Florida Now Requires Students to Obtain Parental Permission to Use a Nickname in School - Floricua
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The “Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student's Legal Name Form” asks parents to sign if they agree to allow their child to use a name aside from their legally given name on any campus.
  • TillieNeuen [she/her]English
    49•11 months ago
    1. Come up with a cruel and annoying rule to harass a very small number of trans people.
    2. Oh no, it turns out it actually effects a much larger number of cis people who also [use nicknames/don’t fall into neat gender norms/etc].
    3. Just keep annoying everyone forever and feel righteous for doing so.
    • somename [she/her]English
      21•11 months ago

      I imagine it’s going to be selectively enforced is the thing. As things worsen, only particular types of school employees will stick around, and I doubt they’ll be as gung-ho about harassing more “acceptable” types of people.

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]English
        15•11 months ago

        That’s true, cis kids will likely get away with just using nicknames as usual, especially if they’re just shortening their given names.