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California signature gatherer caught lying to trick people into discriminating against trans children

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Groups who want a legal right to discriminate against transgender children seem to be pulling out all the stops. An ex-gay group, the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), recently went on an ugly smear campaign targeting a Colorado trans kid in what seems to be a ham-handed effort to manufacture talking points for their California battle against trans children. While the campaign was proven to be a hoax, it nonetheless resulted in the conservative community calling for the beating death of the innocent trans kid. Now, another anti-trans group has been caught lying to the public in an effort to trick people into supporting the effort to legally discriminate against trans children: The recording was made in front of a Walmart in southern California. What follows is the transcript between the dishonest anti-trans activist and his mark. TRANSCRIPT: Signature Gatherer: Ma’am, would you sign the petition to say no to same-sex

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Community significance

“California signature gatherer caught lying to trick people into discriminating against trans children” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to education and youth, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “California signature gatherer caught lying to trick people into discriminating against trans children” provides dated evidence of how education and youth was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

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The article’s strongest policy connection is research ethics and data governance and civil rights and anti-discrimination. It links that institutional frame to education and youth and transgender identity and history, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.

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    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    100%
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    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    48%
  3. 3
    Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    36%
  4. 4
    Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    36%

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Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Education and youth to Transgender identity and history: Separate but related
Transgender identity and history
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Law and civil rights
Education and youth to Community and organizing: Separate but related
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This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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3 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 1 domain. The dated evidence currently spans 2013–2016. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.

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0best available scholarly cited-by count
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The TransAdvocate | Second PJI-backed signature gatherer caught lying; this time, trans kids cause rape & molestation

The TransAdvocate | Second PJI-backed signature gatherer caught lying; this time, trans kids cause rape & molestation · transadvocate.com · January 9, 2016

PJI attempted to use Jane Doe, a Colorado trans youth, as their cautionary tale poster child, proving that trans equality laws lead harassment, assault and worse. However, PJI’s hoax was debunked by the TransAdvocate and several media outlets deleted and/or retracted and apologized to Jane…

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Another California trans student attacked, trans community responds: #JD4PJI | The Transadvocate

Another California trans student attacked, trans community responds: #JD4PJI | The Transadvocate · transadvocate.com · November 18, 2013

[…] TransAdvocate documented multiple instances of election fraud, lies and even intimidation. For example, the TransAdvocate documented a PJI-backed signature […]

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Add intimidation to the lies, fraud of the anti-AB1266 effort as signature gatherer caught bullying trans advocate | The Transadvocate

Add intimidation to the lies, fraud of the anti-AB1266 effort as signature gatherer caught bullying trans advocate | The Transadvocate · transadvocate.com · November 13, 2013

[…] in an effort to manufacture talking points. We’ve caught them committing election fraud over and over again. We’ve caught them lying in the press and lying to the public and today, […]

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Cristan Williams

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Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

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Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Rani Baker

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Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Kelley Winters

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Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Admin

98 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marian

7 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

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