Many Travesties Verified Just Today
We are approaching the 35th anniversary of a momentous court decision. In honor of that anniversary, I thought I’d post for your reading pleasure and intellectual nourishment: M.T., PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. J.T., DEFENDANT-APPELLANT Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division 355 A.2d 204 October 14, 1975, Submitted March 22, 1976, Decided Mr. Charles L. Bertini, attorney for appellant. Mr. Joseph S. Conte, attorney for respondent. Opinion by: Handler This appeal presents the portentous problem of how to tell the sex of a person for marital purposes. Involved is a post-operative transsexual, born a male but now claiming to be a female. The case started inauspiciously enough when plaintiff M.T. filed a simple complaint in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court for support and maintenance. The legal issue sharpened dramatically when defendant J.T. interposed the defense that M.T. was a male and that their marriage was void. Following a hearing the trial
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Many Travesties Verified Just Today” 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
The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning law and civil rights. Published in 2011 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how transgender identity and history was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is elections and democratic governance and administrative classification and identity documents. 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.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community87%
- 3Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life48%
- 4Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community43%
- 5Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication30%
- 6Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community30%
Academic framing
- 1100%
- 259%
- 338%
- 418%
Policy framing
- 1100%
- 267%
- 367%
- 450%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Law and civil rights” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 2 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
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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
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
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Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
Cristan Williams
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
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