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Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * transgender rights movement

Which article are you evaluating?
Transgender rights movement

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The topic relates to our class and is of particular interest to me as I have done previous work on transgender rights in other classes.

Evaluate the article
Lead Section


 * The lead contains a brief overview of the article and describes it with an introductory sentence
 * The lead does not highlight many of the topics of the article but rather describes what the movement it
 * The final sentence of the lead containing transgender activism without the need for sex reassignment surgery is not touched on in the article
 * The lead is very concise

Content


 * The content is relevant to the article at hand, could use some updating.


 * The history section of the article ends at roughly 2017 with some sections dated to 2018 so not all of the information may be current or up to date.
 * the 2020 Supreme Court ruling on discrimination on the basis of sex is not included in here. All other topics seem to be relevant with the major religions being questionable? it does not add much.
 * Yes the article contains parts on transgender people of color and issues of poverty in relation to trans identities.

Tone and Balance


 * The article is from a neutral point of view
 * No claims appear to be heavily biased
 * Representation in media may be overrepresented due to the fact that it just names celebrities whoa re transgender and does not discuss issues on transgender rights in some cases
 * minority or fringe viewpoints are described as accurately as possible
 * No the article does not attempt to persuade but rather tells the history of transgender rights

Sources and References


 * Almost all sources are backed up with a secondary source with the exception of notable transgender political figures which have a few sources missing.
 * Sources could be more thorough as the article is not current past 2018 there are key events missin(HERO act, Supreme Court ruling)
 * Most sources are current through 2018 missing beyond that
 * Sources are written by an abundance of authors
 * Yes more current sources are available such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
 * Only one link tested did not work #48 UCLA newsroom source says missing when opened

Organization and Writing Quality


 * The article is well written, it is easy to follow and has few grammatical errors
 * The article is organized, I would not say well as there is lots of room for improvement when it comes to inclusion and structure for the article.

Images and Media


 * There are three images and most of them appear to me marches or protests.
 * Images are captioned with year and location not much beyond that.
 * Images adhere to Wikipedia policy
 * images are only included in the history section so they can be improved

Talk page discussion


 * It does not appear that the talk page is being used for this article
 * It is part of the LGBT portal on wikipedia

Overall Impression


 * The article appears to be good overall there is definitely room for improvement when it comes to updating the article to current times as well as editing or revision that can be done to recenter the focus of the article.


 * Sources
 * Taylor, J. K., Lewis, D. C., & Haider-Markel, D. P. (2018). The remarkable rise of transgender rights.
 * Hoang, T. (2016, September 30). Governor Signs California “ All-Gender” Restroom Bill. Equality California.
 * Mezey, Susan Gluck. (n.d.). Transgender Policymaking: The View from the States. Publius., 50(3).
 * Mezey, Susan Gluck. (n.d.). Transgender Policymaking: The View from the States. Publius., 50(3).

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