I’m Calling it: the Death of the TS Separatist Movement
I’m going to call it: the TS Separatist movement – as it has existed over the past 5 years – is dead. The foundational falsehoods upon which TS Separatism was built have been exposed and thus, destroyed. Furthermore, in an ironic twist, it’s been shown that the guy HBSers (a subset of the TS Separatist group) named themselves after didn’t actually think one could transition from one sex to another. Practically all Separatist opinion leaders have moved on to (hopefully) do better things with their time and energy… and I wish them well! The only ones left seem to be the young earth creationists of the trans world: Ashley “I’m Colonized” Love: It’s a conspiracy! All facts are faked! The Separatists who are left seem to represent the JustJennifer/RadFem/Nick Chaleunphone/Ashley Love contingent. They are the remaining vanguard of a movement which now finds itself without a coherent narrative. Here’s a
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“I’m Calling it: the Death of the TS Separatist Movement” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, 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 transgender identity and history. Published in 2012 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.
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The article’s strongest policy connection is public accommodations and facilities and administrative classification and identity documents. It links that institutional frame to transgender identity and history and community and organizing, 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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- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community81%
- 3Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication36%
- 4Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication34%
- 5Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community26%
- 6History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication21%
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- 323%
Policy framing
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This article appeared 1 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
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- Community and organizing531
- Law and civil rights468
- Culture, identity, and representation320
- Education and youth308
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse260
- Healthcare and medicine248
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization238
- History, archives, and memory216
- Public policy and governance206
- Feminism and gender politics198
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- Criminal justice and public safety131
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- Research ethics and data governance78
- Labor and employment policy52
- Administrative classification and identity documents39
- Housing and social services38
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveMy Response to the Death of Trans Separatism | The Transadvocate
[...] *Editor’s note: this post was originally written in response to Cristan Williams’ post, I’m Calling it: the Death of the TS Separatist Movement. [...]
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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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