Tbh, this is probably the malicious compliance I was hoping would happen
yeah, like all these laws DeSantis is passing are trying to target trans people specifically, but there's no easy way to write a law that says "you need to make trans kids and only trans kids miserable" without the full ideological buy-in of the enforcers
Yeah, making Jack and Kim get permission to not be called John and Kimberly is actually encouraging--there are some people at least who aren't using the law solely to harass trans kids.
And specifically citing the law forcing them to do it, to say “And if you’re annoyed by this, this is who to be mad at”
Hopefully "why can't I be called the name I want to go by?" is a teachable moment.
I fully maintain that Florida teachers need to ban he and she pronouns in class. Every student is a they until the don't say gender bill is repealed.
holy shit, that's a real thing?
my mum would have gotten so many emails lolHello Mrs Smith, I'm calling you because of your son Bobby. Everyone at school calls him either "Meatball" or "Landwhale", so we suspect he's transing his gender so he's been sent to youth prison and you need to pay a fine
Bloke I knew in primary had been nicknamed "cheese" for so long that everyone forgot why. Lot of his peers didn't even know his real name, he was just Cheese to everyone.
holy shit, that's a real thing?
Yes, and the UK is about to or has just passed similar legislation that forces teachers to out queer students to their parents.
Anybody in support of this should be treated as an accessory to child murder.
All this just because some teenagers on tumblr were mean to white men in 2011?
I never want to hear them to tell anyone to "grow a thicker skin" ever again.
Brilliant idea! My go to would have been making more work for them. I'd tell people I changed my mind about my nickname until they got sick of me and I'd get in trouble. If I had some friends who were down for the cause it would have been a nightmare. Cause I'm the type of comrade who, once in detention and they're trying to be real serious and talk sternly with me, if I had a single audience member who would have found it funny I'd double down on the bit
*"Now WDYMP, I'm going to tell you right now, our name policy is important bec-"
"It's Peter"*
Tangentially, I credit some of my success and enjoyment of combat sports to this disposition. If you lack the authority to simply throw the book at me because we're sparring, then you better have an answer to my silly question (e.g. what if I just push you?) or I'm going to win by outsmarting you.
what if I just push you?
The perfectly valid technique of open-handed posting
At near peak toxic, you can club the head in an attempt to get control of the back of it in wrestling. It's started many fights that wind up with the person getting clubbed getting DQ'd for retaliation.
Are teachers required to call people by their nicknames if the parents sign for it? I think it's time for Peterucio (Not Petrucio) to make an appearance
"Woah woah you can't call that kid slur"
"It's free speech!"
"Yeah I know, but slur isn't an approved name. Try calling him a slur instead"
I wonder if you could SQL-interject the system á la little bobby droptables
SQL interjection is when you replace all table entries with the GNU+Linux copypasta
I don't think it's very wildly used yet, so if you're gonna astroturf a competitor, now's the time.
Lol. You're ignoring its relationg to sibling tho. Noobling?
I feel like I might be in over my head on this. Might wanna email
Iowa Senate File 496 [PDF]: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/90/SF496.pdf
If a student enrolled in a school district requests an accommodation that is intended to affirm the student’s gender identity from a licensed practitioner employed by the school district, including a request that the licensed practitioner address the student using a name or pronoun that is different than the name or pronoun assigned to the student in the school district’s registration forms or records, the licensed practitioner shall report the student’s request to an administrator employed by the school district, and the administrator shall report the student’s request to the student’s parent or guardian.
For the first violation, you get a written warning. Subsequent violations get disciplinary hearings.
