A Community of the Heart: Intersectional feminist speech from San Antonio TDOR
What follows is an amazing speech given by Graciela Sanchez on realizing liberation through building a “community of the heart.” Sanchez, a self-identified lesbian Latina queer spoke on the intersections of oppression and of social justice. The last page of the Houston and San Antonio TDOR booklet This speech was taped by the TransAdvocate at the San Antonio, Texas Trans Day of Remembrance on November 21, 2013, held in the Metropolitan Community Church of San Antonio. The event was hosted by the San Antonio Gender Association.
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“A Community of the Heart: Intersectional feminist speech from San Antonio TDOR” may matter to community readers because it connects community and organizing with organizing, advocacy, or collective experience. Its discussion of race and intersectionality gives readers a concrete point of entry into the concerns and strategies represented in the article.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2013 at Transadvocate.com, “A Community of the Heart: Intersectional feminist speech from San Antonio TDOR” provides dated evidence of how community and organizing was being argued in relation to race and intersectionality. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
No dominant policy frame was detected in “A Community of the Heart: Intersectional feminist speech from San Antonio TDOR.” Its policy relevance, when present, is therefore likely indirect: the article’s treatment of community and organizing may shape later arguments about institutions or public practice rather than proposing a specific rule.
Ranked themes and framings
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Themes
- 1Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community100%
- 2Race and intersectionalityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict58%
- 3Feminism and gender politicsTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict39%
- 4Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict31%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Community and organizing” appears across the Collective corpus
This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history519
- Law and civil rights291
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization180
- Education and youth174
- Culture, identity, and representation172
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse166
- Feminism and gender politics161
- History, archives, and memory157
- Public policy and governance129
- Labor, economics, and institutions120
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