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1988:Transgender People = Transsexual People

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Anchorage Daily News reprint of LA Times, Aug. 1, 1988 Biological women, thought to account for only 6 percent of the nation’s transsexual population in the early 1950s, now make up around 25 percent of the 10,000 to 25,000 trans-gender people in the United States, according to a survey of those in the filed.

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Community significance

“1988:Transgender People = Transsexual People” may matter to affected communities because it organizes evidence or documented claims about transgender identity and history and places them alongside empirical and quantitative research. This can help readers distinguish the article’s evidentiary contribution from broader commentary on the subject.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2011 at Cristan’s Research, “1988:Transgender People = Transsexual People” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to empirical and quantitative research. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

No dominant policy frame was detected in “1988:Transgender People = Transsexual People.” 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.

Content analysis

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    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
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This article appeared 2 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.

Admin

98 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

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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