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TERFs side with Fox News

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Unsurprisingly, Cathy Brennan, opinion leader in of the TERF movement has, of course, chosen to side with the Fox News and the Pacific Justice Institute: Brennan, an attorney the LGBT Bar Association disavowed… … links to the original right-wing letter asserting that the trans kid is a predator. In the letter, the anti-gay hate group asserts that the transgender youth is sexually harassing cisgender girls and that the school is part of a trans conspiracy to endanger cisgender women. Brennan has uploaded the Pacific Justice Institute’s letter to her site and is featuring it without noting that the allegations are false or that news media who’ve investigated the claims have removed the story. The letter Brennan offers asserts: The trans student, “has made sexually harassing comments towards the girls” The school has, “threatened students with penalties ranging from charges of hate crimes to dismissal from school sports” for asking that

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Community significance

“TERFs side with Fox News” may matter to community readers because it connects education and youth with organizing, advocacy, or collective experience. Its discussion of transgender identity and history gives readers a concrete point of entry into the concerns and strategies represented in the article.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2013 at The TERFs, “TERFs side with Fox News” provides dated evidence of how education and youth was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

“TERFs side with Fox News” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with education and youth. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for transgender identity and history.

Content analysis

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Themes

  1. 1
    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    100%
  2. 2
    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    33%
  3. 3
    Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    26%
  4. 4
    Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    22%
  5. 5
    Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    17%

Academic framing

  1. 1100%

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Source topics

Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Education and youth to Transgender identity and history: Separate but related
Transgender identity and history
Education and youth to Feminism and gender politics: Separate but related
Feminism and gender politics
Education and youth to Community and organizing: Separate but related
Community and organizing
Education and youth to Media, rhetoric, and discourse: Separate but related
Media, rhetoric, and discourse
Education and youthRank 1
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  • Separate but related themes
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This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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