South Carolina Bill Would Make Schools Say "It Is False" To Use Trans People's Pronouns

[Ivy]

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/south-carolina-bill-would-make-schools?utm_source=substack&publication_id=994764&post_id=139927385&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=k5hac

 

More from the party of "freedom."  

They're not content with merely silencing us.  Now they want to weaponize the school curriculum against us.  

 

"A new bill in South Carolina would mandate schools to make it official policy that using a transgender person’s pronouns is “false.” The bill would also mandate that teachers could not go by their preferred pronouns or gendered honorifics if they do not match their assigned sex at birth. Lastly, it would allow parents to more easily remove books from the classroom. When confronted with the effects this legislation would cause,[by] Dr. Michael O’Brien, a pediatrician in the state, the bill’s sponsor, Representative Jordan Pace, responded, telling Dr. O’Brien to “repent.”"

 

These people are trying to out do each other in oppressing trans people.  I mean, it's what God wants./s

[Carolyn Marie]

Whatever they do, it's seemingly never enough.  IDK if this violates the 1st Amendment, but I'm sure the ACLU will be busy figuring it out. 

 

The R's are just mean.  Who does it hurt to use a preferred pronoun?

 

Carolyn Marie

[Ivy]

Here's a bit more, from the UK this time…

 

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/uk-school-guidance-social-transition?utm_source=substack&publication_id=994764&post_id=139952055&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=k5hac

 

UK School Guidance: Social Transition Bans Are The Next Front In Anti-Trans Laws Globally

 

"On Monday, the United Kingdom's Department for Education released a set of much-feared draft school policies and guidance concerning transgender students. The contents of the release were horrifying for LGBTQ+ activists in the country: “there is no general duty to allow a child to socially transition.” The plan further outlined policies that would forcibly out trans youth to their parents, ban pronouns for all primary school trans youth, prevent trans youth from using restrooms that align with their gender identity, and could even lead to forced haircuts and clothing choices. In the United States, anti-trans activists and organizations lauded the decision, with some stating it did not go far enough. Draft policies and pending legislation indicate that barring trans kids from expressing their gender identities by banning social transition is the next phase in the international effort to eradicate transgender people from public life.

The UK release would allow for schools and colleges to make transition virtually impossible for students. It states that schools have no duty to allow social transition, even if their parents are fully supportive…"

[KatieSC]

Yeah, with a Republican super majority in SC, the prospects for being transgender in SC are dismal. This is just one of the anti-transgender proposals. It is disheartening to own a home in SC. On one hand I like my house, and I personally get no grief, but there is all of this flack going on. I still shake my head trying to figure out what we did as a group that has made us less popular than Hamas. 

 

Legislation like that in this proposal will hurt SC more than they realize. Professional people will avoid places like this. It will become difficulty to get physicians, lawyers (that may not be a bad thing), nurses, and teachers. Of course the Republicans will thump that Bible in their hand, while spewing more hate our way. Sadly, the ACLU efforts in SC are lacking. Yes, they have responded, but I remember last year when the question of banning care to minors. The efforts were disorganized. 

 

Maybe the future will change, but in a lot of states, I am not so sure. It is truly disheartening.

[awkward-yet-sweet]

Pretty sure this violates the First Amendment.  The government doesn't get to define identity or tell people how to talk.  That's Un-American.  Usually the Republicans have been the party of free speech, but they clearly don't get that it applies to everybody.  Even folks you don't like....which is why we have a Bill of Rights, not a Bill of Privileges.  Rights are given by God, merely enumerated and helped a bit by government (if government is acting properly.)  What God gives, man doesn't get to take away....which is even more of an affront when done in God's name.