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1991: Virginia Prince on the use of Transgender

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What follows is an exchange between Virginia Prince and Tere Fredrickson, co-organizer (along with the primary organizer, Phyllis Frye, VP of GCTC) of the ICTLEP Conference. Dear Linda and Tere: Sept 1, 1991 Thanks for sending me the issues of Gender Euphoria. I feel something of a proprietary interest in it because of its title. It was named such after I made a point about euphoria and against dysphoria in my keynote speech at a Be All in Detroit several years ago or the keynote at the first IFGE convention in Chicago. I don’t know who it was now, maybe it was you Linda, but somebody told me later that they were so taken by the term that they were going to use it as the title of the newsletter. So it’s thanks in one direction and you’re welcome in the other. Now to cases in point. I hope neither

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Interpretive context

Why this article may matter

Community significance

“1991: Virginia Prince on the use of Transgender” 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

As a publication record from 2012 at Cristan’s Research, “1991: Virginia Prince on the use of Transgender” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to community and organizing. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

“1991: Virginia Prince on the use of Transgender” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with transgender identity and history. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for community and organizing.

Content analysis

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Themes

  1. 1
    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    100%
  2. 2
    Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    21%
  3. 3
    Sex and gender classificationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    16%
  4. 4
    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    13%
  5. 5
    Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    11%

Academic framing

  1. 1100%

Editorial function

Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Transgender identity and history to Community and organizing: Related theme in the same family
Community and organizing
Transgender identity and history to Sex and gender classification: Separate but related
Sex and gender classification
Transgender identity and history to Education and youth: Separate but related
Education and youth
Transgender identity and history to Culture, identity, and representation: Related theme in the same family
Culture, identity, and representation
Transgender identity and historyRank 1
Relationship key
  • Related theme in the same family
  • Separate but related themes
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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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Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

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Cristan Williams

319 publications · 3,580 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 8 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.

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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.

Mari

6 publications · 80 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.

Autumn Sandeen

57 publications · 89 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.

Gwen Smith

15 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.

TransAdvocate Staff

11 publications · 2 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.

Related authors are calculated from co-authorship, shared themes and framings, and citation relationships in the registered corpus. This does not imply a personal or institutional association.

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Counterpoint

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Offers a critical, contrasting, or corrective interpretation of the shared issue.

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Overview

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Provides broader orientation to the subject and terminology assumed by this article.

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