Ask Matt: Should I Come Out or Stay In?
A reader writes: “I came out as a transman to myself in 2009, to my (cismale) partner, friends, family, and work from 2010-11, started testosterone […]
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How “Family and relationships” appears across the Collective corpus
This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2013).
Relative presence by year
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- Transadvocate.com201
- Cristan’s Research15
- The TERFs1
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history162
- Law and civil rights112
- Community and organizing87
- Education and youth72
- Culture, identity, and representation46
- Labor, economics, and institutions45
- Public policy and governance44
- History, archives, and memory37
- Healthcare and medicine36
- Science, evidence, and expertise35
Academic framings in this topic
- Interpretive analysis96
- Historical analysis50
- Clinical and medical analysis35
- Legal analysis28
- Psychological analysis23
- Qualitative and interview research22
- Media and discourse analysis19
- Critical theory12
Policy framings in this topic
- Elections and democratic governance39
- Public accommodations and facilities38
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination36
- Criminal justice and public safety24
- Research ethics and data governance18
- Administrative classification and identity documents12
- Labor and employment policy12
- Housing and social services8
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Cooke
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.
Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.
Gwen Smith
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.
TransAdvocate Staff
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.
Cristan
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.
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