Tranny: An Evidence-Based Review
Discourse surrounding the term tranny has become more than a little heated. In fact, a RuPaul Drag Race runner-up enacted the mock execution of a trans woman named Parker Molloy for the apparent crime of asking that folks not be so casual with the language people use while killing trans people. Andrea James thought the mock execution was “hilarious” and a HuffPo Gay editor promoted the video. There’s a number of posts out there critiquing the mock execution of Parker Molloy. This article will not substantively focus on these current issues. Instead, it will focus on the evidence-based history of the term because I’ve noticed a common historical narrative used when defending the use of the term. According to the narrative, tranny as a trans term goes way back. In fact, they assert, the term didn’t have a negative connotation when used way back when. Writing for the Advocate, Calpernia
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Community significance
“Tranny: An Evidence-Based Review” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to media, rhetoric, and discourse, while also engaging science, evidence, and expertise. 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 media, rhetoric, and discourse. Published in 2014 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how science, evidence, and expertise was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
“Tranny: An Evidence-Based Review” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with media, rhetoric, and discourse. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for science, evidence, and expertise.
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Themes
- 1Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication100%
- 2Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication90%
- 3History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication81%
- 4Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community79%
- 5Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community40%
- 6Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict25%
Academic framing
- 1100%
- 259%
- 323%
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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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