WATCH: School board bigot squirm
In what has to be one of the most facepalm-inducing interviews I’ve ever watched, Canadian school board trustee, Sam Sotiropoulos attempted to explain why he’s not a bigot for promoting bigotry. The above interview occurred after Sotiropoulos posted a few transphobic tweets. Psychiatry expert: ‘scientifically there is no such thing as transgender’ Where’s Bill C-279? — Sam Sotiropoulos (@TrusteeSam) August 30, 2014 The article Sotiropoulos promoted states, “Dr. Joseph Berger has issued a statement saying that from a medical and scientific perspective there is no such thing as a ‘transgendered’ person.” Dr. Joseph Berger’s stance on trans people seems to be what informed Sotiropoulos’ opinion when he tweeted: Until I see scientific proof that transgenderism exists and is not simply a mental illness, I reserve the right not to believe in it. #TDSB — Sam Sotiropoulos (@TrusteeSam) August 30, 2014 Sotiropoulos failed to note that his “expert” is also so
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Community significance
“WATCH: School board bigot squirm” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to science, evidence, and expertise, while also engaging education and youth. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.
Historical significance
As a publication record from 2014 at Transadvocate.com, “WATCH: School board bigot squirm” provides dated evidence of how science, evidence, and expertise was being argued in relation to education and youth. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
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The article’s strongest policy connection is education policy and civil rights and anti-discrimination. It links that institutional frame to science, evidence, and expertise and education and youth, making it potentially useful for tracing how an argument moves from description or history into law, regulation, administration, or public practice.
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Themes
- 1Science, evidence, and expertiseTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication100%
- 2Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life60%
- 3Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community57%
- 4Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life27%
- 5Healthcare and medicineTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life18%
- 6Religion and moralityTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict5%
Academic framing
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Policy framing
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Author profiles and related researchers
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Cristan Williams
Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Guest
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Rani Baker
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Kelley Winters
Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Admin
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Marian
Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.
Related authors are calculated from co-authorship, shared themes and framings, and citation relationships in the registered corpus. This does not imply a personal or institutional association.
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