1986: Transgenderism ≠ Transsexualism; GID = Umbrella Term
From The Language of Sex A to Z by Dr. Robert M. Goldenson and Kenneth N. Anderson: Transgenderism: a gender identity disorder in which a person strongly identifies with the opposite sex and may cross-dress, yet does not wish to undergo sex-change surgery. The confusion of sex roles usually stems from a failure of one […]
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This article may contribute to community understanding by clarifying how transgender identity and history is described, debated, or represented within the Collective corpus.
Historical significance
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Policy significance
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How “Transgender identity and history” appears across the Collective corpus
This article appeared 1 year(s) before the theme reached its highest annual presence in the registered corpus in 2013.
Relative presence by year
Peak year indexed to 100Presence by member publication
- Transadvocate.com840
- Cristan’s Research83
- The TERFs52
Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Community and organizing469
- Law and civil rights424
- Education and youth273
- Culture, identity, and representation270
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse218
- History, archives, and memory214
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization213
- Healthcare and medicine197
- Public policy and governance181
- Feminism and gender politics178
Academic framings in this topic
- Interpretive analysis442
- Historical analysis278
- Clinical and medical analysis165
- Psychological analysis138
- Qualitative and interview research112
- Media and discourse analysis103
- Critical theory72
- Empirical and quantitative research62
Policy framings in this topic
- Public accommodations and facilities170
- Civil rights and anti-discrimination160
- Criminal justice and public safety119
- Elections and democratic governance94
- Research ethics and data governance71
- Labor and employment policy39
- Housing and social services38
- Administrative classification and identity documents35
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Cooke
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Autumn Sandeen
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Culture, identity, and representation, Healthcare and medicine.
Gwen Smith
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TransAdvocate Staff
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Admin
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