672
Parents annoyed as pronouns law requires Indiana schools to report all nickname requests
(www.indystar.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2023
672 points (97.7% liked)
politics
19120 readers
2950 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
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.
iM jUsT aSkInG qUeStIoNs
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?