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The Song Remains The Same

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On Tuesday I attended the HRC/Victory Fund luncheon and on Wednesday I attended the LGBT caucus at the convention center in Denver. Many stories were broke in the past few days, but one event passed by without a word. In a very consistent manner, Barney Frank again signaled that when ENDA is introduced, it will NOT be fully inclusive. Speakers including the likes of Tammy Baldwin, Diego Sanchez, and others have repeatedly spoke about the hopefulness of an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, but that seems more like a wish, than even close to being a reality. Some in the activist community have commented that I’ve “given up”, but I’m not a believer in false hope.…

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This article may be important to community memory because it documents experiences, arguments, or organizing connected to law and civil rights and makes that material easier to locate alongside related records.

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How “Law and civil rights” appears across the Collective corpus

This article appeared 5 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.

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Presence by member publication

  1. Transadvocate.com459
  2. Cristan’s Research21
  3. The TERFs17

Frequently co-occurring concepts

  1. Transgender identity and history424
  2. Community and organizing255
  3. Public policy and governance148
  4. Education and youth141
  5. Violence, safety, and dehumanization133
  6. Labor, economics, and institutions122
  7. Culture, identity, and representation119
  8. History, archives, and memory117
  9. Family and relationships112
  10. Media, rhetoric, and discourse100

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  1. Interpretive analysis195
  2. Historical analysis162
  3. Clinical and medical analysis83
  4. Psychological analysis67
  5. Legal analysis66
  6. Qualitative and interview research60
  7. Media and discourse analysis49
  8. Empirical and quantitative research45

Policy framings in this topic

  1. Civil rights and anti-discrimination172
  2. Public accommodations and facilities127
  3. Elections and democratic governance95
  4. Criminal justice and public safety80
  5. Research ethics and data governance52
  6. Labor and employment policy39
  7. Housing and social services32
  8. Education policy24

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Cristan Williams

324 publications · 3,096 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Kelli

32 publications · 4 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Guest

57 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Mari

6 publications · 10 inbound sources/citations

Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Autumn Sandeen

57 publications · 17 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

Gwen Smith

15 publications · 1 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Law and civil rights, Culture, identity, and representation.

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