A brief exercise in currere and bathroom bills. Issue 3 (2nd September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Suarez, Mario I.; Lai Hing, Ebony; Slattery, Patrick
• Is Part Of: Journal of curriculum and pedagogy. Volume 15:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 278
• Page End: 283
• Publication Date: 2018-09-02
• Subjects: Education -- Curricula -- Periodicals; Teaching -- Periodicals; Education -- Curricula -- United States -- Periodicals; Teaching -- United States -- Periodicals; Education -- Curricula; Teaching; United States; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 375.001
• DOI: 10.1080/15505170.2018.1525449
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-5170

Abstract

Abstract: North Carolina voted into law legislation known as the Privacy Facilities and Security Act, commonly known as HB2 or the anti-transgender "bathroom bill." We use Pinar's (1975a, 1975b, 2012 ) currere methodology as a brief exercise in deconstructing this bathroom bill and others similar to it. In this short piece, we go through each moment: the regressive, progressive, analytical, and synthetical. Historical, social, and biological aspects of the bill are discussed and critically analyzed to outline a pathway to a synthetical moment that includes cultural reconceptualization, social justice, and equality for disenfranchised groups such as transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming people.