This study explored representation of lead and supporting transgender characters in nine
US scripted television dramas and comedies aired 2008–2014. Employing qualitative …

This study examines representations of transgender individuals and identity in mainstream
US newspapers in an effort to understand the extent to which the transgender community is …

The status of transgender rights presents a national crisis, and organizational
communication scholars must mobilize activist scholarship in which the “T” in …

Two of the key terms in this work are identity and transgender. For this reason, I believe it is
appropriate to open this reading by defining both. In this book, I aim to reflect on the use of …

Media representations of violence against transgender individuals have implications for
public opinion, awareness and policy. A sample (N= 212) of US mainstream news articles …

Sexual and gender minorities have long quibbled over whether the “LGBT” moniker
(lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) is inclusive enough. While we celebrate the …

Although the hashtag# BlackLivesMatter (BLM) was created by three Black women, two of
whom identify as queer, mainstream representations of the movement often erase the …

Although historically ignored or stigmatized by mainstream media, lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people have increasingly become visible. However …

This article offers a critical literature review of the emerging discipline of trans rhetorics. To
acknowledge common points of interest, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations that cut …

Dominant paradigms of epistemology conventionally separate the rational from the
emotional. In contradistinction to those views, we build on a rich tradition of scholarship …