The Official Gay Strategy: Poke the Obama Administration So Much on Gay Marriage That it Will Never Want to Touch a Trans-Inclusive ENDA
Gay Marriage Mouthpiece, Inc., er…, Queer Channel Media reports: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs nearly shut down a news conference on Monday following inquiries about President Obama’s position on same-sex marriage. … “I think there’s a whole host of issues that I would direct you to the campaign on — on different questionnaires and I would again reiterate what the president has said recently on that issue,” Gibbs said. Asked whether he denies the accuracy of the 1996 questionnaire response, Gibbs ducked the question and replied, “Again, I’m happy to send you the several thousand clips of which went around during the course of 2008 on a whole host of those issues.” The marriage questions prompted Gibbs to attempt to end the news conference. Following his response to the second [] question, Gibbs said, “Thanks guys,” indicating that he would take no more questions. Ending the news conference at
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“The Official Gay Strategy: Poke the Obama Administration So Much on Gay Marriage That it Will Never Want to Touch a Trans-Inclusive ENDA” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to family and relationships, while also engaging media, rhetoric, and discourse. 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 family and relationships. Published in 2011 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how media, rhetoric, and discourse was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
“The Official Gay Strategy: Poke the Obama Administration So Much on Gay Marriage That it Will Never Want to Touch a Trans-Inclusive ENDA” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with family and relationships. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for media, rhetoric, and discourse.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication20%
- 3Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life13%
- 4Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life10%
- 5Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community8%
- 6History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication8%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
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How “Family and relationships” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 2 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history191
- Law and civil rights130
- Community and organizing103
- Education and youth91
- Culture, identity, and representation60
- Public policy and governance58
- Healthcare and medicine52
- Science, evidence, and expertise43
- Labor, economics, and institutions43
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization41
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Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
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Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
Cristan Williams
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Law and civil rights, Transgender identity and history, Family and relationships.
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