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Tranny: An Evidence-Based Review

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“Tranny” seems to be a contentious term within the GLBT community. For many in the trans community, we’ve known “tranny” to be a term associated with the gay (specifically gay male) community; a term used by gay men to talk about the trans experiences in a pithy, ironic or comical way. The term is usually spelled one of two […]

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How “Community and organizing” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 1 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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4 2004

8 2005

6 2006

29 2007

36 2008

21 2009

7 2010

71 2011

63 2012

127 2013

74 2014

15 2015

13 2016

33 2017

23 2018

8 2019

1 2020

1 2021

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1 2025

Presence by member publication

Transadvocate.com462
The TERFs47
Cristan’s Research34

Frequently co-occurring concepts

Transgender identity and history469
Law and civil rights255
Culture, identity, and representation151
History, archives, and memory150
Education and youth150
Violence, safety, and dehumanization149
Media, rhetoric, and discourse133
Feminism and gender politics132
Public policy and governance109
Labor, economics, and institutions97

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Interpretive analysis236
Historical analysis198
Clinical and medical analysis73
Media and discourse analysis70
Psychological analysis67
Qualitative and interview research66
Critical theory54
Archival research40

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Civil rights and anti-discrimination109
Public accommodations and facilities83
Criminal justice and public safety68
Elections and democratic governance58
Research ethics and data governance44
Housing and social services26
Administrative classification and identity documents21
Labor and employment policy17

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Cristan

125 publications · 110 inbound sources/citations