The Primary Is Over, My Passion Is Not
For those that are working on a political campaign, the day after the election feels like a balloon that suddenly loses all it’s air. Win or lose, the day after is always a time to rest and take stock of what happened. I volunteered with the Obama campaign’s Indiana LGBT Steering Committee. This was the first time I’ve ever felt so inspired by a candidate that I gave my time and effort fully to them. In the midst of working for the Obama team, I really found a passion. In the past politics was something I watched on Sunday morning, much like football fans do. I was a watcher, but not active in it. With this campaign, that changed. But with all the campaign work I’ve done, family events, starting a non-profit, blogging, and all the other things I’ve been doing, Transadvocate has suffered. I’ve been averaging about a post
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“The Primary Is Over, My Passion Is Not” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to family and relationships, 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.
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The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning family and relationships. Published in 2008 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how transgender identity and history was framed at that moment.
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- 1Family and relationshipsTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community25%
- 3History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication25%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Policy framing
- 1100%
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- 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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