Parents annoyed as pronouns law requires Indiana schools to report all nickname requests

Flying Squid@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world – 660 points – Parents annoyed as pronouns law requires Indiana schools to report all nickname requests
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Just in case you thought this was only a Florida problem.

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OMFG. Seriously that's all I can think to say Oh My Fucking God. Not just the potential damage it can do to trans kids, but also just the total fucking waste of time and effort for no fucking purpose but performance. It's like the fucking TSA, not actually doing anything, just making a few idiots feel safer with their little song and dance.

This law confuses me, won't it protect against bullying? How does it target trans kids

Some parents beat their children when they find out they’re queer. This forces the school to potentially out kids to their hostile parents.

I have no clue, not an American and neither understand the law, trying to understand the extent of effects & why people are so mad

I just explained why it’s a bad law. It’s that simple. You do know now.

Is queer considered a nickname? That's stupid

Let's say John is in school and wants to come out at trans. "He" would like to go by Jane and use she/her pronouns. The one problem is that John's parents are very conservative and would beat their child for being LGBTQ instead of "a normal straight kid."

If John feels comfortable in school, he might transition publicly there - answering to Jane in class and reverting to John at home to avoid beatings.

This law, however, means that the second John asks to be called Jane, John's parents would be contacted. Even if John/Jane begged for them not to be. School ceases to be a safe space and Jane needs to keep pretending to be John everywhere lest they get beaten.

Thanks for explaining. That sounds awful for the kids, peer pressure is bad enough and now having to deal with conservative parents too!

No, but a lot of queer kids drop their given name for one that fits their identity, one that is obviously queer…

This isn’t that hard to understand

How on earth would such a law protect anyone from bullying?