Why is the self-righteous set so persistently dishonest about trans access?
By David Cary Hart It’s Claire Cretin, uh, Claire Chretien again (I know, mine is a sophomoric display of opprobrium). At the ultra-orthodox Catholic LifeSiteNews Chretien asks the rhetorical question (and answer): “Should men go in the girls’ restroom? This mom says no way.” That is a compound lie. This is about school access. Chretien’s intent is to suggest that adult men will be using girls’ facilities. The second part of the lie is that this isn’t about men or boys. This is about whether transgender girls should have access to the girls’ restroom. The third part of the lie deals with scale. This isn’t about innumerable people but about accommodating one or two kids who are vulnerable, fragile and already stressed to the limit. As an aside I am not nearly as brave as any of these children must be given what they have to endure. I was a
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Why is the self-righteous set so persistently dishonest about trans access?” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to education and youth, while also engaging transgender identity and history. 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 2017 at Transadvocate.com, “Why is the self-righteous set so persistently dishonest about trans access?” provides dated evidence of how education and youth was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is public accommodations and facilities and education policy. It links that institutional frame to education and youth and transgender identity and history, 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%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community74%
Academic framing
- 1100%
Policy framing
- 1100%
- 213%
- 37%
Editorial function
Source topics
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How “Education and youth” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 4 year(s) after the theme’s 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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Marian
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Cristan
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Marti Abernathey
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
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