The Astell Project Transphobia
This is a very unfortunate situation. What started out as an amazing opportunity to address gender inequality in education seems to be turning into an anti-trans organization. At least this is how it looks from some recent tweets by founder of the project, Triona Kennedy. The LAST thing the transgender community needs is a transphobic organization teaching kids. Our community can’t even handle the current amount of hate and violence directed at is. This is a very serious situation if this project takes off. Currently there are only around 450 signatures on the petition. The following tweet was tweeted by the @astellproject: Here she puts identifying in quotes and then goes on to mock transgender people. There seems to be no ambiguity here. She was called out on it but wanted to answer in private. However, she did give a generic response. @astellproject this is an incredibly problematic tweet. Do
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“The Astell Project Transphobia” 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 2013 by The TERFs, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how community and organizing was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
“The Astell Project Transphobia” 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.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community67%
- 3Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict58%
- 4Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life50%
- 5Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life33%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- 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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Policy framings in this topic
- 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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