The Democratic Party’s New LGBT “Equality” Agenda: Big Words, Short Arms
It’s really interesting to see how mainstream cable newsmedia is lauding the Democratically-controlled 111th Congress for getting so much done. It’s not entirely undeserved of course, but when one takes a close look at what actually did get done this past session of Congress in terms of protecting and ensuring equal civil rights for all Americans, we find that their actual results are really not quite as impressive as some would like us to believe. The repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is a great example of what I’m talking about here. Long overdue to be sure, but also only actually impacting the lives of just a tiny fraction of a single percent of the American LGBT workforce, just like the rest of the “progress” made on LGBT rights by this administration thus far, mainly by Executive Order of one form or another. What about the rest of us, the
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- 1Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life32%
- 3Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication10%
- 4Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict7%
- 5History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication7%
- 6Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life7%
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- 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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