Anti-gay activist group admits trans school “harassment” is fake

October 16, 2013 ·

Okay. Maybe the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) doesn’t think that they’re admitted their charge of “harassment” is fake, but I’ll let you be the judge.

The PJI is a right-wing activist organization and huge supporter of the ex-gay movement as well as the debunked practice of conversion therapy. Recently, the PJI stirred up the right-wing word by claiming that a kid in Colorado was helped by the public school system to harass 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.

Since the right wing refused to do it, I did some fact checking and learned from the school superintendent that their investigation found that there was no attack or harassment. Furthermore, it turns out that apparently all of this was caused by one parent who felt that trans people should be segregated away from the cisgender population:

Since this came to light media outlets have deleted PJI’s story and apologized to the trans student.

Today, PJI issued a statement to the TransAdvocate via their apparent mouthpiece, a TERF activist. While the statement still offered no evidence to support the claim that this trans kid is a predator, they finally revealed the nature of the supposed “harassment” endured by the cisgender school kids.

In a statement delivered to the TransAdvocate by attorney Cathy Brennan, the PJI claims that a trans person in the restroom is “inherently intimidating and harassing.” Brennan, vocal critic of  trans equality measures, became somewhat infamous after she outed a trans teen to his parents and school, and recently attempted to intervene in the medical care of a transgender person.

After days of sidestepping any explicit statements about the exact nature of the supposed “harassment,” PJI now asserts that the mere presence of a trans person constitutes harassment and intimidation to cisgender people.

The PJI requested that journalists cease pulling their stories, suggesting that media outlets are doing so simply because LGBT activists are bullying them into “silence.”
[hr] [su_cwbottom]

Next Post

GLAAD condemns fake "report" of harassment by transgender student

GLAAD condemned the false report by the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) which claimed a transgender kid was harassing cisgender girls in Colorado. PJI is the ex-gay/creationist organization at the center of an international effort to malign one transgender kid. Last week, the PJI…
Read
Previous Post

TERF supports anti-gay activist group

Cathy Brennan, an opinion leader in of the Trans Exclusionary RadFem movement has chosen to side with the ex-gay organization, the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI):   Fails to mention this story was recanted   Worse, Brennan volunteered to serve as…
Read
Random Post

Pumping-Beauty Now, Pay Dearly For It Later

One of the issues I don't talk about enough is the prevalence of pumping amongst POC transwomen.   It's a subject that is guaranteed to start a vigorous discussion amongst us because the trans women who have resorted to it get defensive about…
Read
Random Post

ABC's Primetime Nightline Focusing On Trans Kids Tomorrow

Tomorrow' ABC will broadcast a Primetime Nightline segment starting at 10 PM EDT/9 PM CDT that will focus on transkids.  The segment will focus on 'Princess Boy' Dyson Kilodavis, Germany's Kim Petras, who started her transition at age 10 and…
Read
Random Post

Owning Endosex Privilege and Supporting the Intersex Community: WPATH, Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM), and Sex Variant Bodies

E-Book Version Listen to an audio version of this article:   By Margo Schulter The presentation of a poster session advocating Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM) at the recent Amsterdam meeting of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has heightened a…
Read
Random Post

The Observer photograph [TW: Sexual Assault]

The Observer recently featured a photograph of a tourist casually sexually assaulting a trans feminine performer by slipping his hand under her dress and squeezing her breast while posing for a picture. The photo was featured as one of the best photographs…
Read
  1. […] And as Transadvocate editor-in-chief Cristan Williams has pointed out, one of their transparent reasons for pushing this story is its potential effect towards repealing the AB 1266, the School Success and Opportunity Act, through referendum. It’s at that point PJI appeared to back off their original claims somewhat, appearing to redefine what they meant — by how they define — harassment. […]

  2. If a kid is getting death threats and is at risk of harm because of something an adult has done – and especially if this was done falsely – does the school have a responsibility to report them for endangering a minor? They usually are considered mandated reporters. The threat still appears to exist as some haven’t corrected the misinformation.

    Though – would merely withdrawing it really remove the danger with some of the nuts who have been stirred up with false stories of things this kid didn’t do?

  3. RadFems lie! It’s a constant that those claiming to be gender nonconforming conform the most to the gender they claim to hate.

    Did you remove an earlier comment on this same post ?

Leave a comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.