Indiana is among at least 10 states that have enacted laws prohibiting or restricting students from using pronouns or names that don’t match their sex assigned at birth, a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students. Most of the laws were enacted this year and are part of a historic wave of new restrictions on transgender youth approved by Republican states.
The measures are creating fear for transgender students and sowing confusion for teachers on how to comply but still offer a welcoming environment for everyone in their classes.
Amazing these types of laws haven’t been struck down in a country where freedom of speech is worshiped like it’s one of the 10 commandments.
Freedom of speech is worshipped in the Elon Musk way: I can say anything I want but you better not dare say anything I don’t like.
That’s because the party that worships their ideal of free speech is the same one attacking these children. After all, if Republicans didn’t have double standards, they’d have no standards at all.
You are talking about a different party. Everyone knows the GOP stands for big government and micromanaging regulations.
And the 10 commandments are worshipped as if they ever existed.
Its sorta funny because its the only thing the two extremes can agree on. There are people who want to enforce individuals choice pronouns and want to enforce not using the individuals choice pronouns without taking the speakers rights to speak however they are going to.
We’re in Indiana. My daughter is in middle school. Her best friend is a trans boy. Even with supportive parents, the school calls him ‘she’ and deadnames him. It’s so disgusting. My daughter said every time they used his deadname, she would get confused about who they were talking about.
This is so messed up. My heart hurts for those kids.
a restriction that opponents say further marginalizes transgender and nonbinary students
Which is, of course, the point. Being cruel to people they dislike always is with Republicans.
Part of small government? What a farce. Politicians have no business making laws that govern social issues.
It’s only small government when it comes to taxes, but not trans people or uteruses.
Congratulations to those lawmakers, who have clearly solved every other problem affecting their district so that they have time to police people’s names.
Makes me sick to my stomach thinking about how much these kids will suffer. Fucking asshole bigot lawmakers. Hurting others who are different just for the sake of it.
Right during a crucial developmental time in their lives. Also makes me sick.
One of my kid’s best friends came out as trans about the same age as in the above
Parents don’t seem to be supporting him. I worry. I’ve known him (and family) since he was a baby.
I don’t know if it’s because of their religion or just discomfort with the change. But I think they will do right in the end because they’re not without empathy.
Thankfully, the city and school district is inclusive and supportive because we aren’t run by backwards-thinking, cruel, oppressive assholes. So the kid stands a chance and is doing ok for now, has friends, etc.
We’ve tried to make it clear that we are here for him over the years. They are almost like family to us. Can’t imagine what it would be like to feel like everything is against who you are inside at that critical age.
As rough as some of the teen years were for me for various reasons, being actively persecuted, having authorities suppress my identity, and dealing with gender dysphoria on top of it would, I imagine, take an awful lot of fortitude to survive.
I want to ^^^metaphorically slap these people in the face.
Trans kids have to be some of the strongest people I know. Like you said, they are already at a rough time in their lives just from being teens, and to add dysphoria, bullying and bigotry on top of that… it’s just so much shit.
It’s terrible that you kid’s friend’s parents aren’t supportive. He is lucky to have adults in his life like you who offer a safe haven. Based on what I’ve seen in my clients, having just one supportive person can create a resource that you can use your whole life.
Land of the Free.
Followed by “Home of the brave.”
That whole fucking quote is a lie.
“Land of the fee. Home of the scared shitless brainwashed old fucks.” Should be the revision
children go through many identities as they grow up, when options they consider start to become banned, the taboo of it will only encourage more of it, They’re making LGTBQ low key cool. if the ‘parents’ and the ‘government’ hate it, kids are going to love it.
This is just horrible!
It is. These absolute freaks want to ruin trans and non-binary kids’ lives, there is no other explanation. It’s just cruelty.
Remember when they were freaking out about how Canadian bill C-16 was the end of free speech or something because it defined constant and deliberate misgendering from institutional workers as criminal harassment, I bet they think restricting students from using someone’s preferred pronouns is a good thing because it fiGHtS tRAnSGeDeRIsM.
Never forget when they said the quiet part out loud at CPAC: “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely.” He didn’t stutter. And later the bastard claimed he didn’t mean trans people because he used the “-ism.” Infuriating.
Yeah they call it “compelled speech” but they don’t get it. They can say whatever the heck they want on their own time, the only consequence being is that trans people and those who understand trans people might not like them very much. You already aren’t allowed to call a co-worker or customer something like “fat”, “ugly” or “mentally ill” for example in a work senario without being remanded to HR because we as a society realize the harm it does to the people who that is levied against. You have to work to live so being forced to put up with that shit or take the financial hit of needing to find other potentially less lucrative ways to support yourself just because someone isn’t empathetic to your circumstances has inspired legal protections. It’s the exact same principle!
The “Freedom of Speech” crowd is usually the most callous anti-social bunch I have to work with. Acting like you are going to burst into flames if you have to hold your tongue when you are on the clock or in a meeting with rules of decorum is like dealing with a toddler who refuses to put on their shoes when leaving the house.
I was thinking this exactly. I remember Jordan Peterson saying he would not correctly refer to someone if “he was forced to”. The obvious part being that he wouldn’t do it if he wasn’t forced to either. And here are more conservatives forcing speech and patting themselves on the back for it.
What a fucking joke
These laws help with teen suicide! I’m a Pro Life Republican so OBVIOUSLY I want MORE teens to kill them selves!
These same people were more than happy to politicize teen suicide when trying to end mask mandates and COVID restrictions. Suddenly it’s not an important issue to them anymore.
Caring about life ends at birth for Republicans.
Just being cruel for the sake of being cruel… the republican way
Why are Indians so racist?
The correct demonym is Hoosier
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“you either are a girl or a boy. My tiny brain can’t handle anything but a binary and it scares me”
So you’re a piece of shit basically?
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