Boycotts, hypocrisy, and the Christian Right’s favorite scare tactic
As many readers may be aware, the American Family Association (sponsor of conservative Christian news site OneNewsNow) has organized a boycott of McDonald’s. (At various times during the past decade AFA has also boycotted Ford, Target, and Disney.) According to AFA’s official “Boycott McDonald’s” website, the fast food chain’s sin is “refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars”. McDonald’s is a member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and has donated money to the organization. Richard Ellis, Vice President of Communications at McDonald’s USA, is on the NGLCC’s board of directors. The “Boycott McDonald’s” website explicitly states that “[the boycott] is not about how homosexual employees are treated”, but other statements…
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
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- Transadvocate.com840
- Cristan’s Research83
- The TERFs52
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- Community and organizing469
- Law and civil rights424
- Education and youth273
- Culture, identity, and representation270
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse218
- History, archives, and memory214
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization213
- Healthcare and medicine197
- Public policy and governance181
- Feminism and gender politics178
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- Clinical and medical analysis165
- Psychological analysis138
- Qualitative and interview research112
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- Critical theory72
- Empirical and quantitative research62
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- Civil rights and anti-discrimination160
- Criminal justice and public safety119
- Elections and democratic governance94
- Research ethics and data governance71
- Labor and employment policy39
- Housing and social services38
- Administrative classification and identity documents35
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