PJI caught lying… yet again
The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) is the ex-gay organization that stirred up the right-wing word by claiming that a trans kid (who I will refer to as Jane Doe, for reasons of safety) in Colorado was harassing cisgender girls in the restrooms. Right wing media outlets jumped at the story without conducting any fact checking, prompting members of the right wing community to call for the death of the trans kid. Last week, PJI made the following statement on the notorious right-wing site, World Daily News: Transgender activists are largely dismissing this story, claiming the girls are likely either trying to get the male student in trouble because they don’t like him or concocting stories of harassment because of opposition to the policy. McReynolds is not buying the argument that this is much ado about nothing. “If there were nothing to this, I don’t think the school district would be
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“PJI caught lying… yet again” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to violence, safety, and dehumanization, while also engaging education and youth. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
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As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “PJI caught lying… yet again” provides dated evidence of how violence, safety, and dehumanization was being argued in relation to education and youth. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
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- 1Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict100%
- 2Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community75%
- 4Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community63%
- 5Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life50%
- 6Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication50%
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveThe War Against Trans* Rights Continues | Being Feminist
[…] idea that allowing Trans* students to use facilities that coincide with their gender identity is dangerous, the PJI has launched a full campaign against the new law and the students it was meant to […]
Right-wing gets it wrong. Again. | The Transadvocate
[…] they asserted that the town police were investigating Jane Doe for criminal behavior. That also turned out to be false.* In fact, I interviewed the anti-queer group and debunked numerous talking points that they […]
PJI fundraising video targeting suicidal trans kid goes viral | The Transadvocate
[…] claimed that police were conducting a criminal investigation into the trans kid’s behavior, that claim was debunked. Missing from PJI’s video is any mention of the fact the town of Florence, Colorado resents […]
Executive at Conservative Media Watchdog Group Accuses Me of Bias for Not Outing Myself as Transgender | Safe Schools | Desert Cities
[…] of the board of Jelly Belly. (Alas, my favorite jelly beans are now tainted!) I didn’t point to reports that signature gatherers pushing for repeal have allegedly (well, it is caught on tape) been lying […]
Executive at Conservative Media Watchdog Group Accuses Me of Bias for Not Outing Myself as Transgender | Park That Car
[…] corporations like Jelly Belly (alas, my favorite jelly beans are now tainted!). I didn’t point to reports that signature gatherers pushing for repeal have allegedly (well, it is caught on tape…) been […]
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