{"id":1927,"date":"2026-06-17T23:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1927"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:39:55","slug":"california-will-throw-you-in-jail-for-a-year-if-you-lie-about-being-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1927","title":{"rendered":"California Will Throw You In Jail For A Year If You Lie About Being Gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>A City Journal report published Tuesday details California\u2019s \u201cgay-certification program\u201d \u2014 and the state\u2019s penalties for gayfishing (that is, pretending to be gay when one is not).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1925\">Idaho Judge Partially Blocks Law Penalizing Transgenders For Using Wrong Bathroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Why would a California business owner pretend to be gay? Because California provides patronage to gay-owned businesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) oversees privately owned utility companies, <\/span><span>including<\/span><span> \u201celectric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, railroad, rail transit and passenger transportation companies.\u201d <\/span><b>(RELATED: California Knew This Was Coming. It Did Nothing.)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Large utility companies are required to submit plans to \u201cencourage, recruit, and utilize\u201d businesses owned by non-whites, women, disabled veterans, and individuals who identify as LGBT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Someone\u2019s race can be fairly easily verified (Rachel Dolezal notwithstanding). As can their sex and veteran status. But how does California ensure that those claiming gay status are actually gay?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>City Journal <\/span><span>points<\/span><span> to Supplier Clearinghouse, a group that verifies the eligibility of minority\/female\/gay\/veteran owned businesses for CPUC benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Supplier Clearinghouse <\/span><span> applicants several means of proving their gayness: a marriage license, joint living arrangement paperwork which names a same-sex partner, three reference letters from \u201cpersonal contacts\u201d who have known the applicant for over one year and can \u201cvouch\u201d for his gay status.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>If the newspaper \u201cexplicitly\u201d refers to your gayness, you can submit a copy of that article as proof of your homosexuality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By far, the funniest evidence accepted by Supplier Clearinghouse is a \u201c[p]hysician or attorney letter establishing LGBT status of owner.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1923\">Annapolis Lists Chest Binders, Wigs In Pride Month \u2018Emergency Preparedness Guide\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>That is to say, a doctor\u2019s note.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cYeah, my back\u2019s been bothering me lately. By the way, did I mention I\u2019m a lesbian?\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>There\u2019s much to be gained by being gay, or pretending to be gay, in California. A business owner might be incentivized to go to the doctor, admit he\u2019s been a deeply repressed bisexual all along, and profit. <\/span><b>(RELATED: Jesse Watters Explains How \u2018Gavin Newsom Could Be The First Woman President\u2019)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Not so fast. Any person who falsely represents a straight-owned business as a gay-owned business in the procurement of utility company contracts may <\/span><span>face<\/span><span> a $5000 fine, imprisonment in a county jail or prison for up to a year, or both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gay fraud is an international issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I\u2019m reminded of the United Kingdom\u2019s ill-conceived asylum system, which gives special consideration to applicants who claim that they are gay and that returning to their native countries would result in persecution and death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Migrants, with the help of immigration advisors, regularly <\/span><span>pretend<\/span><span> to be gay in order to gain residence in the United Kingdom, according to an excellent BBC investigation published in April.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An undercover BBC reporter spoke to men at an \u201cEid Milan Party\u201d organized by an LGBTQ+ asylum advocacy group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNobody is a gay here. Not even 1 percent are gay. Not even 0.01 percent are gay,\u201d a man named Zeeshan told the BBC reporter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Will California suffer a similar wave of gay fraud? I\u2019m not sure. I doubt anything short of a lawsuit would cause California to abandon its blatantly discriminatory policies. If anything, rampant gay fraud would probably inspire California to pay some guy from the Castro a six-figure salary to go door to door performing Homosexual Confirmation Assessments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1921\">Are You Gay Enough To Get A California Utilities Contract? 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