1982: Transgenders = Transsexuals, Christine Jorgensen
Appeal-Democrat, Tuesday, May 11, 1982, p. A-10 Associated Press Article, 1982 ‘Transgender’ FRESNO (AP)—Christine Jorgensen says her highly publicized sex change operation three decades age gave her the identity she needed to find “happiness and contentment.” Ms. Jorgensen, now 56, said in a speech to Fresno State University students Monday that she describes people who have had such operations’ “transgender” rather than transsexual. “Sexuality is who you sleep with, but gender is who you are,” she explained. The Laguna Beach resident said she has no doubt that changing from George Jorgensen Jr. to Christine Jorgensen was the right thing for her. “I’ve found a great deal of happiness and contentment,” she said. “Finally finding who I was and where I belong in the scheme of things helped.”
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“1982: Transgenders = Transsexuals, Christine Jorgensen” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to transgender identity and history, while also engaging culture, identity, and representation. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2012 at Cristan’s Research, “1982: Transgenders = Transsexuals, Christine Jorgensen” 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
“1982: Transgenders = Transsexuals, Christine Jorgensen” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with transgender identity and history. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for culture, identity, and representation.
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 community22%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Transgender identity and history” 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
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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
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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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