Interview with LAUSD’s Judy Chiasson About AB1266
On Monday, January 13, I interviewed Judy Chiasson of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for a bit under an hour. You may remember that she was the LAUSD representative who gave testimony before the California Senate Education Committee in June of 2013. The interview for the most part was about AB1266 and what the Los Angeles Unified School District policy regarding transgender students. Key parts of the interview include her take on whether LAUSD is going to change their transgender policy as a result of AB1266, how many school districts have contacted LAUSD about using LAUSD’s transgender policy as a model for their school districts, what she thinks about the idea that male students will pretend to be transgender to enter a school’s girls bathrooms, and how inappropriate behavior by any male student pretending to be transgender would violate LAUSD’s misconduct policy. This post is the text of
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Why this article may matter
Community significance
“Interview with LAUSD’s Judy Chiasson About AB1266” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to education and youth, while also engaging transgender identity and history. 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, “Interview with LAUSD’s Judy Chiasson About AB1266” provides dated evidence of how education and youth was being argued in relation to transgender identity and history. Comparing it with earlier and later records can reveal changes in vocabulary, evidence, and emphasis.
Policy significance
The article’s strongest policy connection is civil rights and anti-discrimination and public accommodations and facilities. It links that institutional frame to education and youth and transgender identity and history, 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
- 1Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life100%
- 2Transgender identity and historyTheme family: Identity, culture, and community85%
- 3Public policy and governanceTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life46%
- 4Law and civil rightsTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life28%
- 5Culture, identity, and representationTheme family: Identity, culture, and community11%
- 6Community and organizingTheme family: Identity, culture, and community9%
Academic framing
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- 224%
Policy framing
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- 245%
- 315%
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Frequently co-occurring concepts
- Transgender identity and history308
- Community and organizing177
- Law and civil rights151
- Healthcare and medicine103
- Culture, identity, and representation97
- Media, rhetoric, and discourse93
- Violence, safety, and dehumanization93
- Family and relationships91
- Science, evidence, and expertise80
- History, archives, and memory78
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