Transgender Woman Attacked in Astoria Queens
By Jennifer Lopez Suspects | Credit: DCPI On January 8th, 2014 a 30 year old transwoman whom wishes to remain anonymous for now, went to the Neptune Diner in Astoria Queens, New York City to eat an early morning meal with a friend. Her friend, a 32 year old cisgender man, went to the restroom. According to Deputy Inspector Kevin Maloney of the 114th Precinct in NYC that is when three other patrons in the diner began to insult the transwoman. The three other patrons included two cisgender women and one cisgender male. One of the ciswoman commented loudly to her friend “She is really a man”, while referring to the transwoman. Then one of the ciswoman remarked to the transwoman “Why are you dressed like that,” referring to and discriminating about her gender identity presentation. According to Deputy Inspector Maloney at that point the cisman returned from the restroom
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Transgender Woman Attacked in Astoria Queens” may matter to community readers because it records a specific intervention in debates about transgender identity and history, with particular attention to culture, identity, and representation. The permanent record makes that intervention easier to locate and compare with other Collective coverage.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2014 at Transadvocate.com, “Transgender Woman Attacked in Astoria Queens” provides dated evidence of how transgender identity and history was being argued in relation to culture, identity, and representation. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is public accommodations and facilities and criminal justice and public safety. 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.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community30%
- 3Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict11%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Policy framing
- 1100%
- 238%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 1 year(s) after the theme’s highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Community and organizing519
- Law and civil rights455
- Culture, identity, and representation305
- Education and youth288
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse247
- Healthcare and medicine229
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization226
- History, archives, and memory211
- Public policy and governance200
- Family and relationships186
Academic framings in this topic
Policy framings in this topic
- Public accommodations and facilities170
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination161
- Criminal justice and public safety128
- Elections and democratic governance95
- Research ethics and data governance73
- Labor and employment policy51
- Housing and social services37
- Administrative classification and identity documents36
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Author profiles and related researchers
Related authors in the Collective corpus
Cooke
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Marian
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Violence, safety, and dehumanization.
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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