{"id":480960,"date":"2026-10-30T02:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T02:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480960\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T02:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T02:20:08","slug":"we-now-know-who-is-behind-the-fake-transgender-brochures-mailed-across-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/480960\/","title":{"rendered":"We now know who is behind the fake transgender brochures mailed across Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Group says information revealed a \u201cJohn Braun\u201d and the \u201cRepublican Woman\u2019s Caucus Fund\u201d are behind the transgender-related brochures sent to mailboxes across the state<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\"  loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/NZE3AJL7TRBXXFPNIW7WOMHEOA.jpg\"\/> (Mailer Recipient,  Mailer Recipient)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 After remaining a mystery for several weeks since they started showing up in Texas mailboxes, we now know who is allegedly behind the fake transgender-related brochures that showed up at people\u2019s homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The brochures sparked controversy across the state. The mailer, addressed to children in the household, claimed to be from something called the \u201cTexas Transgender Student Union\u201d and included resource information that some parents say crosses a line. It repeatedly referenced the Transgender Education Network of Texas \u2014 known as TENT \u2014 and included links to the organization\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">But TENT said it had absolutely nothing to do with it and since the mailers started circulating, TENT says it has been flooded with hate messages and threats through social media and email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">The group requested a hearing for a Rule 202 petition filing, seeking to uncover who was responsible for the brochures. After a judge granted the group\u2019s request, the group says it has learned the name of the individual and group allegedly behind the brochures and text message campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">According to TENT, information released reveals an individual by the name \u201cJohn Braun\u201d as well as the group \u201cRepublican Women Caucus Fund\u201d are tied to the brochures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">It is unclear who John Braun is exactly at this time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">KPRC 2 is working to learn more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ilkOIf copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Author<a class=\"sc-bmzYkS fERtCt\" href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/team\/JB2Q1RZ712JI7KLO0BEWWLE7PS\/\" title=\"View Christian Terry&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Terry<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf ctDavV cigBRW\">Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up. He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Group says information revealed a \u201cJohn Braun\u201d and the \u201cRepublican Woman\u2019s Caucus Fund\u201d are behind the transgender-related brochures&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[162207,56,1932,162208,92333,27,29,28,9458],"class_list":["post-480960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-brochures","tag-houston","tag-lawsuit","tag-republican-women-caucus-fund","tag-tent","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-transgender"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}