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SEIU Political Director and Progressive Maryland Board Member Calls Trans People “Circus Freaks”

Collective Archive Number CAN-0000-0961-0F78 Permanent resolver

I’ve seen vitriol spewed in my decade or so of transactivism, but it’s usually spewed most venomously by the right wing. SEIU Political Director Mark […]

Interpretive context

Why this article may matter

Community significance

This article may be important to community memory because it documents experiences, arguments, or organizing connected to transgender identity and history and makes that material easier to locate alongside related records.

Historical significance

As a dated publication record, this article provides evidence of how transgender identity and history was framed at the time it appeared and can be compared with earlier and later Collective coverage.

Policy significance

The article discusses institutions, law, or governance in relation to transgender identity and history and may help researchers identify practical policy implications.

Content analysis

Themes and framings

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Granular comparative context

How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 2 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

Relative presence by year

Peak year indexed to 100

Presence by member publication

  1. Transadvocate.com840
  2. Cristan’s Research83
  3. The TERFs52

Frequently co-occurring concepts

  1. Community and organizing469
  2. Law and civil rights424
  3. Education and youth273
  4. Culture, identity, and representation270
  5. Media, rhetoric, and discourse218
  6. History, archives, and memory214
  7. Violence, safety, and dehumanization213
  8. Healthcare and medicine197
  9. Public policy and governance181
  10. Feminism and gender politics178

Academic framings in this topic

  1. Interpretive analysis442
  2. Historical analysis278
  3. Clinical and medical analysis165
  4. Psychological analysis138
  5. Qualitative and interview research112
  6. Media and discourse analysis103
  7. Critical theory72
  8. Empirical and quantitative research62

Policy framings in this topic

  1. Public accommodations and facilities170
  2. Civil rights and anti-discrimination160
  3. Criminal justice and public safety119
  4. Elections and democratic governance94
  5. Research ethics and data governance71
  6. Labor and employment policy39
  7. Housing and social services38
  8. Administrative classification and identity documents35

Values measure relative presence in the registered Collective corpus, not public search interest or public opinion.

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Article authors

Author profiles and related researchers

Related authors in the Collective corpus

Cristan Williams

324 publications · 3,096 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, 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, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Guest

57 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Mari

6 publications · 10 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Autumn Sandeen

57 publications · 17 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Gwen Smith

15 publications · 1 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

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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Policy implications

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Examines legal, institutional, or policy consequences connected to the shared theme.

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Related academic framing

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Approaches the shared subject through a related analytical or disciplinary frame.

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Overview

1989: Transgender = Umbrella Term

Provides broader orientation to the subject and terminology assumed by this article.

The Sexually Unusual: Guide to Understanding and Helping by Dennis M Dailey, page 73

Cristan’s ResearchCAN-0000-0021-F751
Policy implications

Arizona Transgender Woman Monica Jones on trial for refusing “Project Rose”

Examines legal, institutional, or policy consequences connected to the shared theme.

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