this is absolutely fucking deranged. it can’t only be trans people who see that this is deranged, right?
It's not like 90% of all teachers ever do icebreakers and literally ask kids what they want to be called on the first day of class. And have been doing that since the dawn of fucking time.
I was taught in my mental health training to ask people how they prefer to be addressed. Actually didn’t that used to be considered just common courtesy?
I certainly do
Yes: “The elimination of doubt about what people are will always end in the elimination of people themselves if it is not checked by rigour, by empathy, and by compassion.” framingthequestion.blog/2023/01/26/o...
It’s bad. Like, on a mountain of shit, this is a whole pile of rotting seafood shit diarrhea on top. Drowning out that pile of shit, which was only a baseline of how shitty the USA is on a good day.
Why... would anyone do this. Why would you make it a law. Also, and I kid you not, it would automatically make any derivation of a name a no no word. Oh so your name is William but preferred to be called Bill? Tough, my job means more than your comfort, William.
getting banned from teaching math in Missouri for calling a student “buddy” without their parents’ written consent
Nope, not only trans people. Completely deranged. This one doesn't even have the fig leaf of medical concerns or "fairness in sports." It's just ... we hate you and want you stop existing.
Another reason I'm glad I don't live in America. Wankers.
The way I see it, these fascist Republican motherf*ckers are trying to oppress, persecute, and legislate trans people out of existence entirely. Starting with doing everything in their power to make the ordinary daily lives of trans people a living hell. Especially the youngest ones.