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Why I keep records of my transition

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by Zinnia Jones I keep a personal Tumblr for notes on my daily experiences while transitioning, as well as timeline photos documenting my physical development. Recently, […]

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Granular comparative context

How “History, archives, and memory” appears across the Collective corpus

This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).

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Presence by member publication

  1. Transadvocate.com217
  2. Cristan’s Research29
  3. The TERFs12

Frequently co-occurring concepts

  1. Transgender identity and history214
  2. Community and organizing150
  3. Law and civil rights117
  4. Education and youth72
  5. Media, rhetoric, and discourse64
  6. Healthcare and medicine51
  7. Culture, identity, and representation50
  8. Science, evidence, and expertise48
  9. Violence, safety, and dehumanization47
  10. Feminism and gender politics45

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  1. Historical analysis219
  2. Archival research62
  3. Clinical and medical analysis39
  4. Media and discourse analysis33
  5. Qualitative and interview research32
  6. Psychological analysis31
  7. Interpretive analysis30
  8. Critical theory24

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  1. Civil rights and anti-discrimination43
  2. Elections and democratic governance37
  3. Public accommodations and facilities33
  4. Criminal justice and public safety22
  5. Research ethics and data governance19
  6. Administrative classification and identity documents10
  7. Housing and social services8
  8. Education policy7

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Article authors

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Guest

57 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

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Cristan Williams

324 publications · 3,096 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 11 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Autumn Sandeen

57 publications · 17 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Kelli

32 publications · 4 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Marti Abernathey

369 publications · 14 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

TransAdvocate Staff

11 publications · 1 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

Admin

112 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Culture, identity, and representation.

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1974: Transgender as Umbrella Term

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1966: Intro to Transsexual Phenomena, Harry Benjamin

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Case Study

Interview with Dr. Milton Diamond

Provides a contextually related perspective from elsewhere in the Collective.

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