Thousands are signing a petition to try to help a teacher get her job back at Satellite High School. Brevard Public Schools said it isn’t renewing Melissa Calhoun’s contract for next year because she called a student by the name they wanted to be called by, not their legal name.
  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I remember when I was in school and teachers would ask each kid on day 1 how they would prefer to be named. This was in the 80s and 90s. In Texas.

    There was nothing wrong with it then, nor is there anything wrong with it now.

    What has changed is the vitriol and hate that has erupted against our trans brothers and sisters.

  • Puzzlehead@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    I wonder if this law was written to target transgender students but instead it’s now affecting cis gender kids who can’t go by their nick name any more and now teachers are losing their jobs for using nick names on their students they prefer.

    Transphobia also affects cis people just like how homophobia can affect straight people because they recieve harassment if they’re mistaken as gay like how my brother faced racism by his math teacher because she thought he was Native.

    This would be leopards eating faces if the teacher voted this in and the parents who are protesting.

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Knew a straight guy who got beaten almost to death because two fascist chuds thought he was gay. Only survived because one of his buddies at the gig he was working that night noticed he didn’t make it back to the hotel after, could have easily just bled out overnight over nothing. When you decide to amplify hateful and violent ideology, it creates a hateful and violent world.