Starting From Scratch:The Death of United ENDA Part II
In March I said: “Essentially it’s business as usual for HRC. Nothing has substantially changed in their lobbying efforts. They’ve had no “’rehabilitative”’ moment or change of heart. If you take Keisling’s words to heart, the only other conclusion that seems logical is that United ENDA is dead.” Recently Matt Foreman said: ” ‘Congress is a creature of history,’ Foreman said. ‘If lightning strikes and it passes the Senate, it will more than likely be the broken ENDA that is introduced next year because it will have passed both houses. That was the tragedy of the broken ENDA passing the House in the first place.’ Even if the Frank version of ENDA does not go into 2009 with the wind at its back, Foreman is not 100 percent confident that the situation can be righted. Asked whether HRC and the 300-plus dissident groups have come to a meeting of the
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Starting From Scratch:The Death of United ENDA Part II” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to history, archives, and memory, while also engaging community and organizing. 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 history, archives, and memory. Published in 2008 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how community and organizing was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
“Starting From Scratch:The Death of United ENDA Part II” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with history, archives, and memory. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for community and organizing.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication100%
- 2Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community83%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community75%
- 4Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life67%
- 5Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life42%
- 6Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community33%
Academic framing
- 1100%
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How “History, archives, and memory” 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.
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Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history216
- Community and organizing158
- Law and civil rights117
- Education and youth78
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse63
- Healthcare and medicine57
- Science, evidence, and expertise54
- Culture, identity, and representation52
- Labor, economics, and institutions47
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization45
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveTop Secret: The Transgender Workplace Discrimination Hearings
[...] today isn’t one of those days. I’ve said repeatedly that United ENDA is dead ( here and here). And I’ve said that we had better plan on not being in ENDA. The fight for an inclusive ENDA [...]
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