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Gawking at TransKid’s Genitalia is “Freedom of Speech” says Philly PD

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A much older adult, who was famous in the eyes of a kid, talked the minor into exposing themselves to the adult. The adult then took a good long look – long enough to memorize the details of the kid’s genitals. The adult then wrote an article featuring the explicit details of what the underage kid’s genitals looked like. While this might elicit a strident response from folks who care about things like the age of consent, the use of power, corrosion and exploitation, nobody seems to care in this case – especially the Philadelphia police department. Yes, a minor really was talked into exposing himself to an adult but here’s the rub: the kid was trans and that, apparently, changes everything. A reporter named Brownworth decided to do a story on a dangerous underground body modification scene which uses silicone injections to change the shape of the body. This

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Community significance

“Gawking at TransKid’s Genitalia is “Freedom of Speech” says Philly PD” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to feminism and gender politics, while also engaging healthcare and medicine. 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 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “Gawking at TransKid’s Genitalia is “Freedom of Speech” says Philly PD” provides dated evidence of how feminism and gender politics was being argued in relation to healthcare and medicine. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

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The article’s strongest policy connection is criminal justice and public safety and research ethics and data governance. It links that institutional frame to feminism and gender politics and healthcare and medicine, 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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    Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    100%
  2. 2
    Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    50%
  3. 3
    Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    50%
  4. 4
    Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    33%
  5. 5
    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    25%

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Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Feminism and gender politics to Healthcare and medicine: Separate but related
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Feminism and gender politics to Culture, identity, and representation: Separate but related
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Feminism and gender politics to Religion and morality: Related theme in the same family
Religion and morality
Feminism and gender politics to Transgender identity and history: Separate but related
Transgender identity and history
Feminism and gender politicsRank 1
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This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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12 source-held references record early links or citations; the documented sources span 5 distinct domains. The dated evidence currently spans 2013–2017. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.

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#TERFlogic: puberty blockers are a trans “sex offender revenge campaign on children”

#TERFlogic: puberty blockers are a trans “sex offender revenge campaign on children” · theterfs.com · April 2, 2017

[…]  That’s right. That’s 124 times TERFs couldn’t stop themselves from obsessing over a kid’s genitals because they’re not cis. But then, TERFs have a long history of demanding access and the right to use their platforms to publicly describe the geni…: […]

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#TERFLogic: normalizing pedo obsessions is radical!

#TERFLogic: normalizing pedo obsessions is radical! · theterfs.com · February 28, 2017

[…] isn’t the first time TERFs have tried to normalize these types of interactions between adults and children. TERFs couldn’t line up fast enough to defend the right of an adult TERF to talk a minor […]

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We’re so dangerous! | SINMANTYX

We’re so dangerous! | SINMANTYX · sinmantyx.wordpress.com · September 25, 2016

[…] Being on the Block Bot not only didn’t cause the “professional damage” that she is discussing, but it also arguably decreases the amount of interaction between her and the community angry due to her actions that many felt were grossly inappropriate. […]

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Victoria Brownworth: paid to write about queer issues | The Transadvocate

Victoria Brownworth: paid to write about queer issues | The Transadvocate · transadvocate.com · November 2, 2013

[…] Gawking at TransKid’s Genitalia is “Freedom of Speech” says Philly PD […]

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Victoria Brownworth: Do you ever not lie about me? | Ehipassiko

Victoria Brownworth: Do you ever not lie about me? | Ehipassiko · cristanwilliams.com · November 2, 2013

[…] Gawking at TransKid’s Genitalia is “Freedom of Speech” says Philly PD […]

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For the last time: VICTORIA BROWNWORTH IS NOT A TRANSPHOBE!!! | The Transadvocate

For the last time: VICTORIA BROWNWORTH IS NOT A TRANSPHOBE!!! | The Transadvocate · transadvocate.com · July 26, 2013

[...] the Philadelphia Gay News (PGN). In one of PGN’s Brownworth articles, she recounts how she talked a trans minor into exposing himself  to her because she felt it was her privilege (even though she said she felt creepy for doing it). [...]

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Victoria Brownworth: I Remember | Ehipassiko

Victoria Brownworth: I Remember | Ehipassiko · cristanwilliams.com · July 17, 2013

[...] 1-2: See http://www.transadvocate.com/gawking-at-transkids-genitalia-is-freedom-of-speech-says-philly-pd.htm [...]

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It’s about the behavior | Ehipassiko

It’s about the behavior | Ehipassiko · cristanwilliams.com · July 8, 2013

[...] of you might be aware that I recently wrote a piece on the TransAdvocate about a journalist who talked a minor into exposing his genitals. This reporter then described [...]

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TS to Brownworth: 2008, “Get the f*ck out of our lives” 2013, “I am very happy that Victoria wrote this series”

TS to Brownworth: 2008, “Get the f*ck out of our lives” 2013, “I am very happy that Victoria wrote this series” · cristanwilliams.com · July 6, 2013

[...] Cei Bell came out in support of Victoria Brownworth, the journalist at the center of a recent controversy about unethical (and possibly criminal) practices concerning what CPS called, “child [...]

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