I would love to know how the state argues in favor of this law in the face of the First Amendment. How can they say "no, you cannot call that child 'he' no matter how much you want to" unless they can prove you are harassing the child?
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Worse, it also affect the pronouns the teachers want others to use for themselves:
school employees can’t ask students for their preferred pronouns and restricts school staff from sharing their pronouns with students if they “do not correspond” with their sex.
As an example, one plaintiff, Katie Wood, who teaches math at a Hillsborough County high school, is a transgender woman who transitioned in 2020 and has since used she/her pronouns, including when she started at the school district two years ago. But under the new rules, Wood this year was told by school administrators that she could no longer use female pronouns and would have to use titles like Mr., teacher, or coach. Further, the lawsuit alleges that Wood is forbidden from correcting students who refer to her as Mr. or by he/him pronouns.
I’d like to make it clear that while it is often the case that schools may misinterpret or take steps to be extra cautious as to not get in trouble with the law, these parts are fully spelled out pretty much exactly as the above post states. Teachers are not allowed to state their own pronouns to students, and may not correct anyone, student or staff, if they use the wrong ones for anyone that are not what was assigned at birth.
Some schools take it as far as not even allowing teachers to use other pronouns for students who ask (you’re allowed but can not be required to), or even won’t allow any student to use ANY nickname or alternative name that is not DIRECTLY tied to a shortening of their birth name. Shit I had a student who goes by their first and middle initial be told they couldn’t use their nickname by a teacher. A lot of going above and beyond for fear of breaking the rule. A rule which basically legally says you should bully trans people of all age.
Even more so, that they cannot refer to themselves as such, much less a student.
This is when you just start using "it" as the only pronoun.
Pretty sure that's also illegal in FL.
Feels like any non gendered ones would be