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Ted rule
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Tweet by San Antonio Express-New, saying: "Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who uses the preferred name Ted, has introduced a bill to limit the use of preferred names and pronouns."
So he just wants to stop the federal government from enforcing pronouns or aliases in government settings…?
When does the government actually FORCE or ENFORCE pronoun usage though, using government money?
Am I taking crazy pills or is he just making shit up?
*Just wanted to say I appreciate all the people replying, the implications of his bill may be more severe than I initially read into it.
It would stop HR from protecting public employees from being harassed by coworkers or leadership who repeatedly, intentionally and maliciously misgender or deadname trans people. Or clientele for that matter. It would make enforcing policies to treat trans employees and customers with the most basic of respect in using their preferred names and pronouns. If your boss wants to call you by your dead name at every chance, they can. If the DMV clerk wants to call every trans person that comes to their counter by the wrong gender, they can. Anyone that enforces those policies, or scolds or refuses rewards or advancements to those individuals would be in violation of this law.
Is that what it’s saying in the bill though?
I could be wrong but it literally looks like he just wants to make it illegal to FUND the act of calling people their preferred pronouns, as in, not allow internal PSA’s to be made telling people they CAN do it.
It doesn’t appear to have any teeth or weight to prevent people from still respecting it if they want to.
It’s attempting to block a problem that doesn’t exist.
It might not have any teeth, but if this passes it sets precedent for bills in the future that do have teeth.