1989: Texas T-Party Keynote Address
[box]What follows is a speech given by Wendi Danielle Pierce at the 1989 Texas T-Party held in San Antonio. Pierce was the chairperson of the International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Board of Directors, and – at the time of this address – had just undergone SRS with Dr. Biber in Trinidad, Colorado.[/box] Good evening. I would first like to thank you for asking me to speed before this very impressive assemblage. Through events like this one, we all get a chance to crow a little and share our ideas, views and dreams. We are only here fora brief period of time and in the last few yeas I have come to realize that time is a precious commodity. We spend so much of our lives hoping that moments and events will someday happen, or that we will someday be in a situation or position, and we lose sight of
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“1989: Texas T-Party Keynote Address” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to education and youth, while also engaging community and organizing. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning education and youth. Published in 2012 by Cristan’s Research, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how community and organizing was framed at that moment.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is family law and child welfare. It links that institutional frame to education and youth and community and organizing, 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
- 1Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community94%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community88%
- 4Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community24%
- 5History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication18%
Academic framing
- 1100%
- 275%
- 375%
Policy framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Education and youth” 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.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history288
- Community and organizing174
- Law and civil rights147
- Healthcare and medicine88
- Culture, identity, and representation87
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization87
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse86
- Family and relationships85
- History, archives, and memory74
- Science, evidence, and expertise66
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