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The Fallacy of ‘Cosmetic’ Surgery for Trans People

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A woman who was arrested last year for providing dangerous “butt enhancement” shots consisting of cement, caulk, tire sealant, and other toxic and troublesome substances […]

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Granular comparative context

How “Healthcare and medicine” appears across the Collective corpus

This article was published during the theme’s highest-presence year in the registered corpus (2012).

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Presence by member publication

  1. Transadvocate.com178
  2. Cristan’s Research40
  3. The TERFs12

Frequently co-occurring concepts

  1. Transgender identity and history197
  2. Community and organizing90
  3. Law and civil rights87
  4. Science, evidence, and expertise81
  5. Culture, identity, and representation78
  6. Education and youth70
  7. History, archives, and memory51
  8. Media, rhetoric, and discourse48
  9. Feminism and gender politics41
  10. Violence, safety, and dehumanization39

Academic framings in this topic

  1. Clinical and medical analysis148
  2. Psychological analysis75
  3. Historical analysis74
  4. Interpretive analysis49
  5. Empirical and quantitative research28
  6. Media and discourse analysis26
  7. Critical theory22
  8. Qualitative and interview research22

Policy framings in this topic

  1. Civil rights and anti-discrimination37
  2. Public accommodations and facilities36
  3. Criminal justice and public safety29
  4. Research ethics and data governance21
  5. Elections and democratic governance16
  6. Housing and social services15
  7. Labor and employment policy11
  8. Administrative classification and identity documents10

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Article authors

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mkailey

39 publications · 7 inbound sources/citations

Related authors in the Collective corpus

Cooke

6 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.

Autumn Sandeen

57 publications · 17 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.

Gwen Smith

15 publications · 1 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.

TransAdvocate Staff

11 publications · 1 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.

Admin

112 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.

Cristan

125 publications · 110 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Community and organizing.

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Related academic framing

1988: Transgender = Transsexual

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

Transgender individuals are likely to show a high incidence of depression, psychosomatic complaints, and chemical dependency. This appears in clinical experience with more than 300 transsexuals. – Journal…

Cristan’s ResearchCAN-0000-0290-5A7B
Overview

1965: Transgenderism = Transsexualism

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

From Sexual Hygiene and Pathology, 1965 by John F. Oliven, MD: From the section, “Primary Transvestism,” which is part of chapter 20, Sexual Deviations: Transsexualism. Where the compulsive…

Cristan’s ResearchCAN-0000-0063-D094
Related academic framing

1907 Transsexual = Cross-Gender

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

Prior to this post, it was asserted that the term “transsexual” was first used in 1949 (transexual and transsexualis) and the German version, (transsexualismus) was first used in…

Cristan’s ResearchCAN-0000-0214-5F6A
Related Perspective

1976: Transgenderous

Provides a contextually related perspective from elsewhere in the Collective.

Transsexual to Speak Bobby Bennet and Phyllis Frye will appear this Friday at 3:30 in Sewell Hall 301 to present their conflicting opinions about transsexuality. Bennett is planning…

Cristan’s ResearchCAN-0000-0181-460C