History Theft: How Gay and Lesbian Historians Appropriate Trans History
As far back as we have history of transgender people, we have appropriation (a nice word for theft) of our history by gays and lesbians. […]
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How “History, archives, and memory” appears across the Collective corpus
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- Transadvocate.com217
- Cristan’s Research29
- The TERFs12
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history214
- Community and organizing150
- Law and civil rights117
- Education and youth72
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse64
- Healthcare and medicine51
- Culture, identity, and representation50
- Science, evidence, and expertise48
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization47
- Feminism and gender politics45
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- Historical analysis219
- Archival research62
- Clinical and medical analysis39
- Media and discourse analysis33
- Qualitative and interview research32
- Psychological analysis31
- Interpretive analysis30
- Critical theory24
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- Civil rights and anti-discrimination43
- Elections and democratic governance37
- Public accommodations and facilities33
- Criminal justice and public safety22
- Research ethics and data governance19
- Administrative classification and identity documents10
- Housing and social services8
- Education policy7
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