1977: Trans-sexed
She withdrew from medical practice in order to concentrate on playing tennis as “my vehicle” for proving that a trans-sexed male “is a woman in every conceivable way” and not “psychotic or freaky.”
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How “Healthcare and medicine” appears across the Collective corpus
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- Transadvocate.com178
- Cristan’s Research40
- The TERFs12
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history197
- Community and organizing90
- Law and civil rights87
- Science, evidence, and expertise81
- Culture, identity, and representation78
- Education and youth70
- History, archives, and memory51
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse48
- Feminism and gender politics41
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization39
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- Clinical and medical analysis148
- Psychological analysis75
- Historical analysis74
- Interpretive analysis49
- Empirical and quantitative research28
- Media and discourse analysis26
- Critical theory22
- Qualitative and interview research22
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- Civil rights and anti-discrimination37
- Public accommodations and facilities36
- Criminal justice and public safety29
- Research ethics and data governance21
- Elections and democratic governance16
- Housing and social services15
- Labor and employment policy11
- Administrative classification and identity documents10
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