Update of California referendum targeting trans children
Since election day we’ve gotten numerous requests for updates on what’s happening with the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) backed effort to repeal the California law defining protections for transgender school children. The law (AB 1266) protecting transgender children, which California Gov. Jerry Brown signed in August, says schools must treat transgender students as equal to cisgender students. A PJI-backed coalition of anti-LGBT groups calling itself “Privacy for All Students” has circulated 100s of thousands of anti-trans petitions throughout California. Their goal is to collect 505,000 valid signatures by November 12, 2013. If they collect those signatures, it will stop the trans equality law from taking effect in January and put the civil rights of trans kids up for popular vote in November 2014. While election day has come and gone, signature gathering still continues! Signature gatherer hiding face after being caught misrepresenting the issue to voters According to the office
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Update of California referendum targeting trans children” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to law and civil rights, 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, “Update of California referendum targeting trans children” provides dated evidence of how law and civil rights 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.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is elections and democratic governance and civil rights and anti-discrimination. It links that institutional frame to law and civil rights 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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Themes
- 1Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community86%
- 3Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life86%
- 4Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community19%
- 5Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication14%
- 6Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication7%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Policy framing
- 1100%
- 238%
- 329%
Editorial function
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How “Law and civil rights” appears across the Collective corpus
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Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history468
- Community and organizing300
- Public policy and governance165
- Education and youth151
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization146
- Culture, identity, and representation145
- Labor, economics, and institutions136
- Family and relationships130
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse119
- History, archives, and memory117
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Cristan Williams
Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Guest
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Rani Baker
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Kelley Winters
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Marian
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
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