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The Traditional Values Coalition And AB 1266

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Ben Lopez of the Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) testified against California’s Success and Opportunity Act at the State Senate Education Committee hearing on June 12, 2013. An excerpt from his testimony: This bill would call for any student and young adult who perceives themselves to be something other than their sex at birth to share shower facilities, restrooms, locker rooms with gender or sex they feel they are at any given time. The problem is that this bill, or current law for that matter, affords a clear definition as to what constitutes legitimate gender identity and gender expression. The bill opens up Pandora’s box, in effect, that creates a slippery slope that allows anyone to claim they are something sexually and then have full access to the opposite sex facilities without regard to privacy. We feel this is an absurd and offensive policy that would not bode well with the

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“The Traditional Values Coalition And AB 1266” 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.

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    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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    Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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    Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    43%
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    Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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    Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.

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Gwen Smith

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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.

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