Eavesdrop on a right wing anti-trans training camp: teaching fear mongering and lies
Recently, an equality effort in Florida was defeated by appealing to the ‘trans people = rape’ meme. As it turned out, appealing to this meme was deliberate and is, in fact, part of a curriculum currently being taught to anti-LGBT activists. The TransAdvocate obtained audio from one of the training sessions given by the Christian Family Association (CFC) on October 5th, shortly after their successful defeat of a Florida equality measure that included trans people. The curriculum taught at this training camp was developed and successfully used by the following coalition of anti-LGBT groups: Coalition of responsible for developing the curriculum being taught You might be surprised to see The Florida Democratic League (FDL) among these groups. The FDL is headed by a man named Eladio Jose Armesto. Armesto gave the keynote speech for this anti-LGBT training camp. I called up Armesto and asked him to expound on his views
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Community significance
“Eavesdrop on a right wing anti-trans training camp: teaching fear mongering and lies” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to education and youth, 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 education and youth. Published in 2013 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.
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The article’s strongest policy connection is education policy and civil rights and anti-discrimination. It links that institutional frame to education and youth 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.
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Themes
- 1Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community78%
- 3Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life45%
- 4Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community37%
- 5Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community33%
- 6Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community20%
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How “Education and youth” appears across the Collective corpus
This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).
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Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history308
- Community and organizing177
- Law and civil rights151
- Healthcare and medicine103
- Culture, identity, and representation97
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse93
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization93
- Family and relationships91
- Science, evidence, and expertise80
- History, archives, and memory78
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the Collectivewarning: lies and hatefulness throughout article | cakelee vannila
[…] warning: lies and hatefulness throughout article […]
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Author profiles and related researchers
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Cristan Williams
Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Guest
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Rani Baker
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Kelley Winters
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Marian
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
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