User:Lgay124/Choose an Article

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

Option 1
'''DasGupta, Debanuj. “The Politics of Transgender Asylum and Detention - Sage Journals.” The Politics of Transgender Asylum and Detention, 3 Nov. 2019, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/194277861901200304 .'''
 * Transgender Asylum Seekers
 * This current article briefly explains that transgender asylum seekers experience different levels of mental and physical abuse than cisgender asylum seekers. However, the article is extremely vague and fails to mention how their experiences differ. Additionally, it does not go into depth about how the lack of access to medication can have an impact on transgender asylum seekers and how this can play a role in the deaths and abuse of transgender people during their journey. Another shortcoming of this article is that it provides very few examples and no data about the abuse faced by transgender people. In doing so, the article downplays the amount of abuse and violence faced by transgender asylum seekers. This article needs to be expanded on because its extremely important to address how transphobia, sexism, homophobia, etc. play a huge role in the violence faced by transgender asylum seekers.
 * Sources
 * Avgeri, Mariza. “Assessing Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Asylum Claims: Towards a Transgender Studies Framework for Particular Social Group and Persecution.” Frontiers, Frontiers, 29 Mar. 2021, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2021.653583/full.
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, this article is relevant to my topic. It discusses the ways in which claiming international protection/ seeking asylum on the grounds of a transgender identity can be extremely difficult because the requirements for asylum, and burden of proof in order to gain asylum, usually negatively affects transgender asylum seekers.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * The article doesn't seem to be written neutrally and heavily criticizes the structures in place for asylum seekers.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Yes, each claim has a citation.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * Yes, the citations are reliable.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, it tackles the subject of transgender asylum seekers which is one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * Shaw, Ari, and Namrata Verghese. “Research That Matters - Williams Institute.” Williams Institute, June 2022, https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/LGBTQI-Refugee-Review-Jul-2022.pdf.
 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes this article is relevant to the topic. It describes how gaining asylum often requires people to "come out" in order to be seen as legible. Adjuctors often rely on outdated medicalized notions of what it means to be a "valid" transgender person, which often means that transgender people, in seeking asylum, are believed to have had some sort of medical intervention. Finally, it speaks on how transgender refugees are often denied access to hormone treatment and other gender medical care during their asylum process.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * It generally criticizes the asylum process for transgender seekers and doesn't particularly take a neutral side.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Yes, each claim has a citation.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * Yes, each citation is reliable.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, it tackles the subject of transgender asylum seekers which is one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * Yes, each citation is reliable.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, it tackles the subject of transgender asylum seekers which is one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.


 * Is the article's content relevant to the topic?
 * Yes, this article is relevant to the topics. It also speaks on how gender identity and gender expression can be grounds for international protection, while criticizing the requirements involved.
 * Is it written neutrally?
 * No, it generally criticizes the asylum process and is not written neutrally.
 * Does each claim have a citation?
 * Yes, each claim has a citation.
 * Are the citations reliable?
 * Yes, each citation is reliable.
 * Does the article tackle one of Wikipedia's equity gaps (coverage of historically underrepresented or misrepresented populations or subjects)?
 * Yes, it tackles the subject of transgender asylum seekers which is one of Wikipedia's equity gaps.

Option 2

 * Kelli Evans
 * Kelli Evans is the first openly queer woman of color to serve on California's Supreme Court. There's very little about her personal life in this article which makes it come off as if her personal life as an openly queer black woman is not as important as her career. I think that it's important to highlight someone's identity, while speaking on their work, because it allows others who identify the same way to relate to someone even if they haven't done the same work. Also, because she is the first queer women of color to be elected, it's even more important to highlight/expand on her article to provide more political representation for other queer women of color.
 * Sources
 * Cmeyer. “Judge Kelli Evans '94 Nominated to California Supreme Court.” School of Law, 8 Feb. 2023, https://law.ucdavis.edu/news/judge-kelli-evans-94-nominated-california-supreme-court.
 * “Kelli M. Evans.” Ballotpedia, https://ballotpedia.org/Kelli_M._Evans.
 * Cmeyer. “Judge Kelli Evans '94 Nominated to California Supreme Court.” School of Law, 8 Feb. 2023, https://law.ucdavis.edu/news/judge-kelli-evans-94-nominated-california-supreme-court.
 * “Kelli M. Evans.” Ballotpedia, https://ballotpedia.org/Kelli_M._Evans.
 * “Kelli M. Evans.” Ballotpedia, https://ballotpedia.org/Kelli_M._Evans.
 * “Kelli M. Evans.” Ballotpedia, https://ballotpedia.org/Kelli_M._Evans.

Option 3

 * LGBT themes in African diasporic mythologies
 * The article briefly explains that there are a number of gender non-conforming spirits and deities, called Iwa, that exist within Haitian and Louisiana voodoo. The article only briefly lays out a couple of deities and spirits but doesn't really explain their importance in present day voodoo or in present day communities in Louisiana and Haiti. It's important to focus on LGBTQ representation in mythology, especially within Haitian communities, because of the amount of violence and social restrictions that LGBTQ people face in Haiti. Hopefully, in expanding the contents of this article, it will create a larger connection between the history of Haiti and LGBTQ representation.
 * Sources
 * Fandrichi, Ina J. “Yoruba Influences on Haitian Vodou and New Orleans VOODOO.” JSTOR, May 2007, https://www.jstor.org/stable/40034365.
 * Bayaa-Uzuri, Joelle. “The Spirits of New Orleans: On Voodoo and Black Queerness.” Spectrum South - The Voice of the Queer South, 21 Feb. 2020, https://www.spectrumsouth.com/voodoo-black-queerness/. e
 * Fandrichi, Ina J. “Yoruba Influences on Haitian Vodou and New Orleans VOODOO.” JSTOR, May 2007, https://www.jstor.org/stable/40034365.
 * Bayaa-Uzuri, Joelle. “The Spirits of New Orleans: On Voodoo and Black Queerness.” Spectrum South - The Voice of the Queer South, 21 Feb. 2020, https://www.spectrumsouth.com/voodoo-black-queerness/. e
 * Bayaa-Uzuri, Joelle. “The Spirits of New Orleans: On Voodoo and Black Queerness.” Spectrum South - The Voice of the Queer South, 21 Feb. 2020, https://www.spectrumsouth.com/voodoo-black-queerness/. e
 * Bayaa-Uzuri, Joelle. “The Spirits of New Orleans: On Voodoo and Black Queerness.” Spectrum South - The Voice of the Queer South, 21 Feb. 2020, https://www.spectrumsouth.com/voodoo-black-queerness/. e