TransResistance No More?
Running for office in 2003, Althea Garrison said that a: “most compelling reason why someone should vote for me is that I am different and unique from the other candidates, when candidates run and loose elections most of them goes back to their obscurity not me I continue to fight and bring issues to the limelight,“ and of marriage equality in Massachusetts she said: “Furthermore, to grant special benefits and privileges to a certain group of people is discriminatory toward heterosexual males and females. The issue of same sex marriage is not like race in which a person has no control over the color of his or her skin of which they were born, same sex is a matter of choice and lifestyle not to be confused or associated with class or race.“ Garrison’s stance on marriage equality has gained her the support of the anti-gay rights group MassResistance :
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“TransResistance No More?” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to family and relationships, while also engaging race and intersectionality. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2008 at Transadvocate.com, “TransResistance No More?” provides dated evidence of how family and relationships was being argued in relation to race and intersectionality. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
“TransResistance No More?” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with family and relationships. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for race and intersectionality.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict89%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community44%
- 4Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life37%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
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How “Family and relationships” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 5 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history191
- Law and civil rights130
- Community and organizing103
- Education and youth91
- Culture, identity, and representation60
- Public policy and governance58
- Healthcare and medicine52
- Science, evidence, and expertise43
- Labor, economics, and institutions43
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization41
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Documented circulation and reception
2 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 2 distinct domains. The dated evidence currently falls in 2008. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveThe View From (Ab)Normal Heights » Blog Archive » Transgender News Today
[...] [MA, USA] Sometimes it takes balls to be Republican and accept the endorsement of a group like MassResistance … then again, sometimes not. Ethan St. Pierre brings us up to date on Althea Garrison. — TransResistance No More [...]
You Can’t Make This Shit Up « ENDAblog
[...] Althea Garrison? From TransAdvocate: Running for office in 2003, Althea Garrison said that a: “most compelling reason why someone [...]
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