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GLAAD, Logo finally issue statements addressing concerns of transphobia of RuPaul’s Drag Race

By Mari Transadvocate.com

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Source Summary

Rupauls contestants yucking it up after being told they will be using a transphobic slur in determining whether a person is a ‘real’ woman or a psycho case Drag icon RuPaul is no stranger to criticism, particularly over his continued use of transphobic slurs on his popular TV show RuPaul’s Drag Race which is produced by the LGBT-centered Logo cable network. However, in March, he ignited a firestorm of backlash from within and outside the trans community by featuring a mini-game entitled “Female or Shemale,” on the show. Despite criticism of the segment echoing loudly throughout the web, the voice of the largest LGBT group for media advocacy, GLAAD, was nowhere to be heard. On March 29th, 12 days after the segment aired, GLAAD finally issue a statement on the issue: The morning after the segment aired GLAAD staff reached out to Logo and shared our own concerns, as well

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Why this article may matter

Community significance

“GLAAD, Logo finally issue statements addressing concerns of transphobia of RuPaul’s Drag Race” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to race and intersectionality, 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 race and intersectionality. Published in 2014 by Transadvocate.com, 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

“GLAAD, Logo finally issue statements addressing concerns of transphobia of RuPaul’s Drag Race” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with race and intersectionality. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for community and organizing.

Content analysis

Ranked themes and framings

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Themes

  1. 1
    Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    100%
  2. 2
    Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    50%
  3. 3
    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    40%
  4. 4
    Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    35%
  5. 5
    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    13%
  6. 6
    History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    6%

Academic framing

  1. 1100%

Editorial function

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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. Race and intersectionality to Community and organizing: Separate but related
Community and organizing
 Race and intersectionality to Transgender identity and history: Separate but related
Transgender identity and history
 Race and intersectionality to Media, rhetoric, and discourse: Separate but related
Media, rhetoric, and discourse
 Race and intersectionality to Education and youth: Separate but related
Education and youth
 Race and intersectionality to History, archives, and memory: Separate but related
History, archives, and memory
Race and intersectionalityRank 1
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  • Separate but related themes
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This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2014).

Relative presence by year

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Presence by member publication

  1. Transadvocate.com113
  2. Cristan’s Research6
  3. The TERFs3

Frequently co-occurring concepts

  1. Transgender identity and history98
  2. Community and organizing73
  3. Law and civil rights51
  4. Culture, identity, and representation36
  5. Media, rhetoric, and discourse35
  6. Violence, safety, and dehumanization31
  7. Education and youth28
  8. Feminism and gender politics27
  9. History, archives, and memory24
  10. Religion and morality21

Academic framings in this topic

  1. Interpretive analysis56
  2. Historical analysis40
  3. Media and discourse analysis17
  4. Critical theory15
  5. Psychological analysis14
  6. Qualitative and interview research14
  7. Clinical and medical analysis13
  8. Empirical and quantitative research7

Policy framings in this topic

  1. Civil rights and anti-discrimination20
  2. Criminal justice and public safety19
  3. Elections and democratic governance16
  4. Public accommodations and facilities12
  5. Labor and employment policy8
  6. Housing and social services8
  7. Research ethics and data governance5
  8. Family law and child welfare4

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Inbound-link and citation evidence

Documented circulation and reception

The documented sources span 1 domain. The dated evidence currently falls in 2014. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.

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0best available scholarly cited-by count
0books or volumes documented
0references retained by the source publication
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Mari Brighe

Cristan Williams · collective-demo.transhouston.com · March 20, 2014

GLAAD, Logo finally issue statements addressing concerns of transphobia of RuPaul’s Drag Race

Counts describe documented circulation and reception in the sources currently available to the Collective. They are not a score of quality, merit, popularity, or social value, and provider totals can overlap.

Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

Mari

6 publications · 80 inbound sources/citations

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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Science, evidence, and expertise, Community and organizing.

Cristan Williams

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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Science, evidence, and expertise, Community and organizing.

Autumn Sandeen

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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Science, evidence, and expertise, Community and organizing.

Gwen Smith

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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Science, evidence, and expertise, Community and organizing.

Marti Abernathey

369 publications · 249 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Science, evidence, and expertise, Community and organizing.

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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