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"Article Evaluation Notes"
The article "transgender" could be improved by adding the fact that in modern times, the term transsexual is not used often by the younger generation. Furthermore, the term is even seen as derogatory by many who are on the trans spectrum.

Topic 1 Daddy:

For the term daddy, I believe that me and Jeremy could make the article better by incorporating its history and how it has gone from being used to describe a paternal figure in ones life to a term to describe a gay male as these two things were not mentioned. Furthermore, talking about the culture as a whole would also be beneficial as it would help those who are not gay to better understand the term.

Sources:

https://www.thecut.com/2013/06/rise-of-the-daddies-a-new-and-sexy-gay-niche.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46032-2005Jan3.html

Topic 2 Cercle Hermaphroditos:

This article could be improved upon by trying to talk more about what the organization did, however, because it was a secretive organization this will be difficult to do in depth.

Sources: Stryker, Susan (2008). Transgender history. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press. ISBN 158005224X

http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/earl-lind/related/cercle-hermaphroditos

Topic 3 KIKI:

This article could be improved upon by me Jeremy by going more depth into the movie. Furthermore, there is no talk page about this subject, suggesting that this is a topic that has not been looked into throughout. There is also an issue of it being labeled as an American Swedish movie, which is not the case. Finding reliable sources from which to use to improve the entry is also a challenge due to how recent it is.

Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/movies/kiki-review.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/02/kiki-revisits-the-inspirational-power-of-new-yorks-ballroom-scene/517371/

Topic 4 Campus Pride:

The Campus Pride article could be improved by incorporating more information on the programs that it hosts. Furthermore, many of the issues that were brought up in the talk page were involving the external sources. While having them is nice, the information from those sources should be incorporated in the article itself as there are parts of it that are blank.

Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/campus-pride-announces-2017-s-most-lgbtq-friendly-colleges-n798206

http://www.thepalettefund.org/campus-pride/

Kiki and Paris is Burning (Draft)

Movie critics such as Halligan, Kenny, Chang, Guedry, Anderson, and Pedersen regard Kiki as a sequel to Paris Is Burning (film) because they both cover similar topics such as homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and violence against LGBT youth. Tre'vell Anderson's review mentions how both movies also follow queer and transgender people of color as they traverse the Drag and Ball culture scenes in New York along with their daily lives. The drag and ball scene are venues in which many queer and transgender people of color can find community as well as express themselves. Unlike the movie Paris is Burning however, Kiki is more intertwined with activism and education as it focuses more so on those who fall between the ages of 13 and 24 instead of older queer and transgender individuals. Furthermore, the issues that transgender youth of color face are given more screen time than in Paris is Burning as well. Pedersen mentions in his review that throughout Kiki, the struggle that many transgender people of color faced was trying to start and continue their hormone replacement therapy as well as sex work, which is something Paris is Burning did not focus on.

Kiki also depicts what it is like for LGBT youth of color to experience discrimination. Particularly when it comes to the LGBT neighborhoods, there is some mention of police officers that patrol the neighborhood engaging in homophobia. Fionnuala Halligan states in their review that many of the youth in the film, as a result of the discrimination that they face from society, have to navigate taking part in sex work as a means to support themselves. This is also where the ballroom and drag scenes come into play as many of these youths use these avenues to claim space that otherwise would be denied to them. As Halligan states within their review, Kiki is a film that is glamorous, but also educates its audience and depicts the very serious realities that many LGBT youth face.

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Notes for Improvement

The section for Kiki could be improved in a few ways as it only has basic information about the movie such as who directed it and when it came out. Since the movie talks about the ball and drag scenes as well as HIV and AIDS, these elements can be added to the article. Furthermore, since the movie has been regarded by a few different movie reviews and other literature as a sequel to Paris is Burning, a comparison between the two movies should also be added to the article as it would help give a better context for Kiki. (Continue to edit). (link to actual article and not the ou archive).