#DiscoSexology Part VII: Interview With Affirmative Therapy Pioneer
Disco Sexology, Part Six: Gender Infinity Disco Sexology, Pt. 8: Committed for GID By Cristan Williams Listen to this article Upon completion of this series, this work will be released, in its entirety, as both an audio and ebook. Installment Preface Welcome to the seventh installment in this series on the rise and fall of Disco Sexology. In the previous installment, I interviewed the co-founder of the Gender Infinity conference, recently picketed by the Westboro Baptist Church because the conference provides affirmative support to trans kids and their family members, as well as training for providers of therapeutic and medical care. In this installment, I interview radical feminist and pioneer in the affirmative model of trans care, Arlen Lev. Thirteen years ago, Lev published one of the first affirmative care books titled, Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender-Variant People and Their Families. Affirming therapeutic models offer a patient-therapist
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“#DiscoSexology Part VII: Interview With Affirmative Therapy Pioneer” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, 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
The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning transgender identity and history. Published in 2017 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how healthcare and medicine was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
“#DiscoSexology Part VII: Interview With Affirmative Therapy Pioneer” 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 healthcare and medicine.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life42%
- 3Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict39%
- 4Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community32%
- 5Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life30%
- 6Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication28%
Academic framing
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- 298%
- 360%
- 449%
Editorial function
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 4 year(s) after the theme’s highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
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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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Documented circulation and reception
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Author profiles and related researchers
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Cristan Williams
Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Guest
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Rani Baker
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Kelley Winters
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Marian
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
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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