Attorney General Ken Paxton suing city of Denton over gender-neutral changing rooms being allowed at Pride event
Paxton says Denton violated Texas privacy law by planning gender-neutral changing rooms, with penalties reaching $125,000 for repeat offenses.
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the city of Denton on Monday to block the "Big Gay Swim Day" scheduled for June 7 at the Quakertown Civic Center, alleging the event's gender-neutral changing rooms violate state law.
- Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act signed by Gov. Abbott in September 2025, mandates sex-segregated changing rooms in public facilities. Paxton claims the city "failed to take any corrective action" after receiving written notice on May 19.
- Organizers from PRIDENTON and OUTreach Denton removed all references to gender-neutral facilities from their event materials on May 21 after city staff informed them of compliance requirements, noting the swim party is a private rental.
- Paxton seeks temporary and permanent injunctive relief to stop the event, while organizers called the lawsuit "frivolous" and "a waste of taxpayers' time and money," condemning his "pervasive use of transphobic, dehumanizing, and false rhetoric."
- The legal challenge highlights tensions over SB8 enforcement. While Paxton insists he protects women and children from "men invading their spaces," critics argue the legislation provides "license to harass" individuals who do not conform.
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Ken Paxton wants to cancel a queer pool party over trans restrooms. Organizers aren’t backing down.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the city of Denton for hosting the “Big Gay Swim Day,” a private Pride month pool event scheduled for June 7 at the city’s Civic Center. Paxton alleged that the event’s changing rooms will violate the Texas Women’s Privacy Act. The state law requires publicly-funded sex-segregated spaces — like locker rooms and restrooms — to restrict access to people based on the sex they were assigned at birth. Related …
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