Something fishy is going on in Texas , and the mystery only seems to be getting deeper. More than a million households reportedly received mysterious flyers promoting transgender-related resources, but the organization featured in the materials says it had nothing to do with them. Now, investigators have uncovered new names tied to an earlier text campaign, a major Trump donor’s printing company has entered the picture, and even the Texas Supreme Court has stepped into the fight over who’s really behind it all.
As reported by the San Antonio Current, the paper trail has now led to Three Z Printing, an Illinois-based company whose owners have donated more than $700,000 to Donald Trump-aligned groups and Republican committees. The company’s bulk-mail permit was used to send the materials to more than a million Texas addresses. However, that’s where the connection currently stops. No public evidence shows that Three Z or its owners created, authorized, or paid for the mysterious flyers.
The organization listed as the sender raises even more questions. The “Texas Transgender Student Union” was reportedly formed as an LLC in Wyoming just weeks before the flyers began showing up in Texas mailboxes. After reporters started digging into the company and visited the Wyoming office connected to its registration, its registered-agent service said it was cutting ties with the organization.
To make matters worse, the Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT), whose name and branding appeared on the flyers, says it had absolutely nothing to do with them. The fallout hasn’t stayed online, either. TENT says the backlash forced the organization to spend money on additional security and cancel planned events after receiving threats. OutYouth, another LGBTQ+ organization mentioned in the materials, temporarily closed its in-person programs while increasing security measures. Whoever sent the flyers may still be a mystery, but the consequences for the organizations named in them have already become very real.
The mystery has now turned into a legal battle. A Travis County judge initially gave TENT the green light to question people connected to the mysterious mailers and text messages in hopes of finally uncovering who was behind them. However, the Texas Supreme Court stepped in Thursday and temporarily blocked one of those court-ordered depositions. The state’s highest court didn’t explain its reasoning, leaving the organization fighting for answers as the mystery continues to unfold.
TENT has managed to get at least one new piece of the puzzle. A separate deposition involving the company behind the text messages reportedly identified the customer as “Republican Women Caucus Fund/John Braun.” The texts, which were sent across Texas before the flyers appeared, also directed people to TENT’s resources despite the organization saying it had nothing to do with them.
That doesn’t necessarily solve the mystery of who sent the flyers, though. TENT is investigating the texts and mailers as potentially connected, but the person or group ultimately responsible for creating and paying for the million-plus mailers still hasn’t been publicly identified.
Texas Residents Rip Mysterious Transgender Flyers as Investigation Deepens
Over on Reddit, Texans have been sharing their frustrations over the mysterious flyers as more details continue to emerge about where they came from and who may be connected to them.
Some residents were particularly frustrated by the apparent waste of money. One person who claimed to have received a flyer wrote, “What a waste of time and resources. There’s so much better stuff to spend money on.” Another questioned why so much attention and money wasn’t being directed toward other, more pressing issues, writing, “We can’t afford food, gas, mortgage, rent; jobs are disappearing.”
Others were more concerned about the potential impact of the flyers themselves. One commenter who said they received one described the situation as “sickening,” criticizing what they saw as an attempt to exploit kindness toward transgender young people to spread fear. Another wondered whether the people responsible would face any legal consequences.
For now, the biggest question remains unanswered: who’s really behind these mysterious flyers? Investigators have uncovered names connected to the earlier text campaign, a printing company’s postal permit has entered the picture, and a West Texas prosecutor is investigating possible forgery. Now, with the Texas Supreme Court stepping into TENT’s effort to uncover more information, this mystery seems to be getting more complicated instead of less.
