Transsexuals Not Covered In Hate Crimes Bill
Back on Feburary 25, 2009 Kathy Padilla wrote a post over at Pam’s House Blend titled “Hate Crimes & ENDA: Bad Bills Come and Bad Bills Go“. When it came out I really thought it would be one of those explosive posts that rocked the community down to the bone. She said: “The new definitions can generally be said to cover gender expression but not gender identity. Which in the real world would present the likelihood that gender variant gay, straight and transgender people who don’t medically transition would be covered by the Hate Crimes Bill (and ENDA if it imports the language). Transsexuals would not be covered.” and “The redefining of identity to mean characteristics (in this case gender expression) is something that case law has already addressed in Title VII cases holding that expression does not equal identity; in those cases racial and ethnic identity. These were expressions
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Transsexuals Not Covered In Hate Crimes Bill” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging culture, identity, and representation. 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 2009 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how culture, identity, and representation was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is civil rights and anti-discrimination. It links that institutional frame to transgender identity and history and culture, identity, and representation, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.
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Themes
- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 3Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life93%
- 4Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict55%
- 5Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life43%
- 6Media, rhetoric, and discourseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication28%
Academic framing
- 1100%
- 224%
Policy framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 4 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
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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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- 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
1 source-held reference records an early link or citation; the documented sources span 1 domain. The dated evidence currently falls in 2012. These observations describe circulation and reuse; they do not assign cultural worth or evaluate the communities, arguments, or people discussed.
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Dated source evidence currently stored by the CollectiveGwen zapata | Premiervirtual
[...] Transsexuals Not Covered In Hate Crimes Bill | The TransadvocateThe murders of Angie Zapata, Gwen Araujo, Chanel Pickett, and Deborah Forte would likely not be considered hate crimes today, under this legislation. Defined … [...]
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Author profiles and related researchers
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Cristan Williams
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
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Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
Cristan Williams
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Community and organizing.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, 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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