184
submitted 1 year ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

That's because it's really 50 countries in a trench coat pretending to be one.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 10 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You are talking about a different party. Everyone knows the GOP stands for big government and micromanaging regulations.

[-] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

And the 10 commandments are worshipped as if they ever existed.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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.

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
184 points (93.4% liked)

News

23311 readers
3552 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. 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. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS