Neil Patrick Harris Sounds Like A Transphobe
I was alerted to a transphobic statement from Neil Patrick Harris. Trans Femmergy posted Neil Patrick Harris: I’ve never sounded more like a tranny in my life. She said: Nope. But ya do sound just like lots of other trans misogynist gay guys that don’t give two shits about the lives of trans women (Dan Savage and Don Lemon come to mind immediately). Check out the video link available here (I don’t embed trans-haters). Great job, NPH. Thanks for using a slur and perpetuating the predatory trans woman meme by rounding off a Buffalo Bill impersonation with “I’ve never sounded more like a tranny in my life.” The idea that it’s acceptable to call trans people “tranny”, as well as the idea that trans women are predators are real issues that impede progress on gender identity-inclusive non-discrimination laws. Kelly Osbourne could realistically use the excuse that she didn’t know better.
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Community significance
“Neil Patrick Harris Sounds Like A Transphobe” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging law and civil rights. 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 2011 at Transadvocate.com, “Neil Patrick Harris Sounds Like A Transphobe” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to law and civil rights. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
No dominant policy frame was detected in “Neil Patrick Harris Sounds Like A Transphobe.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of transgender identity and history may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.
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Themes
- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life60%
- 3Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community40%
Academic framing
- 1100%
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 2 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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- Public accommodations and facilities177
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination173
- Criminal justice and public safety131
- Elections and democratic governance100
- Research ethics and data governance78
- Labor and employment policy52
- Administrative classification and identity documents39
- Housing and social services38
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2 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 2 distinct domains. The dated evidence currently falls in 2011. 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 CollectiveTransphobia and You: Basics « A Gay Girl's Advice For Guys
[...] The Transadvocate [...]
Even NPH Can’t Say ‘Tranny’ : A Teachable Moment « Talk About Equality
[...] we need to use them as a tool to educate, not attack. Jumping to the conclusion that he is a “transphobe” or that he “doesn’t give two shits about trans women” is not only extreme, [...]
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