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GLAAD condemns fake “report” of harassment by transgender student

By Cristan Williams Transadvocate.com

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Source Summary

GLAAD condemned the false report by the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) which claimed a transgender kid was harassing cisgender girls in Colorado. PJI is the ex-gay/creationist organization at the center of an international effort to malign one transgender kid. Last week, the PJI provided the right-wing word with the ultimate talking point against protecting trans children when they claimed that a trans kid in Colorado, assisted by the public school system, harassed cisgender girls in the restrooms. Right wing media outlets jumped at the story without fact checking and inspired members of the right wing community to call for the death of the trans kid. PJI is perhaps best known for claiming that overturning DOMA would lead to incest: Just as the PJI story was gaining a foothold in international right wing and tabloid circles, the school’s Superintendent debunked PJI’s unsupported assertions of harassment and revealed that the media hype

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Community significance

“GLAAD condemns fake “report” of harassment by transgender student” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to education and youth, while also engaging transgender identity and history. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

Historical significance

As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “GLAAD condemns fake “report” of harassment by transgender student” provides dated evidence of how education and youth was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.

Policy significance

“GLAAD condemns fake “report” of harassment by transgender student” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with education and youth. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for transgender identity and history.

Content analysis

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Themes

  1. 1
    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    100%
  2. 2
    Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    78%
  3. 3
    Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    38%
  4. 4
    Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    28%
  5. 5
    Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community
    14%
  6. 6
    Labor, economics, and institutionsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    9%

Academic framing

  1. 1100%

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activismcivil rightsCristan Williamshatein the mediaTransphobia
Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. Education and youth to Transgender identity and history: Overlapping theme
Transgender identity and history
 Education and youth to Violence, safety, and dehumanization: Separate but related
Violence, safety, and dehumanization
 Education and youth to Media, rhetoric, and discourse: Separate but related
Media, rhetoric, and discourse
 Education and youth to Community and organizing: Separate but related
Community and organizing
 Education and youth to Labor, economics, and institutions: Related theme in the same family
Labor, economics, and institutions
Education and youthRank 1
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This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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Presence by member publication

  1. Transadvocate.com338
  2. Cristan’s Research20
  3. The TERFs17

Frequently co-occurring concepts

  1. Transgender identity and history308
  2. Community and organizing177
  3. Law and civil rights151
  4. Healthcare and medicine103
  5. Culture, identity, and representation97
  6. Media, rhetoric, and discourse93
  7. Violence, safety, and dehumanization93
  8. Family and relationships91
  9. Science, evidence, and expertise80
  10. History, archives, and memory78

Academic framings in this topic

  1. Interpretive analysis128
  2. Historical analysis98
  3. Clinical and medical analysis91
  4. Psychological analysis80
  5. Qualitative and interview research55
  6. Empirical and quantitative research37
  7. Archival research33
  8. Media and discourse analysis33

Policy framings in this topic

  1. Public accommodations and facilities87
  2. Civil rights and anti-discrimination57
  3. Research ethics and data governance47
  4. Criminal justice and public safety43
  5. Elections and democratic governance37
  6. Education policy31
  7. Administrative classification and identity documents18
  8. Housing and social services17

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Article authors

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Cristan Williams

143 publications · 714 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Guest

57 publications · 87 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Rani Baker

5 publications · 6 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Kelley Winters

3 publications · 2 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Admin

98 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marian

7 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

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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