The Orange County Public Schools system in Florida has announced guidance banning trans students from bathrooms and the use of nicknames.
The guidance states that parents of trans students may authorise teachers to refer to their child by their chosen name, but that teachers would not be obligated to use their correct pronouns.
They just directly admit that this has nothing to do with parent choice. Even if parents want to chose, it’s a firm “no, we will not abide.” Parents only have the “choice” to comply with the authoritarian rules. Conform with what a bunch of straight white Christian men in Jacksonville want for you or bust.
Banning school children from using nicknames is the most petty overreach of the “culture wars” I’ve yet seen.
It would be funny if it weren’t for the fact it will likely cause hurt and harm to a vulnerable minority.
Hopefully kids are rebellious enough to actively all use nicknames. Can’t punish 2/3 of students all at the same time without causing some major problems.
It would be funny if it weren’t for the fact it will likely cause hurt and harm to a vulnerable minority.
Which is precisely why they’re doing it. As always, the cruelty is the point.
Going after literal children is so contemptible.
I hate this. There’s nothing I can do about it personally but it makes me deeply upset.
Florida is straight up cesspool of nut jobs. These poor teenagers need to graduate and get the fuck out of Florida. Or, convince their parents to move somewhere reasonable where they won’t be thinking about suicide everyday.
Or overthrow the corrupt government. But, yeah, what you said
Good fucking luck getting kids to stop calling each other by random nicknames and shit.
Or does this only apply to teachers, thus making it basically approved child abuse?
I would say Florida man but even Florida man wouldn’t be that much of a asshole…
What a fucking authoritarian shithole.
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So much for “small government”
Can the sane states defederate from Florida?
Lead by example Ronald!
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