d male, and 51.8% of respondents categorized as \u201ctransgender\u201d gender-nonconforming.<\/p>\n The comparable rate among cisgender respondents was 15.7%.<\/p>\n The CDC also found<\/a> a history of depression among 47.4% of \u201ctransgender\u201d female respondents, 48.8% of \u201ctransgender\u201d male respondents, and 67.2% of \u201ctransgender\u201d gender-nonconforming respondents, compared with 21.4% of cisgender respondents.<\/p>\n Newer peer-reviewed research published<\/a> in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in May 2026 found a similar disparity.<\/p>\n Researchers analyzed data from the 2022 KFF\/The Washington Post Trans Survey involving 1,338 U.S. adults. They found frequent mental distress among 47% of \u201ctransgender\u201d and \u201cgender-diverse\u201d adults, compared with 21% of cisgender adults.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot_25-9-2026_10535_inmatesearch.tarrantcounty.com_-515x210.jpeg\")
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